Example Sentences

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"Let's see the dodge, Grog," said Beecher, half-coaxingly.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

But suddenly a cruel whim to insist came over the father, and, half-coaxingly and half-forcibly, he held her up to the image, stroking its white cheek to reassure her.

From The Worshipper of the Image by Le Gallienne, Richard

Saville stopped, disgusted, and the hostess answered Sidney half-coaxingly.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel