cajoler
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Mr. McConnell viewed his role as equal parts cajoler and instructor.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2019
The least confrontational of conductors, Levine has always been a cajoler on the podium, but behind the scenes he is accused of the opposite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2017
He wasn't a shouter or a dictator, but was a cajoler and collaborator.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2016
She also honed her skills as an enforcer and cajoler, and quickly established a management style that would come to be her trademark: autocratic, sometimes bullying, but leavened by occasional bursts of charm.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2013
And again sat the Secret Convention: an eminent English diplomate the most active of its members—he of all others the most successful cajoler of peoples—he whose long career had been a succession of betrayals.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
