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Definition of the day : « coax »

  • verb persuade
Example sentences :
  • Coax him to let you teach him—and bear with him if he should sing out of tune.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Yates gathered some fuel, and managed to coax the dying embers into a blaze.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • What if he could coax her to go to Sunday school; perhaps it would do for her all that it had done for him.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • No matter how he might coax and try to make her smile, she would return no answer.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • As for her tryin' to coax him to leave her money, that's just rubbish.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • So he spent five frantic minutes trying to coax that envelope from under the door.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He kissed the old woman, and then she tried to coax him to eat.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • I'm a widower man, so there'll be nobody to coax it out of me.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Lady Carwitchet was in ecstasies and tried to coax me into joining.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • Next day we sighted four swordfish and tried in vain to coax one to bite.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey