verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
attempt
▪
I did attempt to dissuade him, but without success.
▪
Reagan indicated surprise at this statement but did not attempt to dissuade Burger.
▪
Running on to the pitch I attempted to dissuade Twink, but he remained distraught and adamant.
▪
From all sides came letters, messages, and telegrams attempting to dissuade Gandhi.
▪
Leapor is attempting to dissuade her friend from a particular marriage through generalized arguments.
try
▪
I was trying to dissuade them from doing so.
▪
I think he tried to dissuade me.
▪
The females are obviously well aware of this, as they try hard to dissuade other females from joining their chosen male.
▪
At last the Sun gave up trying to dissuade him.
▪
For a moment she regretted that she hadn't tried harder to dissuade Rob from his plan.
▪
People from public health services tried to dissuade him, citing bad epidemiology and a waste of important supplies.
▪
He did not try to dissuade the party from their ascent, but he did insist on loaning Miss Fergusson a pistol.
▪
You tried to dissuade him from telling that particular story, in his own interests.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
He wanted to come with me, and nothing I said could dissuade him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
But none of these horrors had dissuaded Godolphin from travelling in the Reconciled Dominions.
▪
I managed to dissuade her from that and we settled on lunch together the following day.
▪
In 1994, 74 people were talked out of jumping; in 1993, 46 people were dissuaded from suicide.
▪
In other words, it might dissuade worthy lawsuits even as it fails to protect against outlandish ones.
▪
Not that this dissuades upwards of 800 competitors from entering the event.
▪
The females are obviously well aware of this, as they try hard to dissuade other females from joining their chosen male.