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

As someone who wheedled his grandmother into taking him to see Hitchcock’s “Frenzy” at age 13, I can both relate, and think I have him beat in the awkwardness department.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018

So Nok's mother wheedled and cut deals with her society friends, and by a sheer miracle, she landed Nok's father an even better gig: Chief Law Commissioner.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat