carry conviction

But then almost everything else in the book carries conviction, too.

And there was that in his manner which carried conviction.

You must assert that in such words as will carry conviction with them.

There was a fitness of things in the whole that carried conviction with it.

His voice was high, but carried conviction and reasonable sensitivity.

And they would do what he said, for Jubal carried conviction.

But this contained just enough grains of truth to carry conviction.

It was hardly needed, for the tears and the tone already carried conviction.

It had to carry conviction with a better educated, more discriminating public.

The music was not immediately ingratiating, but the ideas carried conviction.

He makes his case with modest, thorough argument, and as a result carries conviction.

The refusal also makes the Government incapable of carrying conviction in its overall economic policy.

And once more his tone and the will behind it carried conviction.

"How do you expect me to carry conviction, feeling the way I do?"

Greenberg looked at him sharply; the sigh did not carry conviction.

Anyone who could wear that uniform without turning it into a tent had to carry conviction.

His story carried conviction, not only big words but his tone, and the straight way he told it.

When he indicated that he was ready to travel again, his word carried conviction.

Her voice was quiet, with something in it like wonder, but it carried conviction.

For this reason, it ultimately fails to carry conviction.

You tried out a lot of roles on me, but that was the one that really carried conviction.

He tried to make his words carry conviction.

His words were low, but they carried conviction.

"He spoke with an air which carried conviction with it.

"Speaking the truth now will do no more than delay our departure," I said, knowing my voice carried conviction.