The Queen gently persuades him to spare the innocent citizens, and he agrees.

He'd been too frightened to touch her at first, but she'd gently persuaded him out of his fears.

William put the basin on the floor, and I gently persuaded the dog towards it.

This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons.

Though it gave a good account of itself, Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat.

The process of slow roasting gently persuades each to release maximum flavor.

Troubled by this revelation, he gently persuades her to leave her husband and commit to him.

It was his wife who gently persuaded him to leave, a friend said.

From Manhattan, he gently persuaded me to go home and get them.

Jenny nodded and gently persuaded her friend to move away out of range of the viewscreen.