was wooing
- past progressive of woo.
Example Sentences
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The first was a new competitor, the European business consortium Airbus, which was wooing customers away from Boeing with sleek designs.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
It’s a departure from an earlier era, when the key to claiming this polyglot political jigsaw puzzle was wooing voters along the I-4 corridor across the middle of the state.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2020
However, when he was wooing his second wife, Canadian pianist Hélène Mercier, he did it by playing for her.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2019
As for parties, well, as Iman said wisely when David Bowie was wooing her: “He has been to all the parties there are.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019
Well, Grandpa was wooing, no doubt about it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
