"manipulated him into" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when describing someone using cunning or deceptive tactics to influence or control another person's actions. It can also imply that the person being manipulated did not have a choice in the matter. Example: The con artist manipulated him into giving her all his savings by convincing him that he would win a large sum of money in return.
No doubt the bee, too, thinks he's got the better of the blossom, but the truth is that the flower has cleverly manipulated him into hauling its pollen from blossom to blossom.
His instincts told him not to, but Dr. Vogel manipulated him into taking Hamilton off his table.
Eventually, Allen says, the teacher manipulated him into a sexual relationship as well, "a confusing thing which came with a lot of angst".
It started in January 2015, when Phillips challenged what he said were "oppressive" contracts for the Fox series, and alleged the production company "manipulated" him into accepting jobs.
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina of Ingham County Circuit Court imposed the sentence after she read aloud portions of a letter written by Nassar attempting to minimize his crimes as medical treatments and complaining prosecutors "manipulated" him into pleading guilty.
There he is surrounded by other captured spy types, and his ever-present captors try to trick, drug and otherwise manipulate him into revealing why he quit.
But if flattering a tyrant is what it takes to manipulate him into ceding power peacefully, releasing a few political prisoners, or agreeing to a ceasefire, then Carter is willing to do what it takes.
Perhaps Blake will propose, Channel Ten will manipulate him into getting a divorce, whereupon he'll be forced to court the affections of 24 divorce lawyers, whittling them down to his favourite.
When he returns, and claims he knows she could not have killed Sarah, Lydia manipulates him into believing that she was just trying to get him on side.
Do you think Caroline [Candice Accola] was being genuine with what she told Klaus or was she manipulating him into saving her life?
I hope that by the time he figures out that unfairness, he's old enough not to consider me a bad parent for manipulating him into making him think about the choices he eventually has to make.
