was cajoling
- past progressive of cajole.
Example Sentences
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"Now,—Little Billee!" and Patty's tone was cajoling, and her sideways glance and smile very provoking.
From Patty's Butterfly Days by Wells, Carolyn
He seemed to be repeating a brief phrase over and over again, harshly and irritably; but she was cajoling, remonstrating, arguing, as he had seen her argue in that ill-fated room an hour back.
From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval
