cajolery
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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
“He’s been a source of conniving and cajolery in this community long enough,” Mrs. Larkin continued.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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
Miss Gladys Cooper, lambent, pyramidal and turturine, fully realized the polyphonic cajoleries of Seraphina.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 by Various
Hugh wrote me of their threats and flatteries, their beseechings and cajoleries.
From The High Heart by Basil King
Dan was well hardened to her cajoleries by this time; he was confident that she would have made "sweet eyes at Caliban."
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
Such is the influence of ecclesiastical cajoleries over even the most gifted minds.
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
