Coaxed
[kəukst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Coax
Editor: Ramon
Examples
- She might have coaxed me to say no if I had been the hardest-hearted duenna in the world. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So I coax it down again, as the fisherman coaxed the genie. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Soon after dinner Caroline coaxed her governess-cousin upstairs to dress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She talked to Elizabeth again and again; coaxed and threatened her by turns. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Esther nursed them, coaxed them to sleep, washed and dressed them, told them stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes--My dear girl! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He cringed and coaxed Rawdon at the club. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Ramon