dragoon
noun
(especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
dragooning
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present participleof dragoon.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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For Jamin Liu, a former Mathcamper and counselor and now a bioengineering grad student at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Conway’s perpetual dragooning with games was more than just fun.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2020
These efforts form part of a tour-de-force demonstration of command economy agency, dragooning up to 600,000 people and mobilizing materiel from across the USSR.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2019
The daughter of a doctor and a nursing school dean, Ms. Nagle started making up stories as a child, dragooning her two younger sisters into acting them out with her.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
Even dragooning Vitter’s teenage son, Jack, into making a spot, in which he vouched for his dad’s decency, failed.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2015
When a warm body was needed, Ernest would recruit almost off the street, like a Hollywood talent spotter dragooning a soda fountain girl into instant stardom.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
