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
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Or maybe Annabella is just a metaphor for the power of persuasion.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
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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
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The mermaid-like Sirens in Wednesday, such as Bianca, have the power of persuasion.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
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But these were among his strong suits—especially the power of persuasion.
—Adam Popescu, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2022
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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
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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
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The power of persuasion Taken together, these results show little movement among young Democrats.
—Chandler James, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2024
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Tremblay’s material, as well as in his own formal powers of persuasion.
—Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2023
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Great CEOs rely more on their power of persuasion and ability to bring everybody to collective agreement.
—Michael Hoffman, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
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The Obama administration tested it, and Mr. Netanyahu’s powers of persuasion, to the limit.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
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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
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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
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Celestial socialites Mercury and Venus are also in Sagittarius now, giving you potent powers of persuasion.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
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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
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With social Mercury and flirtatious Venus also in Sagittarius your powers of persuasion will be especially high.
—The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
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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
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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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