He adds one or two somewhat irrelevant items to his defence; then finding his patron unconvinced, discharges on him a volley of abuse, and decides to try his luck elsewhere.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Through what followed-his protests, his arguments, his final unconvinced submission to her wishes-she had a sense of his but half-discerning all that, for her, had made the moment so tumultuous.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
I shall go to the grave leaving that other man unconvinced!
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton