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31 examples of Coax in a sentence

Moving onto the next demonstration, we've taken a pane of glass and we've coated the outside of it, we've framed it with the nanotechnology coating, and we're going to pour this green-tinted water inside the middle, and you're going to see, it's going to spread out on glass like you'd normally think it would, except when it hits the coating, it stops, and I can't even coax it to leave.
So how do you coax a cell that can become anything into becoming just a heart muscle cell?
Even the ring had me jumping for more, but the ruins is just that..... ruined for using a plant to coax victims into killing or be killed by the villagers.
Yellin was able to coax nuance out of the young actor in a role that could have been easily devalued by stereotype or overreach.
Mr Bogdanovich's triumph is in the way his camera seems to love his actors,from "Targets" onwards.There is a glow about every one of his films that only special artists can coax from an inanimate piece of optical equipment.Miss Hepburn in particular benefits from this love.
With the use of some crafty lies, Dean manages to coax the cop into accompanying him to his brother's rescue, though not without difficulty... Like many horror fans, I have an appreciation for killer hill-billies and "The Benders" pulls off a pretty standard-style of the sub-genre, yet it is interesting to see these two dynamic characters involved in this particular setting.
It features many random scenes which not only detract from the movie's bare skeleton of a plot, but in addition coax the words, "was that supposed to be funny?"
Don't try to coax me with "It is what it is" and any other self-serving explanation because you want to find brilliance in something you like (which blinds the ability to objectively comment on how good something really is).
Tom Laughlin may have been able to coax the Billy Jack character out of his slumber, but in this sequel the man practically needs a pair of crutches.
America’s belief that a harsh sanctions regime could coax Iran into a deal has proved – at least so far – to be unrealistic.
Is there any way to coax the IMF’s largest members, especially the United States and China, to help diffuse the risks posed by the world’s massive trade imbalances?
Though some scholars and thinkers are fit to be “leaders of the people,” a favorable environment is needed to coax them out of their ivory towers.
Much responsibility rests with Lukashenko, but the EU must make every effort to coax Belarus into the family of European nations, where it belongs.
The United States had to coax many Western European countries into helping to stop the slaughter of innocents in Bosnia.
This approach reflects Obama’s commitment to using inducements to coax the Pakistani military to persuade the Taliban to agree to a peace deal in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, in China, some 30,000 workers are trying to change the weather, attempting to seed clouds from airplanes or using anti-aircraft guns to shoot shells into the air, hoping to coax some rain from the sky.
CAMBRIDGE – Only a small group of central banks refrain from intervening in the foreign-exchange market to stabilize their currencies’ exchange rate or coax it in the desired direction.
As societies consider their R&D strategies, they must find ways to coax their largest corporations into a more AT&T-like bargain.
A role for the Russians could help coax Assad into offering concessions that he will not make as long as he views the process as one that is intended to destroy him.
But with a recognizable story frame and a cast of familiar characters in hand, they can coax their audience (jurors and judges alike) to fill in missing details.“This is how that kind of story goes.”
But the great historical task remains to coax Russia back in the direction of membership in the international community.
Instead, the US president’s task is to set goals that will make NATO stronger, more united, and better able to deal with the new threats it faces, establish direct relations with European leaders, and then coax, cajole, and sometimes bribe them to do what is necessary to reach those goals.
The Global Economy’s Dialogue of the DeafCHICAGO – As governments do more to try to coax the world economy out of recession, the danger of protectionism is becoming more real.
But to ensure that such decisions benefit workers, governments need to coax the private sector away from its singular focus on automation.
For one thing, they both believe that, by stroking US President Donald Trump’s fragile ego, they can coax him into maintaining the traditional alliances that he has proved all too willing to abandon.
Conseil couldn't coax a single word out of him and feared that, in a fit of delirium while under the sway of a ghastly homesickness, Ned would kill himself.
"So I have thought," said Sancho; "though I can tell you he is fit for anything: what I mean to do for my part is to pray to our Lord to place him where it may be best for him, and where he may be able to bestow most favours upon me.""You speak like a man of sense," said the curate, "and you will be acting like a good Christian; but what must now be done is to take steps to coax your master out of that useless penance you say he is performing; and we had best turn into this inn to consider what plan to adopt, and also to dine, for it is now time."
Does she bring with her a basket of fair linen, shirts, kerchiefs, socks-not that wear any—to coax me?
It was Mr. Pickwick's condition at this moment: he tossed first on one side and then on the other; and perseveringly closed his eyes as if to coax himself to slumber.
From this deficiency of nourishment resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity, they would coax or menace the little ones out of their portion.