dissuade

IPA: dɪswˈeɪd

Examples of "dissuade" in Sentences

Albeit a funny name; don't let the name dissuade you.
Looking through the options one can find out that word dissuade seems to be a good match for second blank.
Chinese officials, while they try to "dissuade" her from her cause, are always "extremely nice," she said.
Historically speaking, Penn state enacted this rule years ago in helping to "dissuade" the ownership of semiauto weapons.
One adventurous run that is sure to create a lifetime memory takes you to the majestic Towers of Paine, but don’t let the name dissuade you.
If you let the title dissuade you from checking out the post, you'll be missing one of those rare moments when absurd TV becomes meta-absurd and threatens the existence of the very foundation of all we hold sacred.
GRACE: ... you would think, after all the publicity surrounding Mary Kay Letourneau and getting it on in, what was it, a Volkswagen Rabbit, after she got out on bond, that that would kind of dissuade other elementary school teachers from doing the same.