If a convincing reply is not forthcoming, the press should report that the "intelligence" is based on "rumint" (rumor intelligence).

I couldn't think of a convincing reply, until she accused me of having made a pass at the mistress.

The hapless minister must then come up with a convincing reply on the spot.

Now, with her mission over, she moves to another place where a boy asks a funny question, to which she could not give a convincing reply.

Mahavira welcomed them, and, pointing out their doubts pertaining to the soul, he gave them the convincing replies.

You've given me the most convincing reply possible.

Clerke made a technical and convincing reply, illustrating his knowledge of these waters.

The banks, which could collectively lose $2 billion on their Maxwell loans, offer little in the way of a convincing reply.

The marines did not have a convincing reply, said the official who was briefed on the report.

Government officials have offered few convincing replies.