How to Use dissuade in a Sentence

dissuade

verb
  • 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
  • But the challenges ahead shouldn’t dissuade the launch of ALCE.
    Ana Campoy, Quartz, 20 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • That did not dissuade any of the migrants CNN spoke with.
    Natalie Gallón, CNN, 1 Mar. 2021
  • His run-in with the law didn’t dissuade him from selling drugs.
    Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • And those shouldn’t dissuade people from taking in the park in a safe way.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2024
  • 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
  • That plus the 28-year-old Reed’s age would dissuade me from pursuing him.
    Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Yet high prices weren’t dissuading many from wanting the drugs.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • Sure, there might be some errors, but at the end of the day, this shouldn’t dissuade you from using a tracker.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But knowing the truth didn’t dissuade Williams from watching those scary movies.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • At some point, the volatility is going to dissuade investors to jump back in and buy on the dip.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 24 May 2021
  • Or does the boom and bust nature of ordering dissuade you from that idea?
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
  • People will dissuade you from doing what’s in your heart to do.
    Jean Paul Paulynice, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • Still, this might not dissuade white men from entering the race.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Karen yells at Daniel and Nick (not enough to dissuade the former from pursuing a hookup with her, though).
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2021
  • That didn’t dissuade Curry from sticking to his dish, though.
    oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Among the search results were sites that tried to dissuade women from getting abortions in the first place.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN, 14 July 2022
  • Miss Barbara tried to dissuade her: there had been many bank closures since the start of the pandemic.
    Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • The changes the pandemic brought to the conference did not dissuade him from coming back this year.
    Christine Tannous, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But that didn't dissuade her from looking for a nice donkey friend for her horses to get along with.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • That appeared to be insufficient to dissuade the justices, who agreed to hear the case last month.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Americans have been dissuaded from flying due to the string of aircraft accidents that have occurred in the past few weeks and the rising costs of air travel.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Numbers slipped as federal and state governments worked to dissuade Americans from indoor tanning, pointing to evidence that tanning beds can lead to skin cancer.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025

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