Past tense of cajole

regular verb

The past tense of cajole is cajoled. The past participle is also cajoled.

Forms of cajole

“It was basically clear that his wife had been cajoled into attending,” said Ms.2012 July 13, Alex Williams, “Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?”, in New York Times
You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.From the entry rest
A few days later, Gaetan cajoled an airline steward friend to go with him to St.1987, Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On, Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, page 79. From the entry airline steward
He cajoled and flattered. browbeat and insinuated, wheeled and dealed.1965 September 2, “Outspoken Senate Chief; Mike Mansfield”, in The New York Times, page 2. From the entry wheeled and dealed
I hitchhiked, jumped freight trains, cajoled guajiros into lending me their mules, slept in caves or beneath the canopies of immense ceiba trees.1997, Cristina García, “Rarae Aves”, in The Agüero Sisters, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry rara avis

verb To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
noun The act of cajoling.

What is the past tense of cajole?: The past tense of cajole is cajoled.
What is the past participle of cajole?: The past participle of cajole is cajoled.
Is cajole a regular or irregular verb?: Cajole is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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