coax
verb (used with object)
to influence or persuade to do something by gentle urging, smooth talk, flattery, etc..
coaxes
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present tense formof coax (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Thanks to cultivation techniques, the Huntington coaxes the plants to bloom every two to three years, not four to six like they do in their natural habitat, where they’re endangered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Allegra Goodman’s family saga coaxes, in Sam Sacks’s words, “excellent, bone-dry humor” out of the skirmishes and long-running battles among members of a loving, fractious clan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
There, Mark finds Gemma serenely disassembling the crib, and coaxes her to run with him.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
It’s not until Pointer coaxes her to take off her artificial leg, leaving her dependent on him, that her internal alarm bells start to go off.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2024
The truck yaws like a ship at sea as Neumann One coaxes it over ruts.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
