coaxing
Example Sentences
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She brings the house down in Fanny’s poleaxing first-act numbers, “I’m the Greatest Star,” “People” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” from the golden age score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
However, the Hotline gives no credit in the power ratings for poleaxing FCS opponents.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021
His poleaxing of cap and trade leaves firms in Ontario with C$2.8bn of pollution permits that may now be worthless.
From Economist • Jun. 28, 2018
The end result — a 59-0 Crimson Tide poleaxing — left Commodores Coach Derek Mason calling some of his players “soft.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2017
Another of her poleaxing final sentences: “The truth was that I loved being alive so much that not having died was more important to me by far than losing the child: more important than anything.”
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2016
