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How to use dissuade in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word dissuade? Here are some examples.

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But the graduated air attacks on North Vietnam did not dissuade the Vietcong.
There are, of course, some writers who would dissuade us from imagining any radical change in this area at all.
If you haven't already, dissuade yourself from thinking that building effective relationships is the same as being a better networker.
I had, of course, tried to dissuade him, if only for his own safety, but he would have none of it.
When she had made up her mind on something it was quite hard to dissuade her from the course she had chosen.
He was familiar with her obstinate behaviour, and knew that any attempt to dissuade her from doing what she wanted would only invoke her anger.
If I visit him at this time, I dissuade him from farther attempts to open the skin, but advise a gentle eccoprotic.
Not that such disincentives dissuade the smart set from guzzling foreign brands.
Staffordshire Police is urging parents to dissuade their children from taking part in the Halloween activity known as trick or treat.
I mean it is designed to dissuade young people from starting with illicit drugs.
Those who knew us knew, as I refused to yield my gunman position in the drive-by, that they couldn't dissuade me.
With some difficulty, we managed to dissuade our left-leaning daughter from buying pint-sized T-shirts for our preschool grandchildren.
For if income tax dissuades the living rich from being rich, then the death tax can only dissuade the dead rich from dying.
While their fiercely offbeat sounds may initially dissuade, a bit of perseverance can reap immense rewards.
The blandness of the spindle cells was so impressive as to dissuade us from a malignant diagnosis on preoperative biopsies.
After trying to dissuade her, he sees that her mind is made up and sadly presents her to the Sultan.
I couldn't think of a lie quick enough to dissuade Beth so we trudged to the locker together.
Any potential rockiness ahead may dissuade the Reserve Bank from raising interest rates again, at least before the end of the year.
At least then he could have tried to dissuade her or, at the very least, adjusted his strategy accordingly.
High tariff barriers were erected to dissuade domestic manufacturers from importing foreign goods.
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They tried to dissuade her, but she grew irritable and ordered them to go on.
Mr. camlet, you have been so kind to me always, do not dissuade me.
Mr. Masterson sought to dissuade cimarron Bill from his enterprise.
The man was about to attempt to dissuade her, when Sing interrupted.
Thankful at first tried to dissuade her, but soon gave up the attempt.
I neither expressed surprise at this resolution nor attempted to dissuade her from it.
They wanted a lynching, and no argument would dissuade them.
My eldest brother and I did all we could to dissuade him, but it was of no use.
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