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coaxes
verb as in persuade
Example Sentences
That warming coaxes mosquitoes toward higher elevations, even as temperatures have historically been too cold for the insects to thrive.
Aparicio coaxes cultural histories from his rubber casts of trees and meandering flows of poured amber.
It coaxes us to think of housing as a lifestyle choice, not a right.
Genkuro coaxes out the sinister notes of the score in a deranged but good way.
She coaxes him into taking his pills every morning, refuses to serve him processed sugar and scolds him for drinking coffee, which his doctor says he’s supposed to avoid.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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