cajoling
Example Sentences
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Containing determined adversaries requires building a domestic consensus and cajoling allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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
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
The celebratory mood follows days of tense negotiations with Republican rebels in Congress and days of cajoling on Capitol Hill, sometimes by the president himself.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
After a lot of hustling and cajoling, Kate got Constance moving, then quick-stepped it to the cafeteria with the smaller girl riding piggyback.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
