cajole

Example Sentences

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My mother did her best to cajole me into going.

From MarketWatch

That would move the matter from the political front burner and allow Mr. Biden to return to more private forms of cajoling.

From New York Times

Since the onset of the pandemic, Latin American governments have dispatched militaries to produce masks in Argentina, enforce stay-at-home orders in Chile and cajole people into quarantine centers in El Salvador.

From Los Angeles Times

If this was an attempt to cajole a response out of those same players with ten games go and Spurs still in fourth place, it is a strategy laced with risk.

From BBC

Uniformed officers tried to cajole him out, then had his mother speak to him from outside the door.

From Seattle Times