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 • Feb. 8, 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

The musician has also been responsible for Joni Mitchell's musical rehabilitation, coaxing the 81-year-old back onto the stage after a near-fatal brain haemorrhage.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

After some coaxing, Nettle was persuaded to take back his boots, tie them together and carry them round his neck.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan