Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajolements
Literary usage of Cajolements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"... the protection of Lord Steyne for her poor husband ; how cruel it would be on
their part to deprive Briggs of the position offered to her. cajolements ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"... tribe had played false to the Sultan, and, though in receipt of a good subsidy,
had listened to the cajolements of ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"Nor did any compliments or cajolements, on my part or the landlady's, bring about
the matter : it was not until money was offered that the lovely creature ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1898)
"drew it, plied them with tears, smiles, kisses, cajolements;—when the mother was
angry, as happened often, flew to the father, and sheltering behind him, ..."
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