- present participle of cajole.
cajoling
Example Sentences
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“No amount of cajoling or liens will scare” the other owners who don’t pay, the former U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the leak did reveal commercially sensitive information, including Anthropic’s proprietary techniques, tools and instructions for cajoling its AI models to work as coding agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
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
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
Sometimes she thought she had become nothing but a voice speaking in the darkness, cajoling, urging, threatening.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
