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• The brakeman had to help the fireman shovel coal into the firebox as the engineer coaxed his locomotive up grade.From the entry fire box
• He bent down to unsmother a still-warm vineroot and coaxed it alive.1997, Karin Kavelin Jones, Antonio Ligabue, Beast in the Mirror: The Life of Outsider Artist Antonio Ligabue, page 90. From the entry unsmother
• Alexander succeeded in taming Bucephalus by turning him towards the sun and by coaxing him very gently.1994, Gabriele Groschner, Johann Michael Rottmayr, Johann Michael Rottmayer: Barock in Salzburg. From the entry skitty
• 'Come on, sing, you blighter,' coaxed Appan, looking tenderly at the silent Geevarghese.1992, Geeta Dharmarajan, Katha Prize Stories, Katha, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry Geevarghese
• 'Lucy you darling bobbasheely,' he coaxed her, 'there's nothing for you to be afraid of.1990, Graham Masterton, Empress, page 96. From the entry bobbasheely
• To coax their pushrod designs to rev higher without running out of breath, engineers have designed lighter, stiffer, lower-friction valvetrains.2007 January 14, Don Sherman, “Making Modern Horsepower the Old-Fashioned Way”, in New York Times. From the entry valvetrain
• Such individuals were generally decent, but marked by flat, coaxing talkativeness and an inability to understand any sort of serious matter.2006, Andrew M. Lobaczewski, Political Ponerology, Afterword, p. 221-222. From the entry debilism
• It took Cindy ten minutes to coax the horripilated feline from beneath a car, his trust in her utterly shattered.2005, Andrew Thomas Breslin, Mother’s Milk, Hoboken, N.J.: ENC Press, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry horripilated
• Don't let us down now," he coaxed.2002, William V. Reynolds, Call of the Pines, page 256. From the entry fliver
• Honest and true books get written when the author feels free to coax and invite that character in.1980 February 9, Andrea Loewenstein, “James Baldwin and His Critics”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 10. From the entry cardboard
• "Here, skunkie, skunkie" coaxed Winkie in a shaking voice.1948, Dean Marshall, The Invisible Island, Junior Literary Guild, page 139. From the entry skunkie
• I wanted to encourage people to give evidence, while there are others who need to be coaxed, held to account and asked tough questions."2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 34. From the entry chair
• She lays out how fungal hyphae—countless miles of filaments folded up in every spoon of soil—coax open tree roots and tap into them.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 272. From the entry hypha
• The big righthander got out of that jam, coaxing Vernon Wells into a soft lineout to third and Adam Lind into a flyball out.2009 June 12, Mark Zwolinski, “Solid Romero abandoned by Jays' offence”, in Toronto Star. From the entry righthander
• Natural dyers commonly coax a rainbow of color from plants, fungi, flowers, and minerals; however, some of the most vibrant and colorfast reds come from insects.2026, Sara Temme, “Two Insects nad Their Brilliant Reds”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 18. From the entry dyer
• During the “Gayatri Mantra” her voice soared over the hypnotic drone that one hand coaxed from her shruti box, while the other hand energetically massaged the air.2006 December 2, Vivien Schweitzer, “Prayer, Texts and Chants, Along With Some Improv”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry shruti box
• In the third fire bay he found Sawdon and Towers crouched down over a small fire made out of shredded sandbags and candle ends, coaxing the flames.1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 138. From the entry fire bay
• Once again Mike and I go overside to push and coax the catamaran toward a single narrow band of open water that leads in the right direction—east.1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592. From the entry overside
• In every kitchen arises the acrid tang of green- tomato pickle, chutney, chili; on every south-facing kitchen windowsill the most promising greenies line up to be coaxed ripe.1987, Maxine Kumin, In deep: country essays, page 98. From the entry greenie
• In these instances she does not praise unless the infant does urinate or eliminate at her coaxing, but she does not punish him for urinating in his diapers.1967 [1963], Thomas W. Maretzki, Hatsumi Maretzki, “Taira: An Okinawan Village”, in Beatrice B[lyth] Whiting, editor, Six Cultures…. From the entry diaper check

Meaning of coax

1. verb To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
2. verb To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
3. verb To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.

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How do you use coax in a sentence?

Coax is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.”

What is a short sentence with coax?

“Don't let us down now," he coaxed.”

What does coax mean?

Coax means to fondle, kid, pet, tease.