woo
verb (used with object)
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage.
was wooing
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past progressiveof woo.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He understood that the Americans whose feet he was wooing were increasingly prone to viewing China as unsavory, and even malevolent.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
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
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
Then I suddenly realized he was wooing me to join the Lauder company.
From MSNBC ● Nov. 15, 2017
Well, Grandpa was wooing, no doubt about it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
