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Example sentences for "coax"

Lexicographically close words:
coati; coating; coatings; coatless; coats; coaxed; coaxes; coaxial; coaxing; coaxingly
  1. She'll learn to coax by and by, and then you'll do anything for her, Reuben.

  2. Now, Richard Morton, thee watch her, and see that she doesn't coax too much, or come it over them with any unlawful witchery.

  3. You'd best let a two-three of us stay the night and coax 'ee from frettin'.

  4. He was already gaining the greatest possible influence over her, and he managed, on the occasion of his second visit, to coax her to let him carry her across to Miss Egerton's for a couple of hours.

  5. Perhaps he will if we both go to him and coax very hard.

  6. I was afraid I couldn't coax her into marrying Isaac.

  7. At any rate I could never coax from him more than the confession that there were other things that had brought him hints.

  8. The doctor, it was clear, wished to coax from him the most intimate description possible of his experience.

  9. My voice, when I found the heart to try and coax his own for speech, would win him back.

  10. I will seek my father--who I believe is over yonder with the troopers at the shop, talking to the blacksmith--I will go there and try to coax him to do your bidding.

  11. Mary, alarmed at the idea of a struggle in which her lover's life might be endangered, "and try to coax him to take our side?

  12. The very next time I go out fishing in the Merry Chanter, my catboat, I'll coax sister to go, too, and you must come with us.

  13. She's going to coax that simpleton with it, just as a body has to coax a wild critter to come an' be caught.

  14. Remember how the little darling used to coax for a nickel to run to the 'corner' and buy a quart of it, when we'd been digging extra hard in our pretty yard.

  15. Just you mention to your folks that you're going on the river, this afternoon, and I'll coax mother to make Helena and the Milliken go, too.

  16. What if he could coax her to go to Sunday school; perhaps it would do for her all that it had done for him.

  17. Many were the kind hearts that had tried to coax her into that same Sabbath school, and had failed.

  18. Can't we coax a little more speed out of this old tub?

  19. There was Sarah, too sick to see anything but the bed, to undress, to make fomentations for, to coax to mouthfuls of tea and toast.

  20. The lady had stooped to Trotty, whom she was trying to coax from her lurking-place.

  21. You'll not coax another half-pint out of me.

  22. Then it stretched out its paw and played with his hand, doing its utmost to coax him into a little fun; but he would not be coaxed, and the cat lost all patience with him, and left him to himself.

  23. When one of them becomes wearied, and does not wish to proceed, it is exceedingly difficult to coax him onward.

  24. Coax them and humour them--poor little dears!

  25. There was a desire on the valet's part to coax and court little Alwyn of which she felt somewhat jealous.

  26. Of course we don't know just what speed you can coax out of that rusty old engine, but even at a minimum of six or eight miles per hour, we surely ought to get in hiding before sun-up.

  27. Must be somethin' mighty special to coax that pilot to risk bein' seen in open daylight.

  28. It is most important that we should consolidate our position in this country; we must coax the younger generation over by degrees, we must disarm their hostility.

  29. We must teach them to learn, and coax them to forget.

  30. Now, will you coax Sonia Endicott down here to have a look at this Arthur Dillon?

  31. Mrs. Stanton, irefully, pulling away from the girl who was trying to coax back good nature.

  32. I'm ashamed to own up to myself that I have allowed California and Palm Beach to coax me away from Marion these last two winters.

  33. She should never coax him out of doing that which was best for them both.

  34. It was best for him, best for Rita, that he should go, and he had no respect for a poor, weak man who would permit a woman to coax him from a clearly proper course.

  35. One of them would coax the face off of ye if she wanted it, before you knew you had a face.

  36. I know she will coax you out of leaving her side long enough to plow a corn row if you are not careful.

  37. It's already settled that you'll coax him to snap off his own picture.

  38. The pair just came out of Briggs' store," added Jack, "where I expect they met a cold reception if they hoped to coax a bite to eat from the old man.

  39. Still, for many reasons, it was better to exercise a little prudence, and coax the Earl into agreement.

  40. Anyway, there is my two hundred and fifty, and I must coax the rest out of dad.

  41. There are moments when we seem to coax stern destiny, into a lively confidence, and in one passing glimpse, she shows us many closely-written pages of the "to be.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coax" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abettor; advise; advocate; bait; beset; besiege; bug; buttonhole; cajole; coax; decoy; drag; draw; dun; ensnare; entice; entreat; exhort; fawn; flatter; flirt; gadfly; get; hint; importune; induce; insist; inspirer; inveigle; kidnap; lobby; lure; motivate; mover; nag; pester; plague; plead; pleader; ply; press; pressure; prompt; prompter; push; recommend; rope; seduce; spark; tease; tempt; tempter; urge; wheedle; woo


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    coaxial cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; coaxial cables; coaxial submarine