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
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
The part of Orlean who, as a child, wheedled her pet-averse mother into adopting a dog is never too distant from the scrutinizing reporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
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
“Please, Mummy,” the girl wheedled, like she hadn’t heard me.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
