He tried to persuade me to go out with him for a turn in the park.

"Particularly since a certain party tried to persuade me not to come here."

To tell you the truth, I think she tried to persuade him to stay home.

In fact, he seemed to be trying to persuade himself something would come up.

But in doing so, he had an air of trying to persuade himself, too.

He also tried to persuade the chief of army staff.

He tried to persuade her to return to the world of people.

He tried to persuade his father to have nothing to do with the offer.

Did he want to keep trying to persuade them to talk?

His parents tried to persuade him to stop but with no effect.