cajole

Example Sentences

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His goal is to talk up the VW agreement to cajole workers at Mercedes and other foreign plants into unionizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Belgium's outspoken prime minister Bart De Wever will be in the spotlight as his EU counterparts -- most of whom back the plan -- try to cajole him to accept.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

My mother did her best to cajole me into going.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

Making community theater, one often has to beg, borrow and steal to cast a show, so it’s not out of the question that Rita might cajole a blue-collar worker like Dan into a rehearsal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2024

I assumed that come opening day, she’d be off in Lucy Jo’s Dart to Davy Elementary, even if we had to cajole her.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls