Sentences with phrase «of cajoling»

Using these programs, we can close as fast as 7 days if necessary, although we certainly prefer not to, as it requires a lot of cajoling with respect to our appraisers.

Lucky for you though, the times of the cajoling itinerant insurance agent has long gone by.

This is why no amount of cajoling and coaxing can convince a poorly socialized adolescent dog that a plastic bag blowing across the parking lot is no big deal — to her, escaping from it or defending herself is a matter of life or death.

Hour after hour of cajoling myself to write my word allotment for today.

Now that I'm about to enter the «wise» years, I say, if you feel like a schlub in an outfit, then no amount of cajoling will or compliments will unschlub it.

But at a City Council budget hearing on Monday, Mr. Ponte said they did, although it took a bit of cajoling from council members who pressed him to reveal the names of those who advised him on the use of the S.U.V.

The governor has a pretty solid record of cajoling and arm twisting the Legislature when he wants to.

Is it really a stretch to imagine what I am imagining: that through some kind of cajoling or veiled threat, in the style of thugs throughout history, the campaign of Maria del Carmen Arroyo conveyed the message that continued funding for the PRFI was dependent upon tribute from the employees themselves?

We imagine sitting round a dinner table with them, only instead of cajoling them into eating a cream cracker, we'll be sharing wine with them, talking about why they like it, hearing them make jokes, and asking them about their travel plans.

Despite months of cajoling, Beijing was unable to turn a single one of those officials.

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These companies use political contributions and armies of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.

He approaches business in the same brash manner, cajoling the likes of Rupert Murdoch and one of Silicon Valley's top venture capital firms to invest heavily in Vice's expansion.

A successful Big Man cajoled, bribed and compromised to get the rest of the village to follow.

Cornyn has tried to cajole lawmakers to support the act to stop China using its «tentacles» to undermine American security through the acquisition of advanced technologies.

Or cajole yourself out of bed by telling yourself you only have to work out for 10 minutes — odds are good by the time the 10 minutes are up, you'll be awake enough to finish your workout.

Stucke and Ezrachi envision a world where our digital butlers compliment and cajole us, encourage us to communicate, and even send personalized notes on our behalf — all of this potentially affecting our moods and those of our friends.

Noting that Goldman got the Wired team in front of more than 50 money managers during the road show, she adds, «After a meltdown in the Internet stock market, that doesn't happen without a lot of calls and cajoling.»

Calling the latest jobs report decent, Gross says Trumps cajoling companies on factories reminded him of Mussolini exerting government control of corporate interests.

They can only persuade, convince, cajole, reproach, and hope to change the minds and actions of human beings.

The first two of these habits can make immediate sense to the experienced Christian, but I have found that the third — fellowship — sometimes requires a little more explanation or cajoling.

The Civic Center was filled with everything that made Chicago such an exhilarating and alarming city — jostling, shouting, joking, cajoling, backslapping, backstabbing, bargaining, dealing, favors granted, grudges paid with interest, intimidation, bribery, conciliation, grand gestures, obscene remarks, and the occasional spontaneous act of generosity.

Very rarely is there any proper place in serious theological discussion for cajoling, slander, vilification, and the mocking of others.

CHRIST SAID TO LOVE YOUR ENEMY, TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, not to kill in his name nor to bring down the glory of God by cajoling ignorance into praying to satan.

They had one supreme theory: that the perfect beauty and happiness of cities and of human life was to be brought about by more factories; they had a mania for factories; there was nothing they would not do to cajole a factory away from another city; and they were never more piteously embittered than when another city cajoled one away from them.

In Allen's play Death, a central character is cajoled into joining a search party for a killer on the loose but never sees any organized method employed and is never sure of his role in the search.

The message transmitted is that blacks are openly contemptuous of white opinion, seeking not to persuade but either to cajole or to frighten.

But several years of RNA nudging and cajoling (up North it would be called agitating; decent Southerners don't agitate, they cajole) pushed the matter to the front of the line, and it was the main issue the candidates all found themselves forced to address.

The magazine cajoled believers into feeding more of the hungry, drying up the wet (liquor interests regularly were scored), and there were editorials about lynchings and labor, gambling and injustice.

If you read some of the ancient sermon texts, even from the very beginning of institutional Christianity in the fourth century, you can often read between the lines of these sermons and see that the Bishops and Priests had such people in their congregations, and were cajoling them and guilting them back into conformity, and even sometimes persecuting them for «abandoning Jesus and the church.»

The reason I say this is because there is an event in the life of Jesus that is often used by some power - hungry and control - freak pastors to beat and cajole the people in their church into submission, to quell all dissension, and to quiet all objections.

We cajole, entice, exhort and pray — because we have a vision to share: higher education and the church can be key partners in the humanizing and developing of our communities, especially cities.

He shows that Luther was active in resisting, advising, and cajoling the political authorities of his day.

I am convinced that a good deal of talk about prayer is vitiated by the assumption that God is an intolerant, indeed we might say an intolerable, tyrant who must be cajoled rather than addressed; and this is tied in with a picture of his nature or character that is fundamentally unchristian or subchristian, even if many Christian thinkers have fallen victim to it.

There is no Higher Power there in whose name you can go out and bash unbelievers, or browbeat them (or even cajole them for that matte) r. Anyone who tries that is working out of their own head, not out of AA.

He pressed his clear advantage, and cajoled: It's nothing but a little patch of tissue — Girls lose it every day.

I believe the words and life of Christ are worth emulating and that His ways are worth walking in, but I refuse to cajole someone into doing so because they're terrified of Hell.

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.

(eh eh) While I agree with you, let's give due credit: the organized religions have done a fine job of establishing an environment that invites, tricks, cajoles or forces gullible people to buy their fantasy, for the purpose of power and control.

Of course, one quandary is that the crummier you feel, the harder it is to rally to cook all this; you have to muster up some artful sick - bed woe - is - me melodrama (heavy sighing, etc.) to cajole someone else into making it for you:)

I've written previously about my version (adapted from one I cajoled out of B's mother) of this dish; to be completely honest, this one is far better than mine.

I looked up some methods for slicing this cake in half so I could create layers from it, but Dave and Nathaniel lobbied and begged and suggested and cajoled me into the idea that we needed TWO of those cakes, piled up on top of each other.

Every year I vowed that I would stay in reminding myself of the petty drama the year before, but then every year I would be cajoled by a friend to get out of my sweats and end up going to some random party.

it looks like wenger is being schooled by the geezer who seems to be the bookies choice to replace him at the end of the season, once again he just sits there clueless and howe is on the sidelines cajoling and trying to oragnise his team, and encourage them to victory.

There have been many comments over the last few years that Arsenal simply don't have any leaders on the pitch, someone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck and cajole the players into fighting for every ball when we go a goal down, a Tony Adams for example...

There have been many comments over the last few years that Arsenal simply don't have any leaders on the pitch, someone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck and cajole the players into fighting for every ball when we go a goal down, a Tony Adams for example...... Read the full article here

Anyone concerned with either Arsenal or Man City will also have been a temporary fan of Norwich City this weekend, and not just in the hope of hearing a «tired and emotional» Delia Smith drunkenly cajoling the Norwich fans with a microphone.

Goal, assist, constant pressing and cajoling of team - mates.

After being cajoled by his agents, it seems as though Iturbe has warmed to the idea of a season away from Rome.

Rather than using rewards or punishments to cajole or direct behavior, Kohn suggests we put the relationship at the center of parenting to attend the larger aim of meeting a child's basic need to feel loved unconditionally.

We have tried every manner of reminders / bribes / cajoling to get my son to use the bathroom on time.