Some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

No amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : It took a lot of arm-twisting but he finally agreed to work this weekend.    From Dictionary.com. 

So there could have been some arm-twisting here involved.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2006] Reference

Yasir Arafat was in no mood for a presidential arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walking Off A Cliff] Reference

So they're doing a lot of twisting -- arm-twisting right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2009] Reference

You can bet he will be doing some arm-twisting there, Soledad.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2007] Reference

And there appears, Brianna, to be a lot of arm-twisting going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2008] Reference

After extended American arm-twisting, Karzai accepted the report.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2009] Reference

So, there are still several days where we can do that arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2009] Reference

It took a lot of behind - the-scenes arm-twisting to make it happen.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2009] Reference

The arm-twisting may come next Tuesday, the day before the big speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009] Reference

This is live the Senate floor, a lot of arm-twisting down there today.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008] Reference

Rosty was the last of the great arm-twisting dealmakers on Capitol Hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rosty's Difficult Winter] Reference

KEILAR: After a weekend of arm-twisting, it was praise from the president.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2009] Reference

So talk us through the kind of arm-twisting going on behind the scenes tonight.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2008] Reference

And some say it may involve arm-twisting by at least one major insurance company.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2007] Reference

And, while they're arm-twisting him, there is no question that he could be beaten.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2008] Reference

The contest for 10018 was a secret ballot, which lessened the power of arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Her Own Worst Enemy] Reference

But you can expect a lot of arm-twisting and uncertainty in the days and weeks ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2009] Reference

PETER DEFAZIO (D), OREGON: Presidential arm-twisting and so-called "hammer," Tom Delay.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2001] Reference

And as long as they have that much influence, there's going to be a lot of arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2005] Reference

And right now, there is some likely serious arm-twisting that's happening on Capitol Hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009] Reference

No doubt a lot of back-room arm-twisting and a lot of arguments behind the scenes going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2008] Reference

"It was polite persuasion, a lot of friendly arm-twisting," the senator told NEWSWEEK later.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush's Big Bet: Risking His Capital] Reference

In persuading his colleagues to see things his way, he did not resort to threats or arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fearless Commitment] Reference

It took some arm-twisting, but Roland Hedley of "Doonesbury" fame agreed to answer some questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2009] Reference

And, in fact, they're not cracking the whip, they're not doing any arm-twisting behind the scenes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2007] Reference

JOHN ROBERTS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It took a week of arm-twisting and some outright vote buying.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007] Reference

Effective action on the resource and the regional front will require some serious arm-twisting from the West.    From Wordnik.com.  [Africa’s Other Holocaust] Reference

Yesterday, they had extensive meeting and it's just a lot of chatting, a lot of arm-twisting, a lot of negotiation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2009] Reference

The other groups all send someone over to the snowboarders to say, "Come on, join our side;" a little arm-twisting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2007] Reference

I will never know how much arm-twisting went on before the Games arrived here in the valley of the Wasatch Mountains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: The Good People Of Salt Lake] Reference

The new special representative was an admitted neophyte in the region, and his reputation for heavy arm-twisting preceded him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Man in Afghanistan] Reference

Massive arm-twisting -- along with the promise of 3,000 more U.S. troops and the Patriot missiles -- finally changed their minds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raising The Stakes] Reference

In Bosnia, it was American diplomatic arm-twisting that did the trick; in Kosovo, it was the immense scale of American air power.    From Wordnik.com.  [What We Owe Them] Reference

Kerry was in the middle of the arm-twisting that got Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to a runoff election two weeks from now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2009] Reference