wheedle

IPA: hwˈidʌɫ

noun

  • (archaic) A coaxing person.

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  • (transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.
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Examples of "wheedle" in Sentences

  • She wheedled him with words.
  • Is the big, scary to make me bend a knee and wheedle
  • You can't bully people, or wheedle your way round them.
  • The ridere could not guess, and sent maidens to wheedle the answer out.
  • The Sphinx actively tries to wheedle him into answering her riddle correctly.
  • As a subsection, they would have to wheedle around the in line search results.
  • Let no world syren come to sing to me this day, and wheedle from me my undauntedness.
  • Fellow comedian Matt Lucas is seen chucking manically as he attempts to wheedle information.
  • After many years of trying to coax and wheedle terrified moggies out of cages for examination, I have developed a strong preference.

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