cajoling
Example Sentences
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Seymour P. Lachman and Robert Polner give Carey his due for cajoling lawmakers, both at the state and the federal levels, into action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
More Celtic people streamed on, dancing and waving and cajoling.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
A Fed chair can’t change the world on his own; cajoling other Fed officials to back his views requires credibility, among other factors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
It followed weeks of leaders threatening, cajoling, and otherwise applying maximum pressure and procedural tactics to stop this train from leaving the station.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2025
Sometimes she thought she had become nothing but a voice speaking in the darkness, cajoling, urging, threatening.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
