"Hold me as hostage," suggested the commissioner, in a persuasive tone.

Once again, Scrafield took on his familiar persuasive tone.

Fisk found himself nodding to the persuasive tone before the meaning registered.

"I was just wondering whether you'd agree to something," continued the other, in a persuasive tone.

Under the influence of that persuasive tone, Joe began to find his own answers.

She spoke in that polite, persuasive tone used with young children asking for the impossible.

"The time limit is nearly ended," declared Kendall, in a persuasive tone.

In his practiced persuasive tone he asked, "Can you convince him to stop probing for a while?"

The man's voice replied, evidently in the affirmative, but with a low persuasive tone which gave no carry to the words.

When he spoke again it was a low persuasive tone.