coaxing
Example Sentences
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Time does a surprising amount of work here, coaxing starches to tenderness and flavors to meet each other halfway.
From Salon
The 25-year-old tech engineer has been coached by his cousin, coaxing the kite higher and higher with a twitch of the string.
From BBC
Casting its relentless sunshine as a background character, coaxing neighbors out of their shells and into verdant parks and yards and onto their manicured streets, is part of that.
From Salon
"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
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
