cajolery

If the new rules fail to produce a majority, an unholy spectacle of threats, cajolery and attempted deals will surely fill the weeks before the convention.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2020

Unlike other foreign policy issues, where Mr. Trump seems neither informed nor particularly interested, he has wrestled with the balance between threats and cajolery with North Korea.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2018

Earlier in the day, Boehner’s leadership team was expressing confidence that days of cajolery on behalf of Boehner’s measure would pay off.

From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 29, 2011

"Resist the incumbent cajolery, ignore the veiled threats and protestations of doom, and move forward to allocate the 700 MHz resource to the feisty upstarts," Seaboard said.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2011

“He’s been a source of conniving and cajolery in this community long enough,” Mrs. Larkin continued.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

But not even in the sacred name of Moslem broth erhood would the rich old Aga fall for the Faroukian cajoleries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dan was well hardened to her cajoleries by this time; he was confident that she would have made "sweet eyes at Caliban."

From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn

He entered, walking more like an Englishman than a Venetian, elegantly attired, and uttering compliments which my humility forced me to regard as ill-employed cajoleries.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Count Carlo Gozzi

So matters went on day by day, each day bringing its fresh instalment of threats promises and cajoleries, each morning its batch of disappointments.

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick

My subtlest cajoleries never win him from that attitude of sneering contempt.

From The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl