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/wˈiːdəl/
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VERB
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influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
He palavered her into going along
How To Use wheedle In A Sentence
- Despite the best intentions, one is tempted to bargain for a more advantageous position, to make or demand concessions, to wheedle and to coax, to impose one's agenda and vocabulary.
- He wheedled with a smile to show that he wasn't too serious.
- Auntie," and Kit put on his most wheedlesome smile, which was always compelling, "if you'll just let me stay till the first guest comes, I'll scoot out at once. Patty's Suitors
- She will connive and she will lie and she will wheedle her way in as far as she can wheedle, further than you can imagine, until — — oh, I don't know — — she has the password to your SL account. "We think we've climbed so high, Up all the backs we've condemned..."
- One or both of them might try to wheedle out of it if she left them a loophole. HARSHINI
- He hopes to wheedle enough support from the national and prefecture governments to show progress rebuilding before leading citizens move away. Fateful Choice on a Day of Disaster
- You see, the Boss might come riding down this trail any minute, and the ittle mare's so wheedlesome that if she'd come on to you in your prisint state all of a sudden, she'd stop that short she'd send Mr. McLean out over the ears of her. Freckles
- A quick phone call to Robert ensured she would be well guarded, and Brystion managed to wheedle our way out of too many questions. Brush of Darkness
- She wasn't invited, but somehow she managed to wheedle her way in.
- You're just a dishonest solicitor trying to wheedle your way into our family affairs. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE