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US
/ˈwu/
]
[ UK /wˈuː/ ]
[ UK /wˈuː/ ]
VERB
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make amorous advances towards
John is courting Mary -
seek someone's favor
China is wooing Russia
How To Use woo In A Sentence
- Demos they may be but these Hazlewood rarities are rounded, rustic country songs: lustrous and lustful, quirkily and dryly humorous, yet poignant stories from the other side of love.
- There's a big difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
- As far back as the 1920s, it was an easy getaway for Hollywood types looking for a little privacy; and this golden era lives on at select spots.
- We drove a mile or so to Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside where a bit of family fairground fun awaited.
- It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions. The Unshine Boys
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
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- Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
- The aristocracy are made to look like buffoons; the women swoon, the maids are oversexed, and the artist himself - the center of everyone's fawning attention - plays the dandy.
- Tents and rugs are made from sheep's wool or goats' hair.