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Unless group-testing shows it still to be persuasive, that is.— Think Progress
It is curious that the wand of the enchanter during the Golden Age of "Ould Ireland" should prove to have been the all-persuasive, all-powerful "shtick XIII CROPPED GORTATLEA, CO. KERRY, Monday, Dec.— Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
On each occasion she had felt a thrill like that of music--persuasive, living vibrations passing to remote recesses of her being No nearer had she ever come to the man she loved, no nearer had he sought to come.— The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
Instead of the well known clucking sound used among ourselves as a persuasive, the Persian makes a sound not unlike the bleating of a sheep; a stranger, being within hearing and out of sight of a gang of donkey drivers in a hurry to reach their destination, would be more likely to imagine himself in the vicinity of a flock of sheep than anything else.— Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran
His argument for compassion is balanced yet persuasive, and long overdue.

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