woo
verb (used with object)
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage.
had wooed
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past perfectof woo.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But his decision to boycott is nonetheless a blow to the network, which had wooed him privately and publicly on air to appear.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
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
In 1921, Manuel Herrick, a one-term Republican representative from Oklahoma nicknamed “the Okie Jesus,” had wooed the showgirl after seeing her name in a newspaper story about a District beauty pageant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2021
He was drafted in the second round by John Elway to serve as Peyton Manning’s understudy after Elway had wooed the Hall of Famer to shift his operation to Denver.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2019
And now Pepita sang more blithely than ever, for though he was less well favoured, and slower of speech than many a young man who had wooed her, she adored her husband.
From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Lilian Gask
