persuading

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

"He successfully climbed the mountain."

"We usually have family dinner in the afternoon. "

"The student used persuasion to convince the teacher to extend the deadline for the assignment. "

"Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?"

"That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion."

"The reflection in the window showed the changing colors of the sunset. "

"I have absolutely no influence over him."

"a successful use of medicine;  a successful experiment;  a successful enterprise"

"The salesman at the electronics store showed my dad several different laptops. "

"My sister reasoned that if she studied harder, she would get a better grade on her test. "

"The teacher convinced the students that the Earth revolves around the sun by using diagrams and explaining the scientific evidence. "