coaxing

Example Sentences

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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

Time does a surprising amount of work here, coaxing starches to tenderness and flavors to meet each other halfway.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

"With a face full of resentment and helplessness, it really looks like an employee coaxing themselves to go to work," wrote one Weibo user.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

When he felt it was safe, the dragon tore at the sheep’s flesh with his teeth, leaning his head back and coaxing the meat down his gullet.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz