Sample Sentences for
coax
(editor-reviewed)

coax as in:  coax her to join us

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  • Let's see if we can coax her into coming with us.
    coax = gently persuade
  • Maybe she can coax the stupid brat out of the truck.  (source)
  • It took nearly fifteen minutes to coax her from the car.  (source)
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  • I finally coaxed Moody Blue to drop it, and when I picked up the rabbit, its heart was beating faster than anything.  (source)
    coaxed = gently persuaded
  • I made him a little surprise dinner, thinking I could coax the proposal out of him.  (source)
    coax = obtain a result through gentle and careful effort
  • The sun, warm as a blanket, wrapped Kya's shoulders, coaxing her deeper into the marsh.  (source)
    coaxing = gently persuading
  • She puts an arm around his shoulder-coaxingly.†  (source)
  • The truck yaws like a ship at sea as Neumann One coaxes it over ruts.†  (source)
  • But that time Piggy had coaxed and bullied.  (source)
    coaxed = gently persuaded
  • ...and then I remember everyone in the country is watching me so I just bury my face in Peeta's shirt. It takes them a couple of minutes to coax me back out because it's better in the shirt, where no one can see me, and when I do come out, Caesar backs off questioning me so I can recover.  (source)
    coax = gently persuade
  • "And after all," Fanny's tone was coaxing, "it's not as though there were anything painful or disagreeable about having one or two men besides Henry."  (source)
    coaxing = gently persuading
  • 'There, there,' said the Jew, coaxingly.†  (source)
  • Five dollars coaxes a Bible and a candle out of the desk clerk at the motel.†  (source)
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