coaxing

Mondavi also realized the value of coaxing trophy names from Bordeaux into opening wineries in Napa.

The driver in his black suit, white shirt, and black tie shook the reins, coaxing the white horses ahead.

Later, I fell asleep to the sound of Lhoucine gently coaxing his camel and faint ululating from a distant stone cottage.

She hypnotized Cory with her free spirit, freer hair, and asinine name, coaxing him out of his shell and into love with her.

From across the room, I watch her friends, some of them also ill, unsuccessfully coaxing her to eat.

She'd think as little of coaxing a woman's husband from her, as she wu'd of shooting a thief like a doorg.

Joe saw at once that the man was wild with drink, and he put on a smile, with a notion of coaxing the captain over.

Coaxing Miss Jewett into her little parlor, she showed her the pictures, and read aloud the letter.

"Then, for once, I've found a disinterested female in a coaxing mood," replied this modern Diogenes.

She knelt beside him, holding the cup for him, and by coaxing and entreating made him take a little food.