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wheedled
adjective as in persuaded
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He stormed and wheedled, threatened and bribed; the obnoxious instrument was constantly brandished before his eyes.
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Marian undoubtedly wheedled her father a good deal in the manner of handsome and willful daughters.
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It was clear that Spain could neither be wheedled, cajoled, nor threatened into even passive acquiescence in the new conquest.
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"Let me try it on," wheedled Marjorie, coaxing down his arm.
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She had banished him, threatened him, wheedled him out of victory.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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