coax
verb (used with object)
to influence or persuade to do something by gentle urging, smooth talk, flattery, etc..
is coaxing
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present progressiveof coax (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now, Stokes is coaxing the best out of Foakes, Leach, Ben Duckett and Harry Brook, the latter a newcomer to Test cricket but seemingly on track to be a superstar.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2023
Macron is coaxing Trump toward a very big idea.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2018
And key to that is coaxing “Dear Evan Hansen” out into the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2016
And Mayor Lee is coaxing the Golden State Warriors to move west from Oakland by offering a lease of prime piers near the ballpark for a basketball arena.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2013
She is coaxing and she is false, like a feast laid out on the trap-door of a dungeon.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod
