How to Use dissuade in a Sentence

dissuade

verb
Definition of dissuadenext
Synonyms for dissuadenext
  • Our warnings did not dissuade them.
  • Even a date with the hunky Chase isn't enough to dissuade her from Joey.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
  • If that’s not enough to dissuade you, reach out to the shop now to reserve a 912c of your very own.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • His run-in with the law didn’t dissuade him from selling drugs.
    — Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Still, if you’re set on buying a home, that might not be enough to dissuade you.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The last week suggests that amount might not be enough to dissuade flippers.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The snow didn’t bother her in March, the mud didn’t dissuade her in April, the bugs didn’t discourage her in May.
    — Chris Bohjalian, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Yet high prices weren’t dissuading many from wanting the drugs.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • But knowing the truth didn’t dissuade Williams from watching those scary movies.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • That didn’t dissuade Curry from sticking to his dish, though.
    — oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Namely the rhinos, who had their horns shaved down to dissuade any poachers who might make it past all the safeguards.
    — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Long-term, that doesn’t dissuade Barry from her vision for Best Buy.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • What were some of the tactics used to dissuade women from wearing feathers?
    — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 25 May 2023
  • The mounting cost of competing for the projects hasn’t dissuaded states from trying.
    — Marc Levy, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In the case of the Netherlands and Japan, China already failed to dissuade them from adopting new export controls.
    — Time, 20 July 2023
  • She is dissuaded from supporting an election due to the cost.
    — Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • He or she could not be dissuaded by setbacks, such as the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal.
    — Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Whether Lonnie would dissuade his grandson from hustling or tutor him on how to do.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Penalties are steep for tampering with mail, which dissuades theft.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In one message, after Sloan told a man who used a homophobic slur that the show would be adults only, the man was not dissuaded.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Could South Africa’s move create a chilling effect that would dissuade people from taking the risk of serving?
    — Josh Lederman, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But Hixon said the cancellation of the last half of the 2022 tournament may have dissuaded some fishermen.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Fans who are speaking up now say that the way McIntyre was treated by the Ballinger fandom dissuaded them from sharing their own stories at the time.
    — Time, 29 June 2023
  • The spy spoof wound up getting canceled, but that didn’t dissuade Steinberg, who gave up his legal career to try his hand at show business.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The daunting forecast wasn’t enough to dissuade some travelers from hitting the road during the worst conditions.
    — Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The 2024 race will be Dixon’s third consecutive bid for mayor, a statistic that would be enough to dissuade some would-be candidates.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
  • To not let these setbacks stand or dissuade the next generation.
    — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Rem, however, wasn’t so easily dissuaded and took her out on two more dates that week.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • An older gay man tries to dissuade him from following through on a decision French has already made.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • This has not dissuaded fans from calling him Uncle Steve, the successor to a New York original.
    — Kate Kelly, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023

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