coaxed
Example Sentences
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Lutnick has negotiated trade agreements and coaxed big investments out of business leaders.
He wasn’t coaxed into speaking at the team’s championship parade, but still received some of the day’s loudest ovations, the fan base recognizing the herculean contributions he provided both at and behind the plate.
From Los Angeles Times
Now it’s graduation day, when native plants coaxed from seedling trays to 1-gallon pots stand ready for planting on the crossing itself this month.
From Los Angeles Times
That threat, along with U.S. conciliations that followed, coaxed Qatar to demand its Hamas client sign on the dotted line.
In the opening tale, “Welcome to the Club,” a suicidal mother is being coaxed by a creepy next-door neighbor to kill her daughters’ pet rabbit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
