coaxed

Example Sentences

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She’s hauled pigs down apartment stairwells and coaxed them into crates for transport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Once you know the order of operations, once you trust time and salt to do their quiet work, almost anything can be coaxed into a satisfying bowl.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 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

Michael Carrick is far too experienced to get coaxed into giving away whether he wants to become Manchester United's next permanent manager.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

A constant and steady supply of broken planes coaxed back to repair sites, new ones delivered from factory to operational base—all flown by civilian pilots, no instruments, no radio, no guns.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein