How to use "coax" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "coax" in popular movie and book plots

  • In Song of Songs, King Solomon tries to coax a slave girl to become his consort.  - Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal
  • As they try to coax him off of his perch, it is the fish that persuades him to come down.  - Santa Sangre
  • Dumbfounded, he tries to coax her with the words "Come on along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway.  - 42nd Street (musical)
  • Thomson and Thompson check into a hotel, but are tricked by the villains, who use doubles to coax them from their rooms.  - Tintin and the Blue Oranges
  • The Doctor attempts to coax the details of these events from the Brigadier.  - Mawdryn Undead
  • He tries to coax Roberto into offering approval of this behavior, and when Roberto doesn’t comply, they fight and Roberto leaves.  - The Conformist
  • Lyle tries to coax Dean into running away, but Dean is adamant about clearing his name.  - Enemy of the State (film)
  • Henry West and Miriam Kent that allows her to enter a comatose mind and attempt to coax them into consciousness.  - The Cell
  • The friends attempt to coax her out, but she is unresponsive.  - St. Elmo's Fire (film)
  • They coax him to play a piece, and it rekindles his love of the instrument.  - Everwood
  • Teague and his men torture mrs Swanger to coax her deserter sons out of hiding, killing both boys and mr Swanger when they appear.  - Cold Mountain (film)
  • Wesley helps to release one man wounded under a heavy pipe, and tries to coax the other man to leave the burning room, but the man refuses.  - Coming of Age (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • Philip manages to coax a pledge of love from Maggie.  - The Mill on the Floss
  • The entire village attempts to coax and drag them back into the water, but all efforts prove unsuccessful; even a tractor does not help.  - Whale Rider
  • In 1863, hoping to subtly coax the Queen toward resuming public life after years of seclusion, Mr Brown is summoned to court.  - Mrs Brown
  • When Flora tries to coax him to stop, Franklin declares that he has lost so much, that he has to try to win some of it back.  - The Fever (The Twilight Zone)

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