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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cajole .
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Examples
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_Pipe_, "cajoles": a word which (now that it is unusual) mars the effect of its meaning by its insignificant sound.
Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance Hilaire Belloc 1911
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With a mobile virtually welded to his ear, Lee cajoles and comforts his charges when they miss out, while trying to get under the skin of coaches and scouts and convince them of the merit of his boys.
Special agent film shows American sport red in tooth, claw and bull | Martin Kelner 2011
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Courage doesn't always roar... it whispers, it prays, it asks politely, it asserts firmly, it suggests gently, it demands insistently, it cajoles, it stakes its claim.
BJ Gallagher: Voices of Courage BJ Gallagher 2011
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Courage doesn't always roar... it whispers, it prays, it asks politely, it asserts firmly, it suggests gently, it demands insistently, it cajoles, it stakes its claim.
BJ Gallagher: Voices of Courage BJ Gallagher 2011
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The total tally of jobs inched up, inactivity fell, and – even as benefits policy cajoles disabled people and carers into signing on as jobseekers – the dole queue lengthened relatively modestly.
Employment and the euro crisis: bringing it all back home 2012
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When the scientist and her find are both abducted, her grandfather, a U.S. government agent, cajoles Ethan Warner, an ex-Marine and burnt-out foreign correspondent, into hunting for her and the coveted remains.
Supernatural Suspense and Mundane Wonders Tom Nolan 2011
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And I hand over the summation to the marvelous Ms. Nichols, who boldly cajoles us: Who knows, 300 years, 600 years, 60 years from now, what we'll be capable of?
Gregory Weinkauf: 'Star Trek' Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary in Las Vegas Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Isn't America the nation that cajoles others -- Egypt being the latest example -- for unreasonable treatment and imprisonment of citizens?
Diane Dimond: Our Youngest Lifers Diane Dimond 2011
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It felt as if the 224 guests were in the palm of his hand and it was not difficult to imagine how he imposes himself in the dressing room, how he coaxes and cajoles the best out of his players.
Confident Harry Redknapp happy to joke Fábregas wants to join Spurs | David Hytner 2011
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Isn't America the nation that cajoles others -- Egypt being the latest example -- for unreasonable treatment and imprisonment of citizens?
Diane Dimond: Our Youngest Lifers Diane Dimond 2011
bilby commented on the word cajoles
Fried Mexican caresses, usually served with chopped onion.
June 2, 2008