verb
ADVERB
▪ successfully
▪ almost
▪ eventually , finally , ultimately
▪ quickly
▪ easily
▪
She was easily ~d to accompany us.
▪ gently
▪
Dictators can sometimes be gently ~d to leave power with special deals that guarantee their safety.
▪ somehow
▪
He somehow ~d the studio to let him make the movie.
VERB + PERSUADE
▪ attempt to , seek to , try to , work to
▪ hope to
▪ be able to , be unable to , can
▪ manage to
▪
He eventually managed to ~ the caretaker to let him in.
▪ help (to)
▪ be difficult to
▪ fail to
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
She was ~d into buying an expensive dress.
▪ of
▪
We must ~ the government of the need for change.
▪ out of ( esp. BrE )
▪
There was no way to ~ him out of it.
▪
Why not invite Larry, if he can be ~d out of hibernation?
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sb , an effort to ~ sb
▪
an unsuccessful attempt to ~ her colleagues
▪ be fully ~d
▪
I am not fully ~d by these arguments.
▪ be reluctantly ~d
▪
I was reluctantly ~d to join the committee.
▪ have difficulty (in) persuading sb
▪
They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together.
Persuade is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ audience , ↑ cabinet , ↑ consumer , ↑ court , ↑ judge , ↑ jury , ↑ minister , ↑ shopper , ↑ voter