cajolery

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

Flattery and cajolery are eternal parts of the diplomatic tool kit.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2017

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

At this uncomfortable juncture, I perceived with no little confusion that Bono watched us, grinning a wide, jackanapes smile; which cajolery threw me into more distress.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

But even these were easier to bear than the little playful cajoleries of Mrs. Ricketts on his supposed successes.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

Like the Tibetans, she menaced and threatened us at first, then she turned to us with smiles and cajoleries, entreating us to stay, and her seduction was harder to resist.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

When Meredith had looked unconvinced and injured, she had tried to soften the blow by cajoleries, in the use of which she was past-mistress.

From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)

No entreaties nor cajoleries at first availed to make them leave their refuge.

From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir