wheedle
verb (used with object)
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts.
am wheedling
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present progressiveof wheedle (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But let me inform you that I am wheedling him; and I have the wits to bring it about that he will carry them for you.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
