cajoling

Example Sentences

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Containing determined adversaries requires building a domestic consensus and cajoling allies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

A Fed chair can’t change the world on his own; cajoling other Fed officials to back his views requires credibility, among other factors.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

With no budget to hire trained reporters, Ned leans on the paper's dwindling staff, cajoling disgruntled employees into volunteering as journalists despite them having no idea what they're doing.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

It took a month of cajoling, but the script finally passed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

He moved among them like a politician, cajoling, encouraging, smiling, gently disagreeing, pacifying.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman