wooingly
- a word derived from woo.
Example Sentences
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With all our light sails wooingly spread, we held on our way, until, with the doctor's glass, Papeetee, the village metropolis of Tahiti, came into view.
From Omoo by Melville, Herman
Then on, for elders odorously will steal My senses till I climb up where they heal The livid heat of its malingering ray, And wooingly betray To memory many a long-forgotten day.
From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young
She spoke wooingly, but Mrs. Benson was not to be won.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved masonry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze.
From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John
The charming landscape spread itself wooingly before him, but he saw nothing of its varied attractions.
From The Good Time Coming by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
