cajolement

Bonnet sighed, shrugged, and gave up any pretense of cajolement.

The coaxing went on, the flattery, the cajolement.

Afterwards, Persia pursued its policies by diplomacy, bribery and cajolement, playing one city state against another.

Next comes the cajolement of my husband to find room in his suitcase for the gaudy treasure (mine is overloaded even before I leave home).

Juno is an archetypal Irish mother struggling to keep some semblance of a family together through a fine balance of threats and cajolement.

And when she found her companions ignoring that line of argument, she tried cajolement: "If only for the sake of my youngest budling, we must go back!

He waits your service,--he is all agape and thirsty for more flattery and delicate cajolement, ... stuff him with praise, good youth!

After a hefty dose of cajolement coupled with money for hamburgers and milkshakes, Caron and Inez abandoned their classmates and left for the hospital.

The interrogations, a mixture of threat and cajolement (no detective is seen laying a hand on a suspect), give "Solving Murders Kansas City Style" its few dramatic moments.