- present participle of coax.
coaxing
Example Sentences
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And if you’re familiar with Martin Best, the curmudgeonly doctor with an almost permanently furrowed brow portrayed by Charles, the character’s willingness to don such a getup likely took some coaxing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The woman crouches, coaxing the animal with sweet compliments and a stick of sugarcane she brought with her.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Entrepreneurs Karin Walter-Mommert and Walter Gunz later funded a private rescue, fitting the whale with a tracking device and coaxing it onto a water-filled transport ship called Fortuna B.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Eger unlocked one woman’s grief by coaxing her to stand barefoot on her mother’s grave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The basketball shorts I had on dragged like sails, slowing me down, coaxing me away from the van.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
