Of course, it is wrong to nag, pressurise, coax, cajole or emotionally blackmail one's offspring into providing grandchildren. |
Elsewhere, it may be acceptable for shop assistants to flatter and cajole you into buying anything, irrespective of whether it suits you. |
Her first task was to coax and cajole the gathering into applauding loudly, in order to welcome her. |
In contrast, I didn't have to cajole her to climb in the Caves, nor did I merely watch her. |
What they did find was a party leader in penitent mood who came not to put fire in bellies or cajole into action, but with a limp apology. |
Someone had decided to cajole this rum collection of musicians into an all-hands-to-the-pump version of John Lennon's Across the Universe. |