wheedle
verb (used with object)
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts.
wheedles
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present tense formof wheedle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Because of your big career that’s so much bigger than mine?” wheedles her petulant husband.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
“At least we tried to make a movie. They can’t judge us for that,” wheedles director Darren at the end of the film, incorrectly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019
THE young woman with the microphone cajoles, hectors and wheedles customers with the breathless enthusiasm of a livestock auctioneer at a county fair.
From Economist ● Jul. 18, 2017
But the brook always whines and wheedles: “Don’t go, Ida B, don’t go. Nobody’s callin’ and they can wait, anyway.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
