Dissuaded

[Updated 4/24/08: I've posted some counter-arguments to claims that e-mail must be hyphenated, in case you happen upon somebody who can't be dissuaded from the position that this does matter.] ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mice that couldn't be dissuaded from the object of their attention by a piece of sweet, crunchy cereal may help researchers find new treatments and cures for human disorders like autism and Parkinson's disease. ❋ Unknown (2006)

No one realized that more than the king himself, who suffered much distress for his victim, and was with difficulty dissuaded from the abdication of his throne. ❋ Unknown (1898)

This proposal really made me tremble, and the Branghtons all hung back upon it; but Madame Duval is never to be dissuaded from a scheme she has once formed. ❋ Unknown (1778)

After being dissuaded from the Chinese invasion project, and seeing the posture of affairs in Japan, the President decided to bring matters to a head. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Did you or any scientist you ever met or heard of get "dissuaded" from being who they are because they went to church as children? ❋ Unknown (2007)

The audience resisted, but Ms. Baca wouldn't be dissuaded; soon she and her husband were visiting villages in search of traditional Afro-Peruvian songs. ❋ Jim Fusilli (2011)

The specter of a hefty debt load dissuaded Jason Tomlinson from enrolling to study business at Berkeley College, a for-profit school with locations in New York and New Jersey. ❋ Melissa Korn (2011)

The sight of Don Octavio's .45 escuadra dissuaded the Zoque with the machete from contemplating further malice. wendy devlin ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those kidnapping-murders recorded for video distribution on the Internet of course further dissuaded the international community from getting involved in Iraq. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

Often, survivors are dissuaded by insurers from taking grievances to state regulators or to court, he says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Snarling, I turned away from Blanche, but she was not dissuaded. ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

Unfortunately, this strategy has not dissuaded modern tomb raiders, who have beaten the archeologists to the bottom of just about every shaft tomb in Jalisco. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The IG's finding means that the EPA is "finally shutting down an experiment that was based on shoddy science," said Jim Hecker, a lawyer at Public Justice, a public-interest law firm whose criticism dissuaded the EPA from using the shortcut at an abandoned motel in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2004. ❋ The Center For Public Integrity (2011)

High-frequency traders may be dissuaded by the higher price of Citigroup shares. ❋ Matt Phillips (2011)

I insist on taking the lead, to the consternation of the gentlemen, especially Robin, who must be dissuaded from pulling out his sword and charging straight ahead. ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

However, for reasons beyond our discernment, the elder and civic leader from Teotitlan was dissuaded from proceeding by the citizens from Benito Jurarez blocking access to the village. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I [tried] to dissuade her from her intention [to drop] [out of college]. ❋ Adrianna Lazaro (2015)