Literary notes about CAJOLE (AI summary)
In literature, "cajole" is employed as a nuanced term to denote the act of coaxing or persuading through flattery, gentle urging, or even subtle manipulation. Writers often depict characters using cajoling techniques to sway opinions or behaviors—from sweet-talking a reluctant partner into action [1] to maneuvering political figures or social peers with a mix of charm and calculated persuasion [2, 3]. At times, the term is even extended metaphorically, suggesting a form of self-persuasion or the soft compulsion of one’s own mind into accepting a notion [4]. Whether in scenes of light-hearted scheming or in moments charged with irony and tension [5, 6], "cajole" consistently highlights the interplay between warmth and artifice inherent in human communication.
- But she had cajoled him, as she always in those days could cajole him into anything.
— from Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes - Thus it is in the interest of Communist officials to coax, cajole, or even compel soldiers to enter the ranks of the party.
— from Red Dusk and the Morrow: Adventures and Investigations in Red Russia by Paul Dukes - M. de Chavigni was one of those men who were sent by France to such powers as she wished to cajole and to win over to her interests.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - It may be so; some persons, at least, have been able to cajole their brains into believing this.
— from South Wind by Norman Douglas - “Lads,” he said, ready to cajole or strike as need be, but never quailing for an instant, “I've thought it out.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie - He stooped to the evil of hypocrisy with others, sceptical of their innocence which he could cajole so easily.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
