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coaxed

[ kohkst ]

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adjective

influenced or persuaded to do something by gentle urging, smooth talk, flattery, etc.:
A coaxed cat will make itself comfortable in your lap for a while, but a forced one will flat out refuse.
obtained by gentle urging, sweet talk, flattery, etc.:
The hotel owner eventually offered us a coaxed apology after much back and forth about the lack of cleanliness.

Origin of coaxed¹

First recorded in 1825–35; coax ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; coax ¹( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

When Collins coaxed him back, the folk audience loved him even more.

He even set the mic down before his time was up, he only finished after being coaxed back onto the stage by Sway.

The two strapping marshals behind him looked plenty strong enough to have coaxed him to his feet if he had decided otherwise.

It would be great if Republicans could be coaxed to sign on to one or more of these efforts.

Samantha Geimer was 13 years old when famed director Roman Polanski coaxed her into having sex during a photo shoot.

Why, I coaxed even dad over to camp once and I've always wanted Helena to go.

Maloney collapsed visibly, and I gathered the wood over the fire and coaxed up a blaze.

Then I coaxed her and told her how much more it would mean to the poor ones, like myself, than it possibly could to those others.

Then the drug was coaxed between the stricken man's teeth, and presently he opened his eyes once more.

He was a skittish horse, gentle, as Andy explained, but "pow'ful nervous—had to be sort o' coaxed along."

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