Jollied

They feel that they are persistently "jollied" along, and they assuredly are. ❋ Various (N/A)

He was tall and very black-haired, and he "jollied" the girls. ❋ Sinclair Lewis (1918)

It was decidedly humiliating to be "jollied" in such a manner; but Paul found he could not hold his own with Frank, and he finally gave up the struggle. ❋ Burt L. Standish (1905)

The other young men romped with Katie, chased her with crickets in their fingers, and "jollied" her with an irreverent freedom that turned Tansey's heart into cold lead in his bosom. ❋ O. Henry (1886)

None of them loudly "jollied" her of mornings as they did ❋ O. Henry (1886)

At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently "jollied" the doctor's topography. ❋ Frederic Remington (1885)

"jollied" every one with whom they came in contact. ❋ Inez Bigwood (1901)

Aside from having to write what she regarded as a humiliating letter, Pickford was insecure, and happiest when being jollied along by an ebullient director like Marshall Neilan. ❋ Scott Eyman (2010)

When he noticed the camp counselor spirit that animated her while she tussled with his toddler sons, and how easily she jollied his sometimes dour boys into giggles, Enrique fancied that he was meeting the adolescent girl whose idolatrous kid brother forgave her for all his wounds. ❋ Rafael Yglesias (2009)

Myra jollied the children around the corner of the house to have one last go at the doodlebugs. ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

The other guy was next and he wanted to play some uptempo Paul McCartney and Wings and jollied me along - wasn't the old music the greatest? ❋ Unknown (2008)

At one point, the camera pans to the back of the house, and then Matt Meagher busts out with: "And what a backyard!" showing an absolutely depressing, dingy area of the property which no amount of crocodiles would've jollied up. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

There are four tube stations - buses can deliver to east/west & centre of Oxford Street, & if the million or so 'shoppers' can't manage walking up & down, jollied along by the merry peals of buskers then hoop-de-doo ... £2mill of OUR money! ❋ Unknown (2008)

She was jollied out of her depression somewhat and for pretty good reasons, but there was one major reason that was completely left out and that I think is worth putting into words. ❋ Jaxraven (2007)

Note how in Colbert's segment the only jokes that jollied the crowd into feeling comfortable enough to release tentative chuckles were about Jesse Jackson and New Orleans' mayor Nagin. ❋ MzNicky (2006)

All my fault anyway; ought never to have started in and jollied Maud along in the old days. ❋ Unknown (2004)