as in coaxing
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
cajoled her into doing his laundry for him
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Recent Examples of cajoling
Touches five and six are merely the cajoling preamble to the pièce de résistance, aka touch seven, a piercing through ball which splits defender Goncalo Inacio and backtracking forward Geny Catamo like a warm bread knife through a ciabatta roll straight out of Mama’s oven.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Getting anything done is hard and takes persuading, cajoling, or even sucking up, depending on who is at the receiving end.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
After years of cajoling workers, employers are taking a harder line.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Naomi is a textbook Jewish mother, nagging and cajoling and smothering her children with logorrheic abandon.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
When everything goes right, the airlines’ practiced, cheerful funneling and cajoling, plus the snacks and in-seat entertainment, make the experience feel anodyne and efficient.
—Jeff Wise, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Getting anything done is hard and takes persuading, cajoling, or even sucking up, depending on who is at the receiving end.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
After years of cajoling workers, employers are taking a harder line.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Naomi is a textbook Jewish mother, nagging and cajoling and smothering her children with logorrheic abandon.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
When everything goes right, the airlines’ practiced, cheerful funneling and cajoling, plus the snacks and in-seat entertainment, make the experience feel anodyne and efficient.
—Jeff Wise, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cajoling
coaxing
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Kershaw also made an impact with his bat, coaxing 13 pitches out of Bumgarner in the top of the fifth before grounding out.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Faucher also allowed a one-out single to Josh Jung and a walk to Michael Helman before coaxing a flyout by Joc Pederson to end the game and record his 15th save of the season.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Cajoling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cajoling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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