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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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- In a few minutes, he'd coaxed them back to the fountain, spinning around in circles with the youngsters in hot pursuit while the mother dog stretched out on the lawn and watched, panting.
p. 12.8coaxed = gently persuaded
- For the next few days, they left Almondine behind on their walks, hoping to coax the stray along.
p. 71.4coax = gently persuade
- One evening, after Edgar had coaxed a new mother out of her whelping pen for grooming, Claude slipped through the barn doors and ambled over.
p. 76.2coaxed = gently persuaded
- They coaxed the stray up the path each day by refilling the bowl and moving it closer to the yard, just a few feet at first and then, as the days wore on, much farther.
p. 79.1 *
- He coaxed her into standing, this time more gently, cupping his hand under her belly, and he rearranged the sleeping bag.
p. 81.5
- Edgar nodded and collected the short lead and gently slapped his thigh to coax Iris out of the whelping box.
p. 99.5coax = gently persuade
- He coaxed her into the warm night once again.
p. 100.1coaxed = gently persuaded
- He'd knelt and begun to coax Epi forward when the door swung open and his mother stood illuminated against the night.
p. 209.2coax = gently persuade
- Then he coaxed them into taking a step, then several steps, then running all the way across the mow.
p. 283.1coaxed = gently persuaded
- The dogs craned their necks to watch, eyeing him as if astounded, and boxing and writhing to coax him back again.
p. 283.9coax = gently persuade
- Then she would coax him into telling her the story.
p. 295.8
- And Tinder, equally likely to stick or bolt, who twice jumped up when Essay broke her stay and licked her muzzle and coaxed her back into a sit.
p. 352.5coaxed = gently persuaded
- With his hand under Tinder's belly, Edgar coaxed the dog into taking a few steps.
p. 386.4
- When he finished, they coaxed all three dogs onto the front seat.
p. 424.9
- But her deepest fever dreams were yet to come, and in them she coaxed that tendril out.†
p. 477.8coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
- WHEN TRUDY REACHED THE SHADE OF THE BARN, SHE TURNED and knelt and recalled the pups, then coaxed them down the long concrete aisle.
p. 503.1coaxed = gently persuaded
- Claude had coaxed him into setting aside the towel, and as they watched, he pulled back Glen's eyelids and tipped water across his broad face.
p. 531.1
- So coaxed, they began to follow again.
p. 561.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(coax as in: coax her to join us) try to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gentle persuasion
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, coax is a short for coaxial cable (a type of electrical cable used to transmit data, the internet, video and voice communications). Coaxial cables have a conducting wire surrounded by an insulating layer surrounded by a shield. The insulating layer and shield surround a common axis--the conducting wire.
In classic literature, you may see coax used as a synonym for caress or fondle.