coax
verb (used with object)
to influence or persuade to do something by gentle urging, smooth talk, flattery, etc..
has coaxed
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present perfectof coax (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lean has coaxed generally superb performances from his actors and a startlingly versatile one, his first on the screen, from young Peter O'Toole as Lawrence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
The record-smashing 520-mile driving range he has coaxed out of the Air is only Exhibit A for his company’s superior in-house tech and all-in electric approach.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
Lovley, for example, has coaxed a common lab and industrial bacterium, Escherichia coli, to make nanowires.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 19, 2020
If ever there were evidence of the Louvre of American football talent Nick Saban has coaxed to Alabama across these past 12 seasons, this would be it.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2018
I feel more like a young gosling that some one has coaxed out of its shell a day too soon.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
