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Meanings of cogent in английском

Powerfully persuasive.

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Examples for "telling"
Examples for "telling"
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Continue reading the main story Start Quote Mars is telling us something.
BBC
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Question: You were just talking about the importance of telling the truth.
The Guardian
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I remember telling family members there was zero percent chance, he said.
NY Magazine
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The story is perhaps prettier in the telling than in the performance.
A Second Book of Operas
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Broughton said other figures from the labour market data were more telling.
Radio NZ
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South Africa has a history of imposing weighty conditions on foreign takeovers.
Reuters
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Its weighty subject matter is leavened by Rivera's trickster-like sense of humor.
Wired
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The solution of weighty problems in large part depends upon the answer.
History of Liberia / Johns Hopkins University Studies in Histori...
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The subjects are simple, large, weighty; the form is compact, strong, suggestive.
Poems and Songs
5
Christ's personal ministry was confined to Israel for obvious and weighty reasons.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
Usage of cogent in английском
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Policy debate in Ireland involves whipping up emotions rather than cogent debate.
The Irish Times
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He then presents cogent arguments for voting Yes in the forthcoming referendum.
The Irish Times
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On the contrary, it was argumentative, cogent in explanation and in rebuke.
Flames
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The Institution of a Military Academy, is also recommended by cogent reasons.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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But England had more cogent reasons for displeasure in the following year.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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I don't know if he is saying anything cogent about the priesthood.
The Guardian
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Now please be silent unless you have a cogent point to make.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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He explained to me his reasons, which were certainly simple and cogent.
The Lady of the Shroud
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The style is fine and clear, the arguments close, cogent, and irresistible.
Lives of the English Poets / Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, &c.
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How nice that seemed, how uncomplicated, the cogent march of our friendship.
The Girls
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The Duke was brief, but he was cogent and he was emphatic.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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His representations with respect to military laws and regulations were equally cogent.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
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The young man stood stock-still while a cogent reaction swept over him.
A Man and His Money
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The case put forward by the new body is both cogent and succinct.
The Irish Times
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It also demonstrates their ability to defend their position in a cogent way.
The Irish Times
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Sonia thinks it is a good speech, cogent and spoken from the heart.
The good son: a novel
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Cogent across language varieties
United Kingdom
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