wheedled
Example Sentences
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Ask any nerd who wheedled her parents for a little more cash to buy books: What you get from Scholastic is what your parents are willing to buy you.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
He wheedled money from the city for more cops, more police stations, more equipment, and he made nice with community organizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
Then he had the woman hand her phone to a visiting technician and wheedled the phone number of the department head out him.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2022
And so, in a Rite Aid staff bathroom I’d wheedled my way into by citing my pregnancy, I discovered that my trickle of blood had turned into a torrent.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020
Waterside, merchants wheedled and cajoled customers, hoping to lure them into their shops.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
