has coaxed
- present perfect of coax (3rd person singular).
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
Lovley, for example, has coaxed a common lab and industrial bacterium, Escherichia coli, to make nanowires.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 19, 2020
He has coaxed from his team a commitment to play the way that is necessary for them to win, disciplined rather than free-wheeling.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2018
Director David Bennett probably has a Miss Tracy-style, iron-fist-in-velvet-glove voice, and has coaxed funny but flinty performances from the cast.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
The fact is, the philosopher has coaxed the truth into his study and put all those bandages on; of course it is not very hard for him to take them off.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
