Definition of Cajolery
cajolery (noun) - the act of cajoling; coaxing language or tricks; delusive wheedling
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How can cajolery be used in a sentence?
He responded with an all-out campaign of cajolery.
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nullIn politics there is no chain of command, just endless cajolery.
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nullResuming his survey of the room, he assumed an air of charming cajolery.
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nullShe was used to extract secrets by flattery and cajolery where ordinary bribery would not avail.
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nullSo he's good at both the Texas cajolery and also the old Texas pressure politics, when he needs to.
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nullHe knew how to threaten, what to threaten her with, and when to turn from threats to charming cajolery.
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null'Or the mixture of the two, called cajolery,' said Mr. Austin; 'and that was the principal art of the Whigs.'
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nullShe rather hoped her sly cajolery would work and was immensely relieved to feel the shift in his thoughts at her candid remarks.
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nullAs the director's tone gradually changed from browbeating anger to half-anger, half-pleading and cajolery, Shar-monov's head turned.
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nullMcGowan and Luong spent several minutes corralling a boat of their own, they too threatening a helmsman when cajolery did not move him.
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nullIt's pretty clear that Little George requires a constant stream of flattery and cajolery to keep him going, and this was to be supplied by
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nullNo amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred of the Tory party.
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nullThat was the method of pleading, cajolery, horse-trading, threatening, thoughtfulness, and downright seduction that LBJ used to get what he wanted.
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nullThen with bribes, cajolery, and browbeating he canalised their energies and their expertise into one field, the pursuit of pure military efficiency.
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nullShe turned and looked up into his eyes to see what if any effect this baby-worded cajolery was having, and Clyde did his best to brighten, of course.
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nullAll the rhetorical tools, from cajolery and flattery to prophecies of doom and implicit threats, were used by Washington in the pursuit of that stability.
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nullConceivably, with a little pretty pretty cajolery on your part, I will finish my sweep and come back for you; but trust me when I say that you ARE leaving.
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nullTo every kind of cajolery and social recommendation he presents an adamantine front, and his success has been due in a great measure to his wise choice of instruments.
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nullHe blandly received their caresses; took their coaxing and cajolery as matters of course; and surveyed the beauties of his time as the Caliph the moonfaces of his harem.
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nullBut naturally Terentia would not leave it at that, and by a combination of flattery, cajolery, and threats that must have been worthy of her husband, she slowly extracted the truth.
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nullBeing allowed to move out of the big family house in Chelsea and rent a modest flat of her own had been a major concession it had taken her nearly a year of argument and cajolery to win.
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nullThere is a compact between us that no term of affectionate cajolery shall ever be addressed by either to the other, but that she shall call me always by my Christian name; I her, by hers.
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nullI did not mind the actual work or the kind of work, but it was the dishonesty and deception, the flattery and cajolery, the unnatural assumption that worker and diner had no common humanity.
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nullPeters then spends several paragraphs detailing exactly how Obama got this one done, through a combo of cajolery, poker, helping with other legislation, assuaging concerns, etc., etc ... then:
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nullThe animal, digging its hooves into the gravel, refused to budge, and despite cajolery, threats, and curses, Sir Dauntless Jeoffrey soon realized that he would indeed travel the rest of the way alone.
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nullA sense of past cajolery; a sense of personal attraction, at best very feeble; above all, I should imagine, a sense of terror for the untried residue of mankind go to make up the attraction that he feels.
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nullHis own share he ran through in five years, and he has tried since then by every trick of a cunning, low-minded man, by base cajolery, by legal quibbles, by brutal intimidation, to juggle me out of my share as well.
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nullIt required a good deal of cajolery, the blandishment of a Mediterranean cruise on an Admiralty yacht with Churchill and Prime Minister Asquith in attendance, and a most forceful letter to win over the irascible admiral.
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nullSoft light from candles set throughout the room provided ample illumination-making up for the fact that the windows were closely shuttered, and no amount of threat or cajolery on Falconsbane's part would get the servants to open them.
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nullWith a mixture of flattery and cajolery she enticed Zach to the TV studio in the old, mn-down area of Studio City where he now sat in a fake leather chair up on a carpeted platform, blinking at the lights that all seemed aimed straight into his eyes.
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nullI'd have to spend more time getting into it, which I'm not willing to do atm, but I see one of the issues in Nation States is that you're stuck, as a newbie nation, with the UN member your region has already selected, who got there by bribery or cajolery or trading favours or whatever, the process is opaque lol.
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nullThe entire concept of the supernatural essentially rests on the idea that the universe has a Will and a Purpose -- that the universe is an Other Mind which we can then influence by interaction with it -- cajolery (worship), bribery (offerings), and pleading (prayer) -- same as we would any other kind of Other Mind.
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nullDespite a masterful couple of years, where his understanding of the legislative process was unparalleled perhaps by any other president, knowing how to deal with individual senators and congressmen, using cajolery with some, manipulation with others, patriotic appeals to still others, his presidency had foundered on the rocks of Vietnam.
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nullIt is for this reason that warring tribes and nations have tried to propitiate the deities at the outset of their campaigns, to win them over with pleas and promises and cajolery; and this is also why their scholars and clerics have labored to devise definitions of just wars that will serve to legitimize their particular enterprises and exculpate them as they embark upon them.
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nullIt is not uncommon for human clay in this condition to value itself above all things upon its great prudence and sagacity; and Mr Swiveller, especially prizing himself upon these qualities, took occasion to remark that he had made strange discoveries in connection with the single gentleman who lodged above, which he had determined to keep within his own bosom, and which neither tortures nor cajolery should ever induce him to reveal.
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Tips for Using cajolery in a Sentence
You may have an easier time writing sentences with cajolery if you know what words are likely to come before or after it, or simply what words are often found in the same sentence.
Frequent Predecessors
Words that often come before cajolery in sentences. For example: "and cajolery" or "of cajolery"
- and
- of
- by
- or
- the
- to
- with
- his
- her
- tried
Frequent Successors
Words that often come after cajolery in sentences. For example: "cajolery and" or "cajolery ."
- and
- .
- of
- or
- to
- in
- was
- on
- with
- could
Alternate Definitions
- cajolery (noun) - a wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery
