cajolery

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

Flattery and cajolery are eternal parts of the diplomatic tool kit.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2017

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

At this uncomfortable juncture, I perceived with no little confusion that Bono watched us, grinning a wide, jackanapes smile; which cajolery threw me into more distress.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

But not even in the sacred name of Moslem broth erhood would the rich old Aga fall for the Faroukian cajoleries.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is more danger of their being treated too well, and being too much attacked and allured by these cheap cajoleries.

From Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

I might take the circuitous route by roundabout and gentle phrases, through hints and delicately undulating suggestions, and beneath the soft shadow of flattering cajoleries.

From The Plain Man and His Wife by Arnold Bennett

She is merry like no one else, and witty, and full of cajoleries, like a child.

From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Commands, demands, appeals, cajoleries, every means thinkable, are used, but the more people attempt to influence my action, the more stubborn I become.

From Analyzing Character by Katherine M. H. Blackford