wheedle

[US]/ˈwiːdl/
[UK]/ˈwiːdl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to influence or entice by soft words or flattery; to deceive by using sweet words
vi. to persuade or coax using soft words

Example Sentences

She wheedled him into going.

They have wheedled a holiday from the headmaster.

The boy wheedled money out of his father.

The children wheedled me into letting them go to the film.

you can contrive to wheedled your way on to a playing field.

She wheedled her husband into buying a lottery ticket.

a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

The child wheedled seven dollars out of his father.

On the other hand some of them seemed to be on good terms with the guards, called them by nicknames, and tried to wheedle cigarettes through the spyhole in the door.

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