The means of persuasion by using force or money, on the other hand, is called hard power.

Oh, I had the means of persuasion in my pocket!

How, for example, does one discover available means of persuasion?

The end result is in no way different from ordinary means of persuasion.

Since I haven't accepted his offer, he might want to use you as a means of persuasion.

Rhetoric was the ability to find the available means of persuasion in any instance.

It looks a very effective means of persuasion," I said. "

And I am told you have means of persuasion.

Other means of persuasion so theyll talk against their will?

All told, I believe we have the means of persuasion we need.

He reportedly had "some peculiar means of persuasion and development that makes men win."

The means of persuasion at the coalition's disposal today are far fewer than they were two years ago.

"But threats remain their strongest means of persuasion," the officer said.

Some aspiring grandparents like to twist arms; others try more subtle means of persuasion.

In his account, rhetoric is the art of discovering all available means of persuasion.

The state has very extensive means of persuasion and control of public opinion at its disposal.

A common means of persuasion aboard this vessel, Captain.

Is emotion used as a means of persuasion?

This does not mean that Investigators cannot use legitimate and legal means of persuasion to encourage a suspect to make a statement.

Reference to 'facts' is one of the most important and widespread means of persuasion available.

"The president's executive order uses the most effective means of persuasion available to convince employers to play by the rules," Stein said.

The text of a speech should not draw attention to its means of persuasion."

As the war in Georgia showed, the Kremlin has other means of persuasion at its disposal.

Influence is the ability of a person to gain cooperation from others by means of persuasion or control over rewards.