The children will try to cajole their mother into giving them more dessert. From LearnThat.org.
And then kind of cajole and push and say why certain things should work and certain things wouldn't work. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
"cajole" companies, power ultimately lay with consumers, who should reject products which failed to meet the guidelines. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Oh! those confounded women! how they do cajole us!. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
I have no belief in you left, so you can no longer cajole me. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Did they parley with cunning lawyers, cajole the boor, act the valorous on. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
We can prod and cajole and help make the atmosphere right for a peace treaty. From Wordnik.com. [The Kick-Start That Gave Peace A Chance] Reference
Well, I will stay here to help you cajole the man and set his passions aflame. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
Washington then tried to cajole a number of other countries to take them in. From Wordnik.com. [The Usual Suspects?] Reference
In other words, resist the urge to cajole an explanation out of a mopey, teary child. From Wordnik.com. [When the Bonfire's Over] Reference
He will shave, wheedle, compromise and cajole until he finds-or creates-common ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Promiscuity] Reference
Finding that she was not to be moved, the chiefs endeavoured to cajole and deceive her. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
She spends hours trying to cajole the mentally ill to visit a nearby psychiatric clinic. From Wordnik.com. [India's Mentally Ill Turn To Faith, Not Medicine] Reference
He was trying to cajole me into something else but he said, I can make you a star, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Bettye LaVette's Journey To The National Stage] Reference
Team Arnold might have been able to cajole the White House into helping, at least behind the scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Arnold's Earthquake] Reference
A tireless listener, the speaker is less likely to bully opponents than to draw them near and cajole them. From Wordnik.com. ['Coach! Coach! Coach!'] Reference
With his usual confidence, Brown may have thought he could cajole, bluff or negotiate out of any situation. From Wordnik.com. [American Odyssey] Reference
With his close ties to the Israel lobby, maybe Quayle could cajole hard-line Israeli leaders to give a little. From Wordnik.com. [The Quayle Handicap] Reference
His initial impulse was a halfhearted attempt to cajole the European allies into action, rather than lead them. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Promiscuity] Reference
Once it's launched I will do whatever I can -- write, cajole, march, shout -- to help get Americans back to work. From Wordnik.com. [Trey Ellis: We're So Ready to Believe Again, Part II] Reference
The only way to cajole willowiness of body into coming in your direction is to diet and to take plenty of exercise. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
Such a possibility, thinks Pippa's trustful heart, must surely be enough to cajole the weather into beauty and serenity. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
Long experience had taught him to drop instinctively into the mannerism -- even the dialect -- of those he hoped to cajole. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Diplomatic, she could sweetly cajole a houseful of men comfortable in their sweats into dressing for special family dinners. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of A Marriage] Reference
It is much easier to bully and cajole other claimants to the sea's many atolls, waterways and natural resources individually. From Wordnik.com. [Reining in China's Ambitions] Reference
The best satire is always grounded in optimism: faith in the writer's power to gibe and cajole a dormant conscience to reform. From Wordnik.com. [Gary Shteyngart's "Super Sad True Love Story," reviewed by Ron Charles] Reference
Until last week Arafat had restrained his own police chief's urge to throttle Hamas, trying instead to cajole and co-opt them. From Wordnik.com. [A Bloodied Prize] Reference
It is a green light to religious right activists to cajole local officials into erecting sectarian displays on public property. From Wordnik.com. [Watchdog group blasts Cuccinelli on holiday displays opinion] Reference
Why did he have to cajole, beg, or charm an avuncular affection from this remote individual who wasn't related to them by blood?. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
As the school year kicks off, parents are once again struggling to cajole and, if need be, drag their exhausted teens out of bed. From Wordnik.com. [Homeroom Zombies] Reference
Instead of firing on PDF barracks, so-called Psy Op teams used tape recorded messages to cajole the soldiers inside to surrender. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Invasion] Reference
House Republicans cut off C-Span and kept the roll call open for three hours to cajole the last few votes they needed for passage. From Wordnik.com. [Do As We Say, Not As We Do] Reference
Her special, authorized relation to him -- her right to see him often, question him freely -- even cajole -- should make that easy. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
Brendan dutifully padded along behind to cajole her back outside to practice, so she could make a real try at saving herself the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Sorrows of Boobiac.] Reference
It's the task of the presidency to cajole people, including your enemies, into doing what they don't want to do if it is good for the country. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
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