coaxed
Example Sentences
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The Loch Ness monster appeared on screen before being magically coaxed on to the stage by Outlander star Sam Heughan.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The administration’s efforts to control Anthropic’s technology were spurred by an Amazon report finding that Fable could be coaxed into finding bugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
They coaxed, cajoled, begged and beseeched for support to bring the tournament to North America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
The drippings, on that first night, don’t go to waste: they’re coaxed into something worthy of the occasion, slicked over potatoes or spooned onto rice, greener and more herb-laced than you might expect.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
A paste of Chinese herbs concocted by Mother had magically coaxed sore gums to adopt the twenty-eight intruders fashioned by the dentist.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
