verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ed cajoled and pleaded, but couldn't get her to change her mind.
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He managed to cajole Hayden to take part in the program.
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She cajoles the kids into doing their best.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All saying the same thing over and over, and pushing and cajoling?
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He championed, cajoled, fumed and fussed through years of bureaucratic shuffles to save the project.
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I cajoled John into agreeing then set off to the pet store to select the appropriate creature.
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She was waiting, he knew, to be courted and cajoled.
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Teachers tend to cajole , comment, and direct students at every turn.
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The trade unions are cajoled into issuing a statement that could just be decoded as implying support for further wage restraint.
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They include people who, by virtue of their position and influence must be persuaded, cajoled, threatened or bought off.
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They walked a razor edge, with Duane as an unhinged Aguirre, bullying and cajoling Gregg to greater songwriting heights.