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had wooed

  • past perfect of woo.

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Upon her enrollment at nearby Coastal Carolina University, which had wooed her with two scholarships, Herriott was assigned an advisor: Earnest.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2021

Butler had wooed and married the superstar Shakespearean actress Fanny Kemble in 1834.

From Washington Post Oct. 12, 2019

The accompanying piece, by Tom Junod, touches on how the Fila had wooed him.

From The New Yorker Oct. 8, 2018

A Red Sox scout had wooed her with flowers and his father with fine bourbon.

From Seattle Times Aug. 13, 2012

This was not the girl I had wooed in the greenwoods by St. Gaultier; nor the pale-faced woman I had lifted to the saddle a score of times in the journey Paris-wards.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.