cajole

So tell me quickly now: how have I cajoled you?

And no amount of cajoling would get him to change his mind.

Bill Clinton did not have to be urged or cajoled.

Rather, corporations and people must be cajoled to use less energy.

And she stayed that way, no matter how I cajoled her.

In the past she'd always been ready for school early; now she had to be pushed and cajoled by her mother.

As the therapist I have to be cajoling and nice to him.

And I had little doubt she'd cajoled two or three older boys into the same.

Within seconds I cajoled her into joining me in bed.

Would she have fallen in love with a man who could be too easily cajoled?

Will was about the last man in the world to be cajoled or frightened into marriage.

Finally, she cajoled half a dozen men to help her break into the jail.

But he would not be cajoled by her, or persuaded to smile.

And despite cajoling from a local judge, the tickets were never paid.

Leonard might be cajoled along those lines, too, if I put my mind to it.

But sometimes he can be cajoled or seduced into going easy.

The small joke got a laugh, and he cajoled a few to their feet.

Driving across the city, he called a doctor friend, who had just gone to bed, and cajoled him into meeting them at the hospital.

The voice was cajoling, deep, and just on the edge of laughter.

For two years, she begged and cajoled them to look harder.

Just about any building can be jumbled or cajoled into being a church.

"You feel that strongly," I heard him say as he cajoled the key.

The director begged, cajoled and lied to get the rest.

Cajoled by a family friend to take up the game, he swung his first clubs at 14.

She called and cajoled, keeping everyone aboard until someone finally made a commitment.