cajoler
Example Sentences
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The least confrontational of conductors, Levine has always been a cajoler on the podium, but behind the scenes he is accused of the opposite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2017
“His role is that of catalyst, choreographer, conductor and cajoler — and sometimes all at once,” said David J. Meltzer, an archaeologist at Southern Methodist University.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2016
He wasn't a shouter or a dictator, but was a cajoler and collaborator.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2016
She also honed her skills as an enforcer and cajoler, and quickly established a management style that would come to be her trademark: autocratic, sometimes bullying, but leavened by occasional bursts of charm.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2013
It is the handsome Denis Ronciat, the beau and cajoler of the village girls, who utters an exclamation of surprise.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
