cajolery
Example Sentences
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If the new rules fail to produce a majority, an unholy spectacle of threats, cajolery and attempted deals will surely fill the weeks before the convention.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2020
Unlike other foreign policy issues, where Mr. Trump seems neither informed nor particularly interested, he has wrestled with the balance between threats and cajolery with North Korea.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2018
Earlier in the day, Boehner’s leadership team was expressing confidence that days of cajolery on behalf of Boehner’s measure would pay off.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 29, 2011
"Resist the incumbent cajolery, ignore the veiled threats and protestations of doom, and move forward to allocate the 700 MHz resource to the feisty upstarts," Seaboard said.
From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2011
Yet Birge underestimated Robert Sproul, one of the few people who could outmatch Ernest Lawrence in cajolery.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
