Example Sentences
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Ask any nerd who wheedled her parents for a little more cash to buy books: What you get from Scholastic is what your parents are willing to buy you.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
He wheedled money from the city for more cops, more police stations, more equipment, and he made nice with community organizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
Equipped with two $4,000 trackers — which he’d wheedled a company into donating — Clerkin went out with a fishing captain who said he’d seen megamouths roaming.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
And so, in a Rite Aid staff bathroom I’d wheedled my way into by citing my pregnancy, I discovered that my trickle of blood had turned into a torrent.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020
“Everyone says you’re too stupid, but I don’t believe it. Please, Matt,” she wheedled.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
