wooed
Example Sentences
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Wooed in person, wooed over the phone, wooed over the airwaves.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
Wooed by Davis, who offered full-time pay for part-time play, Jackson joined the Raiders after the 1987 baseball season ended and went on to play through 1991.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 8, 2011
Wooed by Hollywood, he choreographed “Hans Christian Andersen” in 1951 before marrying Ms. Jeanmaire, who survives him, as does their daughter, Valentine Petit.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2011
Wooed by a Groupon salesman, the salon’s 36-year-old owner, Yuri Umemoto, offered a 71 percent discount on its eyelash extensions.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2011
Grandpapa, on his right knee bent, Wooed her in stiff, old-fashioned phrase,— She was a beauty in the days When Madison was President.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
