Similar words: waxing, relaxing, coax, fixing, perplexing, hoax, axis, taxi. Meaning: [kəʊks] 
n. flattery designed to gain favor. adj. pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
n. flattery designed to gain favor. adj. pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade. 
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(31) Working around the clock, we induced strangulation in a mouse. This was accomplished by coaxing the rodent to ingest healthy portions of Gouda cheese and then making it laugh.
(32) The coaxing continued for almost 20 minutes, until I went in.
(33) He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
(34) Her voice was as overwarm as if she were coaxing a sky child.
(35) Teachers at Hua make tremendous effort in guiding and coaxing students to pronounce, stress, and intonate words, phrases, and sentences correctly.
(36) I had to call for my master's assistance in coaxing him out of bed.