coaxed
Example Sentences
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Under O’Neil’s proposed new model, LIV players would become its majority owners, with equity stakes replacing the enormous checks that originally coaxed them to join.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The whale was coaxed into the water-filled barge on Tuesday, in a mission funded by two German entrepreneurs.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Gen. John Brennan emerged from the plane on Tuesday, he was greeted by an army composed of two rival Libyan factions the American officer had coaxed into holding their first ever joint military exercises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
In the open he coaxed it into a gallop.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
