Both Uses of
cajole
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Mr. Fish had no children but he enjoyed throwing and kicking a football, and on those blue-sky, fall afternoons, he cajoled Owen and me to play football with him; Owen and I didn't care for the sport—except for those times when we could include Sagamore in the game.†
p. 182.3cajoled = gently persuaded
- Grandmother did not see fit to do a damn thing, but she enjoyed Dan's efforts to cajole her out of her veteran, antisocial cantankerousness, and she agreed to attend the play; as for the cast party, she would see how she felt after the performance.†
p. 238.9 *cajole = gently persuade