The moral suasion provided by the example of his life convinced me to change my ways. From LearnThat.org.
"Is that moral suasion?" asked Rosemary doubtfully. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
So, yes, obviously I would exercise our suasion over them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: CNN/"Los Angeles Times" Host Republican Presidential Debate - March 2, 2000] Reference
In that home there was no moral instruction, no moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and Her Religion] Reference
Moral suasion and material compulsion are linked in its every act. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
Moral suasion, perseveringly applied, predominates over Solomon's system. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
Now the moral suasion on the president's part I think can only be helpful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2009] Reference
You must lay on the rod with a will, and throw "moral suasion" to the dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Moral suasion tends to supersede the birch stick and the policeman's billy. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
VELSHI: And more than process, this is about moral suasion, this is important. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2009] Reference
They propose to convert their bar-keeping brothers by a course of moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
We had the might and moral suasion that was the legacy of generations of Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Address at Woodrow Wilson Internationa Center] Reference
Concession has been tried in vain, 'moral suasion' has been proved to be of no avail. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
I couldn't believe when David Axelrod said yesterday that we only have moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2009] Reference
DIANE BRADY, SENIOR EDITOR, BUSINESSWEEK: He's trying to use moral suasion right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2009] Reference
Society organizations on the lines of moral suasion were too slow and tame to suit them. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
I hope that maybe putting some moral suasion on them, as Mr. Brand suggested, might work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2009] Reference
History can show few greater triumphs of Government by moral suasion and the art of speech. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
As a matter of curiosity, I should like to know what their idea of this "moral suasion" is. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Again, Al Qaeda will never be influenced by international sensibilities or open to moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [Torture's Terrible Toll] Reference
While tabloids can't be shamed, these magazines -- including NEWSWEEK -- are open to moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [Diana's Real Legacy] Reference
But Blackmun's change has symbolic force at an institution whose power rests in part on moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [Death Be Not Proud At The Court] Reference
Nothing is so distasteful to a healthy youngster as an overdose of obvious moral suasion in his fiction. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
In art, the suasion of the norm should be absolutely free, with no penalty except isolation from the best. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
The Fed influences long-term rates by moral suasion, market clout and influence, but has no direct control of them. From Wordnik.com. [Why Mortgage Rates Aren't Falling] Reference
Colonel insisted with great gravity, that the whip is the only "moral suasion" a darky is capable of understanding. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
Her healthcare intervention contained the standard "we" tropes of moral suasion -- we ought, we should, we must, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Wilkes: Social Criticism: A Political and Religious Act] Reference
There was a bitter feud between the Garrisonians, who relied on moral suasion, and the advocates of political action. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
Just a flicker of vindictiveness crept into Boris 'eyes, and under the suasion of firearms he turned again to the bag. From Wordnik.com. [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference
A residuum of the untamable will always exist, inaccessible to education or "moral suasion," and amenable only to force. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
He is, in fact, one of the "unimproving and irresponsible," and moral suasion has no power over his hard and stony heart. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
The reply is to show that alcohol, practice that is always harmful must be fought by the law as well as by moral suasion. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
But when it comes to moral suasion, Mandela has the upper hand-and the White House seemed to be waiting for a cue from him. From Wordnik.com. [Mandela And De Klerk: Waiting For Payday] Reference
But he realizes that his moral suasion is not likely to be heeded and is wise in putting his trust in the middle-class millions. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
What wonder that Nihilism should flourish and the service of dynamite be enlisted to accomplish what moral suasion failed to achieve!. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Keith demurred a little to the latter demand, but finally yielded to moral suasion; and next day S. presented the check, which was paid. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
It was typical of her character -- the means of chastisement held handy, but in reserve, and usually displaced by other methods of suasion. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.