Sentences with phrase «tried cajoling»
If they refused my choices, I amped up my efforts and tried cajoling, encouraging and occasionally bribing.
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Allergan's Saunders said he hasn't tried to cajole his fellow pharma CEOs to address the issue, but he believes they should.
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.
Now Carney's predecessor is trying to cajole Canadian companies to do something productive with their profits.
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.
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.
You try to cajole him into taking it, and he just isn't having it.
We have tried every manner of reminders / bribes / cajoling to get my son to use the bathroom on time.
At the same time, we try to cajole ourselves into success, believing that if we can force ourselves to become more than we are — or ideally perfect — then the gnawing pain of being shame - based will abate.
As if we hadn't spent the past year doing the potty - training two - step, with rewards, encouragement, bribery, cajoling, trickery, and everything short of witchcraft to try to get our sweet girl to poo regularly in the toilet.
Try not to cajole your baby into opening her mouth for one more bite because you want the bowl to be clean, even though it might feel good to you.
Oh, we can try; we can cajole, threaten, guide, educate, bribe with stickers, purchase 600 thread - count underpants for them and tell them about starving children in the world, but ultimately, we can not actually get inside their little brains and force them to eat, sleep, poop, pee, feel an emotion or get their period.
They had tried almost everything: encouraging, cajoling, rewarding, bribing and eventually insisting that he pick an activity and stick with it.
Chipper appears when you finally satisfy the gods of sleep and food, or at random and unsustainably inconvenient moments; like right at the end of a toddler play date, when the child you've spent two hours trying to cajole into playing with the other child finally decides to do so.
Once I stopped making it an issue and didn't engage in cajoling and / or threatening her to eat, she was willing to try things she would never have tried before.
Inevitably, you'll be concerned that you may be «starving» your child, which could result in your trying to cajole / trick / force your baby into eating more.
During Sheldon Silver's federal corruption trial, defense attorneys have now tried at least twice to suggest heavy handed tactics on the part of prosecutors to cajole witnesses into cooperating with their case.
«I've threatened them cajoled them, tried to charm them,» Cuomo said in Niagara Falls on June 9th.
«I've threatened them, cajoled them, tried to charm them,» Cuomo said in Niagara Falls on June 9.
Believed to harbor presidential ambitions, the governor will need a solid record to run on — which is precisely why he has been systematically trying to restore confidence and functionality to government in Albany the last four years by publicly being the adult in the room but privately using the full power of the office behind closed doors to force and cajole a stubborn Legislature into doing things on his terms.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Who's behind the «We Need Juanita» campaign trying to cajole Juanita Perez Williams into running for Syracuse mayor?
They can cajole, try to convince and pressure candidates, but candidates will have the opportunity to petition on to the primary ballot regardless of county organization preferences.
(«I've threatened them, cajoled them, tried to charm them, told them jokes,» Cuomo said of the Legislature, on June 9.
Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo is trying to channel the spirit of the 1970s in his attempts to cajole labor unions into making cuts to help out the cash - strapped state.
My girlfriend, who I cajoled into photographing me, commented that she never would have paired the pink and orange together, and I agreed, except when I tried on the pants I was instantly drawn to the pink top.
I'm way too self depricating to whore myself out and try to cajole strangers into thinking I'm some rainbow basket of muffin kisses floating on sunshine, lollypops, moon beams and honey trees...
When I said that, he scoffed, trying to cajole me.
In between boilermakers, Tommy tries to cajole his old boss Rob (LaPaglia) into giving him back his old job as an auto mechanic — a job he lost after borrowing $ 1,500 from the till without asking.
The worst parts of this already bland film involve Larry's attempts to cajole his rebellious son (Gisondo, The Amazing Spider - Man 2) to go to college after the lad expresses a desire to not only take a year off to find himself, but doesn't really desire to follow any particular path his father has tried to put him on.
Mark Strong plays the police hostage negotiator, trying to buy time — lying on the government's behalf — coaxing, cajoling, hand - delivering food and always pushing back the «We start killing them!»
As washed - up rock manager Richie Lanz, Murray tries to cajole his way through Kabul after being stranded by his only client.
Meanwhile, her mother (talented novice Bria Vinaite) desperately tries to cajole the motel manager (an ever - surprising Willem Dafoe) to turn a blind eye to the way she pays the rent.
They tried to cajole, petition, and urge local officials into creating such a program, without success.
The next time your dog tries to cajole you into giving him some sweet treats, think harder before giving in.
«I have to deal with the results of all this modern training, with owners that have tried bribing and cajoling their dogs, and are now completely out of control.»
Activision created a «police state,» conducted secret «interrogations» of employees and held $ 54 million dollars hostage as they tried to threaten and cajole the team behind Modern Warfare 2 into making the next Modern Warfare game, according to an amended lawsuit filed in California today and obtained by Kotaku.
But passage of the tax bill will end a year of prodding, cajoling, and storytelling from leaders in both parties — including sitting senators and Reagan - administration alumni — that tried to force senior Republican leadership into considering some kind of plan to soften the blow of global warming.
Mails where one scientist tries to cajole another to stick with the «party line», or to change his wording so that skeptics won't have a field day with the internal argument.
Trying to cajole the wealthy (who can afford to implement any sustainable features) to live in compact dwellings seldom works.
It is meant to cajole Plaintiffs into accepting «reasonable» offers without the necessity of trial... but not to deprive the Plaintiff the ability to try the case if they want to.
The truth is that the law society can't guarantee articling positions now, although it does twist itself in knots trying to place students through cajoling, wheedling and other persuasive methods.
Consider it completely (and suspiciously) out of character for them if they try to cajole, persuade, shame, force or guilt you into giving money.
Google has tried to convince its partners in the Android ecosystem to solve these update problems over the years with cajoling, shaming, and begging.
As TechCrunch explained, while users have long suspected the slowdowns were intended to cajole them into upgrading their phones to a newer, more expensive model, Apple says it is just trying to smooth out power draw on the batteries to prevent them from randomly shutting down.
Have you tried to cajole your husband into going to marriage counseling and gotten a dismayed, «We don't need that.»