cajole

Object

• people: In fact, in many cases, we were trying to cajole people out of doing the climbs!
• member: We therefore cajoled members of each of the four core subject teams to join us.
• audience: In his introduction he cajoles the audience about current issues in Nottingham.
• council: The Scottish Office has now produced a mechanism to cajole councils into taking public transport more seriously - but not walking and cycling.
• man: Later that day we cajoled a young man at the resort to give us what turned out to be a silent drumming lesson.

Adjective complement

• other: Britain can help persuade the US that EU defense need not damage Nato and can cajole other EU members to swallow the draft constitution.

Modifying Another Word

• much: In the end after much cajoling George gave way only to find the opposition had upped the price.
• n't: If I have n't cajoled you into donating already, there's still time.. .
• successfully: His instantly likeable, goofy manner, successfully cajoled the audience into a perfect mood for the rest of the show.
• even: Outside agencies can and should advise and even cajole, but I don't think coercion works.
• easily: You can easily cajole a small child with candies or toys.