wheedle
verb (used with object)
to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts.
will wheedle
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future tenseof wheedle.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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To dream of goggles, is a warning of disreputable companions who will wheedle you into lending your money foolishly.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
That woman keeps me penniless, and will wheedle me out of two hundred dollars more.
From Cousin Maude by Mary Jane Holmes
Polly will wheedle herself into his Money, and then Peachum will hang him, and cheat us both.
From The Beggar's Opera by John Gay
The Cade who will wheedle men for his own gross ambitions may make a few dupes, but not thousands of devoted followers.
From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris
