- present participle of cajole.
cajoling
Example Sentences
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“No amount of cajoling or liens will scare” the other owners who don’t pay, the former U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 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
After some cajoling, the executive chef worked out a recipe, according to marketing director Ashley Tidman Noriega.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
So the amount of damage control and cajoling it will take to keep things on track after the disaster in Arizona is enough to make a good fire advocate’s head spin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
