There was a twinkle in his eye that coaxed a smile to her lips.
Did he want to be coaxed or cajoled?
He followed her slowly, but a couple of horn toots coaxed him to move along.
Like Delilah, she coaxed the destined cause of death from Llew and then entrapped him by enacting the conditions exactly.
Mrs. Thrale rallied him, soothed him, coaxed him, and if she sometimes provoked him by her flippancy, made ample amends by listening to his reproofs with angelic sweetness of temper.
