How to Use power(s) of persuasion in a Sentence

power(s) of persuasion

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  • And so the power of persuasion ranks high on Hodges' job.
    — NBC News, 17 June 2020
  • Or maybe Annabella is just a metaphor for the power of persuasion.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Both the president and speaker will test their powers of persuasion to line up the votes for the deal.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 May 2023
  • The mermaid-like Sirens in Wednesday, such as Bianca, have the power of persuasion.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But these were among his strong suits—especially the power of persuasion.
    — Adam Popescu, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2022
  • The beginning scene swiftly transitions to a courtroom, where Gary sways the jurors with this same power of persuasion that’s reminiscent of the call and response of the baptist church.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Or was he swayed by Biden’s power of persuasion — a profitable trait now for an incoming president who may face an intractable Senate?
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The power of persuasion Taken together, these results show little movement among young Democrats.
    — Chandler James, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Tremblay’s material, as well as in his own formal powers of persuasion.
    — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Great CEOs rely more on their power of persuasion and ability to bring everybody to collective agreement.
    — Michael Hoffman, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The Obama administration tested it, and Mr. Netanyahu’s powers of persuasion, to the limit.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Hogan has no actual power over the scheduled execution, which is at the federal level — just his power of persuasion.
    — Ben Leonard, baltimoresun.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • When Mahomes returned to the sideline after that possession, the team’s training staff employed all its power of persuasion to get the recalcitrant quarterback to the locker room for a better look at his injury.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Celestial socialites Mercury and Venus are also in Sagittarius now, giving you potent powers of persuasion.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • All Aboard Ohio, a private, nonprofit organization, doesn’t have any authority to move the station, other than its power of persuasion.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2021
  • With social Mercury and flirtatious Venus also in Sagittarius your powers of persuasion will be especially high.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Plenty of commentators have remarked on Holmes’s hypnotic powers of persuasion, her pale visage, her preternatural youth and, of course, her company’s vampiric thirst for blood.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
  • More on McCarthy McCarthy’s once formidable powers of persuasion couldn’t stop a humiliating, historic defeat.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023

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