seek converts
Frequency: 5.22.9 per million words
to try to find and persuade people to join a religion or cause
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- Missionaries often travel to foreign lands to seek converts.
- The early church actively sought converts throughout the Roman Empire.
- The new political party is aggressively seeking converts from its rivals.
- Environmental activists seek converts to their cause by highlighting the urgency of climate change.
- To succeed, the movement will need to seek converts beyond its traditional base.
- Some find it unethical for organizations to actively seek converts among vulnerable populations.
- As a startup, they didn't just want customers; they wanted to seek converts to their philosophy.
- Historically, empires have sought converts for both religious and political allegiance.
- It is becoming increasingly difficult to seek converts in a secular society.
- Seeking converts was the primary objective of their entire campaign.