Word Finder - coaxed

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To fondle, kid, pet, tease.

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To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

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He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.

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To carefully manipulate into a particular desired state, situation or position.

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They coaxed the rope through the pipe.

There was a twinkle in his eye that coaxed a smile to her lips.

Did he want to be coaxed or cajoled?

He followed her slowly, but a couple of horn toots coaxed him to move along.

Like Delilah, she coaxed the destined cause of death from Llew and then entrapped him by enacting the conditions exactly.

Mrs. Thrale rallied him, soothed him, coaxed him, and if she sometimes provoked him by her flippancy, made ample amends by listening to his reproofs with angelic sweetness of temper.

She sat and coaxed Molly to her lap.

It was early in the season for the little fellows—they usually stayed outside until the cold weather coaxed them indoors.

Mrs Thrale rallied him, soothed him, coaxed him, and if she sometimes provoked him by her flippancy, made ample amends by listening to his reproofs with angelic sweetness of temper.

These bulbs are gently coaxed into blooming in pots by cooling them for a period of time, then increasing the warmth to mimic springtime.

His flight path became somewhat wayward, until he was eventually coaxed back to the pavilion.

Because smoking cigarettes may not be seen as dangerous as using other, illegal drugs, teens can often be coaxed into trying it.

In many cases, you'll find that you're coaxed into eating more within the guidelines of the Momentum program.

Cline's husband brought home a demo of the track for her, and she hated it, but was coaxed into recording it after the tempo was slowed.

Carmen coaxed him to surrender it to her hand.

We'd coaxed Howie to look away from eminent mayhem, simply to preserve his own sanity.

Tammy's tiny fingers coaxed a cookie from the package, giggled as she handed it to Lisa.

Carmen, if and when I decide to get married, I'll do the asking - without being prompted, coaxed, coerced or blackmailed.

It would be nice to see Uncle Sam's grasping dogs coaxed to bay at the wrong tree as well.

He gently coaxed the whip from her hand and took a few steps away from her.

Scraps from the table coaxed him out even during the daylight hours - but only when she stepped back into the house.

He coaxed one melody after another from the old piano, and then finally he folded the lid down.

It was early in the season for the little fellows—they usually stayed outside until the cold weather coaxed them indoors.

The children's game broke up and Martha began to don her coat to go home but Cynthia coaxed her to stay for supper.

Spirits capable of being confined in matter and made useful are in various ways sung or coaxed into the tenements prepared for them.

The warmth of his muscular chest under the soft knit of his shirt, and the strength in the arms that gently coaxed her close again, tempted her to acquiesce.