Sentences with phrase «much cajoling»

After much cajoling by Mrs. G, Shields, bored while making a film on location in Africa, faxed Agassi an introductory note.

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But just as political debate has much to learn from a continual return to the Republic, so, too, Newman's Idea of a University never ceases to inspire, cajole, admonish, delight — and depress.

I liked it so much I even cajoled her into splitting a second slice with me!

I've learned a thing or two over the last few months about hoodwinking / cajoling readers into looking at blog pages, much to their chagrin, and Monday's blogging bootcamp really got me thinking about how to do it in a systematic way.

Around the Capitol, reporters last night took to referring to the minimum wage deal as «Frankenwage» because it was a serious of policies all jammed awkwardly together, and also for a while there, simply refused to rise up and live, no matter how much gubernatorial energy (cajoling to outright threats of wage boards or loss of a pay raise, according to several lawmakers) was pumped into it.

Rush's Lionel Logue is a delight, pricking royal decorum, prying into Bertie's personal life and tricking, cajoling, coaching and coaxing smooth if not exactly fluid sentences from a man who suffers from a fear of public speaking that much of the world shares.

It needs a bit a cajoling to get it moving and this element also ensures that the car is very much in control and safe in this stage of operation.