- present participle of cajole.
cajoling
Example Sentences
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A Fed chair can’t change the world on his own; cajoling other Fed officials to back his views requires credibility, among other factors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
After some cajoling, the executive chef worked out a recipe, according to marketing director Ashley Tidman Noriega.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
With no budget to hire trained reporters, Ned leans on the paper's dwindling staff, cajoling disgruntled employees into volunteering as journalists despite them having no idea what they're doing.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
It followed weeks of leaders threatening, cajoling, and otherwise applying maximum pressure and procedural tactics to stop this train from leaving the station.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2025
The cajoling smile of the dance is gone.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
