How to Use cajole in a Sentence

cajole

verb
  • Her first coach had to cajole her to swim with her head down.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • He’s cajoled and he’s threatened.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Reform will not come from within, so it must be cajoled from without.
    — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • For those who haven’t had the pleasure of trying, cajoling sound out of a big shell isn’t easy.
    — Abby Levene, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Strike captains worked hard to cajole those who drove on to the property to give up a honk — and some did.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 May 2023
  • Jordan begged and wheedled and cajoled to get his grandmother to part with the recipe.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
  • Nearly two-thirds of that money was coaxed, cajoled or threatened out of the public.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Who each helped me — cajole me — to write a better movie about being a special needs father.
    — Tony Spiridakis, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2024
  • Soni hopes to cajole a dozen or more to sign on, leaning on the private-equity firms that own them.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Rick Scott pushed for and won a boost for teachers, then cajoled school districts to put the raises in place.
    — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • To speak in verse is to tease, to cajole, to seduce, all actions that suggest an excess of desire.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • How many times can a show cajole us into caring about a character only to kill them off by the end of the episode?
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Other dog beds require you to squish, maneuver, force and cajole the stuffing back in.
    — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Even Barb, who had been cajoling the others to get tested, could not bring herself to do so.
    — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • The left’s efforts to cajole him are sparked by more than frustration, however.
    — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
  • But Bowyer said there was no effort to cajole or coerce women who did not respond to a request to sign on.
    — Stephen Battaglio, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
  • And then a schoolboy with mean little eyes who tries to cajole her, menacingly, into a game of hide-and-seek.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 May 2022
  • And then John tries to cajole Lori into keeping all of this a secret from Mare.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • Of course no one should be forced, pressured or cajoled to pursue MAID!
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
  • In much the way her family had cajoled her to face the world again, Darby was doing the same for Dave.
    — Andrea Atkins, Woman's Day, 14 Jan. 2011
  • If there's a deal to be made or a client to be cajoled, these road warriors will hop on a plane and not care very much if their laptop or tablet goes along for the ride.
    — Robert Reed, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
  • Where the whole thing is a contraption to be bent to your will, to be cajoled and manhandled into doing your bidding.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Bibb took one there, along with her co-star Aimee Lou Wood, and had cajoled him into another.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In recent months, Russia has sent emissaries to cajole the tribe members back to Assad’s fold.
    — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • Through equal parts coincidence and cajoling, all three end up at the manor where both Audrey and Neville grew up.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • According to Harper's Bazaar, the first came out when Hart cajoled the prince during the show.
    — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Reports claimed Hardy was regularly late to the set and often had to be cajoled into action.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • But the Virgin Mary and the angels had cajoled him into granting humankind one last chance to repent.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • There will also be a familiar face cajoling and encouraging, in the background as well as on the main public stages.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • Desperate to cajole readers away from their phones, these writers deploy online language and screen-friendly forms.
    — Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025

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