cajolery
Americannoun
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cajoleries
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Etymology
Origin of cajolery
From the French word cajolerie, dating back to 1640–50. See cajole, -ery
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If the new rules fail to produce a majority, an unholy spectacle of threats, cajolery and attempted deals will surely fill the weeks before the convention.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2020
Unlike other foreign policy issues, where Mr. Trump seems neither informed nor particularly interested, he has wrestled with the balance between threats and cajolery with North Korea.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2018
Earlier in the day, Boehner’s leadership team was expressing confidence that days of cajolery on behalf of Boehner’s measure would pay off.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 29, 2011
"Resist the incumbent cajolery, ignore the veiled threats and protestations of doom, and move forward to allocate the 700 MHz resource to the feisty upstarts," Seaboard said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2011
Yet Birge underestimated Robert Sproul, one of the few people who could outmatch Ernest Lawrence in cajolery.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
But not even in the sacred name of Moslem broth erhood would the rich old Aga fall for the Faroukian cajoleries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such is the influence of ecclesiastical cajoleries over even the most gifted minds.
From The Roman Question by Edmond About
So matters went on day by day, each day bringing its fresh instalment of threats promises and cajoleries, each morning its batch of disappointments.
From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
She gave him a quick look and knew that he was not going to be swayed this time by her little cajoleries.
From The Best Policy by Elliott Flower
Like the Tibetans, she menaced and threatened us at first, then she turned to us with smiles and cajoleries, entreating us to stay, and her seduction was harder to resist.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
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