Cajoling
"Cajoling" in a Sentence (4 examples)
It took a little cajoling but I finally got her to eat her broccoli.
Their mission is to go house by house, convincing, cajoling, and if necessary browbeating parents into vaccinating their children.
The zookeeper was cajoling the lion back into its cage.
Threats and cajolings failed to convince her.
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