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coax
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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
  • It took nearly fifteen minutes to coax her from the car.  (source)
  • Maybe she can coax the stupid brat out of the truck.  (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
  • The sun, warm as a blanket, wrapped Kya's shoulders, coaxing her deeper into the marsh.  (source)
    coaxing = gently persuading
  • ...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
  • "Here girl, here girl," he says to it coaxingly.†  (source)
    coaxingly = in a manner that tries to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
  • Five dollars coaxes a Bible and a candle out of the desk clerk at the motel.†  (source)
    coaxes = tries to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuades
  • "Just a little farther," coaxed the Count.  (source)
    coaxed = gently persuaded
  • "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
  • Her hair was black and generous, with thick curls circling her face, a face I could never quite coax into view, despite the sharpness of everything else.  (source)
    coax = get (obtain through effort)
  • She puts an arm around his shoulder-coaxingly.†  (source)
    coaxingly = in a manner that tries to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
  • She coaxes them past the shelter's threshold to go to the ocean, which most have never seen.†  (source)
    coaxes = tries to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuades
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