6 sentences with 'convince'
Example sentences and phrases with the word convince and other words derived from it.
• « Perhaps our own need to transcend leads us to convince ourselves of an afterlife, be it through religion, philosophy, metaphysics or parapsychology. »
• « Most of all, we'll have to convince ourselves that sometimes it's much more profitable to slack off than to get swept up in the hustle and bustle of modern life. »
• « Judah was overrun by the Assyrians, but Jerusalem withstood a long enough siege to convince the Assyrians to accept bribes to leave, and instead became a satellite kingdom dominated by the Assyrians but still ruled by a Hebrew king. »
• « This Greek tradition was deeply felt by the Romans, as these were precisely the two main ways in which the Roman Republic functioned: the superiority of their armies was well known, while individual leaders had to be able to convince their peers and rivals of the correctness of their positions. »
• « Working through a native translator, Malinche, who had already learned Spanish, Hernán Cortés was able to convince native groups resentful of the Aztecs to fight alongside the Spanish. In practice, this meant that the native groups suffered most of the casualties. »
• « However, the Duke of Guise led a conspiracy to convince the king that only the death of Henry and his followers would truly end the threat of religious division, and with the king's approval Catholic forces launched a massacre on St Bartholomew's Day, 24 August, in which more than 2,000 Protestants were killed. »