coax

How To Use coax In A Sentence

• I have many memories of Calum, but the one that lingers most hauntingly in my mind is of him sitting among my family, his dark eyes, unfathomable as they often were, fixed on somewhere high on the wall, while his fingers coaxed that plaintive music from our little squeeze-box. Every living thing
• He was coaxed into a reading and soon found himself studying with an acting coach, having his long hair cut to marine length for the part.
• My son caught it by knocking it off the car with a twig, then coaxing it on to a piece of card, and then putting it in a jam jar.
• From early spring to late fall, he will leave his apartment, limp across the street and coax whoever is willing to play patty-cake with him until the bus arrives.
• They're yachts, mainly, and very beautiful, and it wasn't long before my wife was coaxed into taking lessons.
• The Financial Services Authority has a statutory remit to coax punters into greater awareness about husbanding their dosh.
• Then he noticed that sitting next to her was a man who seemed very uncomfortable, touching her arm trying to coax her down. Christianity Today
• Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time. 
• Berndon shouted when he finally coaxed the small spark into a flaming fire.
• Telephone system: excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cable carry most voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay network carries some additional telephone channels international: 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - The 2000 CIA World Factbook