- present participle of coax.
coaxing
Example Sentences
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The woman crouches, coaxing the animal with sweet compliments and a stick of sugarcane she brought with her.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Entrepreneurs Karin Walter-Mommert and Walter Gunz later funded a private rescue, fitting the whale with a tracking device and coaxing it onto a water-filled transport ship called Fortuna B.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
"With a face full of resentment and helplessness, it really looks like an employee coaxing themselves to go to work," wrote one Weibo user.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Having helped push the American landscape forcibly into the future, he spent the rest of his life coaxing one corner of it back to its past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
“I still feel terrible about coaxing your ba to go to your premiere when I knew he’d hate it. I heard him yelling at you the next day. Is that why you’re moving out?”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
