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

"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

Like Ossa, Mamdani said he didn’t need any coaxing to agree to a cat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 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