How to Use cajole in a Sentence

cajole

verb
Definition of cajolenext
Synonyms for cajolenext
  • Her first coach had to cajole her to swim with her head down.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Strike captains worked hard to cajole those who drove on to the property to give up a honk — and some did.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 May 2023
  • Rick Scott pushed for and won a boost for teachers, then cajoled school districts to put the raises in place.
    — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • In much the way her family had cajoled her to face the world again, Darby was doing the same for Dave.
    — Andrea Atkins, Woman's Day, 14 Jan. 2011
  • According to Harper's Bazaar, the first came out when Hart cajoled the prince during the show.
    — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Jordan begged and wheedled and cajoled to get his grandmother to part with the recipe.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
  • Your parents or spouse may cajole you to ask for top dollar.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • And then John tries to cajole Lori into keeping all of this a secret from Mare.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • Soni hopes to cajole a dozen or more to sign on, leaning on the private-equity firms that own them.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • As the Spurs’ leader and point guard, Murray has attempted to cajole the best out of Walker.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Even Barb, who had been cajoling the others to get tested, could not bring herself to do so.
    — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • Nearly two-thirds of that money was coaxed, cajoled or threatened out of the public.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • For years, a wide spectrum of groups in the U.S. lectured, cajoled and entreated China to go green.
    — Andrew Browne, WSJ, 6 June 2017
  • How many times can a show cajole us into caring about a character only to kill them off by the end of the episode?
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The stage that night at Radio City Music Hall was filled with stars who had been cajoled into helping launch the show.
    — Mary Gabriel, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Over the years, the list of people who’d tried to cajole him back into writing and recording grew legion: Clive Davis.
    — Caryn Ganz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Over the years, the list of people who’d tried to cajole him back into writing and recording grew legion: Clive Davis.
    — Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Who each helped me — cajole me — to write a better movie about being a special needs father.
    — Tony Spiridakis, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2024
  • So I was forced to cajole wary drivers to take me to visit the most sacred, forgotten spots.
    — Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • If there's a deal to be made or a client to be cajoled, these road warriors will hop on a plane and not care very much if their laptop or tablet goes along for the ride.
    — Robert Reed, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
  • Or stay in the cities of the frosty North and the towns of the fractured South and try to cajole or force the nation towards equity and an honest reckoning with the past?
    — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Other dog beds require you to squish, maneuver, force and cajole the stuffing back in.
    — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 13 Jan. 2024
  • In recent months, Russia has sent emissaries to cajole the tribe members back to Assad’s fold.
    — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • But Bowyer said there was no effort to cajole or coerce women who did not respond to a request to sign on.
    — Stephen Battaglio, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
  • For 17 years, Walker and Collister would counsel, cajole and deal tough love to anyone who needed it, any day of the week.
    — Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • One fewer dose to have to cajole a toddler into getting.
    — Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper, STAT, 23 June 2022
  • And then a schoolboy with mean little eyes who tries to cajole her, menacingly, into a game of hide-and-seek.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 May 2022
  • Maybe this will finally cajole Ford to bring the Ranger Raptor to American roads.
    — Anthony Alaniz, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Where the whole thing is a contraption to be bent to your will, to be cajoled and manhandled into doing your bidding.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Trump also cajoled and threatened liberal allies in other parts of the world, including East Asia.
    — Michael Doyle, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024

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