as in cajoled
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery
trying to coax their father into taking them on a ski trip, the teens mentioned what a great skier he is
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Recent Examples of coaxed
Jokes on us because Mike Sullivan has somehow coaxed some real wins at the margin with these three on the ice.
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Trier has coaxed career-defining performances from both his stars.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Fischer and Leonberg coaxed out Indy’s performance themselves.
—Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Could my hair ever be coaxed do that?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Around 380 million years ago, ankle-high greenery shot to the sky in strange, towering forests that coaxed fish and invertebrates ashore to try out life on land.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The goal of the study was to see whether or not participants could be coaxed into valuing a specific trait more purely based on experience alone.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Trier has coaxed career-defining performances from both his stars.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Fischer and Leonberg coaxed out Indy’s performance themselves.
—Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
He will not be coaxed, tricked, or trapped.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Could my hair ever be coaxed do that?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Around 380 million years ago, ankle-high greenery shot to the sky in strange, towering forests that coaxed fish and invertebrates ashore to try out life on land.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The goal of the study was to see whether or not participants could be coaxed into valuing a specific trait more purely based on experience alone.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaxed
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The sloganeering has cajoled some of the nation’s biggest food brands to shift its offerings, curb the use of some dyes, and even redo recipes of iconic goods like Coca-Cola and day-to-day items like baby formula.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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He’s cajoled and he’s threatened.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Others, lured by the country’s warm weather and lax oversight, followed.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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In 1992, Fox lured some 20 million viewers away from CBS’ coverage of Washington’s 17-0 dominance of Buffalo with a special live installment of the sketch comedy series In Living Color.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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And, that, my friends, will be the cause of much celebration if he could ever be enticed to perform at, say, the National Theatre, the Royal Court or the Almeida or the Donmar or in the commercial West End.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the chain’s most recent earnings call last month, Kempczinski said customers more than doubled their visits after joining the program, enticed by discounts.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Countless service members were seduced by the region’s beauty and fair weather and chose to settle here.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Models walking his sultry runway seduced the audience in beautiful suiting, a dress with a plunging neckline that mirrored an equally high slit.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The annual spectacle, with thousands of media buyers and advertisers crisscrossing Manhattan to be wooed and pitched by TV networks, has already transformed into something more corporate.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Krasner also urged any other potential victims of King to come forward.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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But Vance recently urged Americans to call the employers of those who posted improper sentiments about slain activist Charlie Kirk.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And people have begged for a patio and full bar.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a rare appearance on C-SPAN on Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson heard from one military mom who begged him to bring the House back to session to pass a standalone bill to provide military troops pay during the government shutdown.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
9 Oct. 2025
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