coaxed

Example Sentences

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Car and Driver coaxed a 6.4-second 0-60 mph time out of the Turbo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Vivid examples are the Southeast Asian “pig-butchering External link” scams, in which victims are coaxed into investing in fake crypto platforms.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

They coaxed performances from Indy using a painstaking process of setting up experiences for him to react to, whether it was strategically employing food or creating a noise that’s novel to Indy.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

"Until quite recently, I hadn't managed to throw off the memory of children who needed to be gently coaxed through their dialogue in a big scary film studio."

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

“The guitarist sits there in the afternoon,” Nhamo coaxed.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer