wheedled
Example Sentences
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Then, at his busiest, with a wife and three children impatiently waiting at home, he wheedled Mel Brooks for a cameo in “Young Frankenstein.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
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
At 16, he wheedled his way onto the staff of a local newspaper.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2018
Through frequent phone calls and golf games, Shinzo Abe had supposedly wheedled his way into one of the closest relationships with Trump of any world leader.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018
“I’ll give you a dime for twenty cans,” he wheedled.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
