coaxing
Example Sentences
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Coaxing extra fudginess out of brownies with coffee, without sacrificing the requisite crinkle top.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Coaxing Moeen Ali out of retirement to solve an Ashes spin-bowling problem was the best move England could make.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
Coaxing Maduro into restarting political talks with Venezuela's opposition is another aim, two of the people told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2022
Coaxing former coach Joe Gibbs, architect of Washington’s three Super Bowl championships, out of retirement in 2004 represented Snyder’s first attempt to reconjure the gilded past.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2017
Coaxing a fresh blaze with a blowpipe, he found tongs and with them held a portion of the collar carefully to the blast, his corded, brown old back gleaming with the heat.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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