cajoled
Meaning
of Cajole
Source: Webster's dictionaryAntonyms
Examples
I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.
That's what happened in our career. He never let me fall. In 1983, when I wanted to leave everything behind, it was Kamal Haasan who cajoled me back to the material world.
According to a lawsuit filed by Mr. Tanvir, they cajoled him, threatened him and finally, in 2010, applied a novel sort of pressure: They put him on the No-Fly List, barring him from boarding any planes leaving from or landing in American airports.
At the end of that season, Moyes and his staff had cajoled, threatened and encouraged his squad up to 13th, well clear of the drop-zone.
One freedom that cannot be taken from you is your freedom not to like the status quo — your freedom to be angry, disaffected, unimpressed, your refusal to be cajoled, soothed or consoled with small tokens of influence devoid of real power.
The government-owned lender was slowly cajoled by policy makers into agreeing to take a stake as Yes Bank’s situation became more dire, one person said.