wheedle

Example Sentences

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A mosquito spots the eminent man and zooms over to wheedle in his ear, but Bashō remains immobile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

The arsonists wheedle their way into his house with a combination of servile pleading, subtle bullying and appeals to Biedermann’s moral vanity.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

And by clicking on that link, you’ll either download malware onto your device or be taken to a site that tries to wheedle sensitive personal information out of you.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022

The abiding mystery is why Dale Carnegie didn’t wheedle himself a higher spot than No. 8.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2020

Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols