Example Sentences

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The next time I differed with my friends was when king James was wheedling the dissenters to take off the penal laws and test, which I could by no means come into.

From An Appeal to Honour and Justice, Though It Be of His Worst Enemies. Being A True Account of His Conduct in Public Affairs. by Defoe, Daniel

We were having tea in their lovely garden and Louis was showing us his flowers while Mrs. Green was wheedling "papa."

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

The tone was wheedling, and the elder woman loved to hear it. 

From The Man by Stoker, Bram

A rickshaw coolie was wheedling him at his elbow but he paid no attention.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

And he was wheedling in his ways to him, as if Ralph were now become one who might do him great good if so his will were.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William