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Meanings of wheedle in English

Portuguese
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Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.

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Usage of wheedle in English
1
Others came with the intention to wheedle the receipt from the shop-woman.
Mrs. Day's Daughters
2
She would wheedle things out of her mistress in the slyest way.
True to his Colours / The Life that Wears Best
3
Marygay had disappeared again, hopefully trying to wheedle something out of Singhe.
The Forever War
4
They would fain wheedle them into something that shall blunt their hostility.
Political Pamphlets
5
Do not think to wheedle me back to be your fool again.
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
6
You can't wheedle her like you did the old man, you know.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
7
I intreat, I implore, I wheedle, I flatter, I fawn, I lie!
Clarence
8
Some hackers also pose as internal AOL Operations Security staff to wheedle information.
Wired
9
He tried cautiously to wheedle out an answer to what really interested him.
Depths
10
I'll be able to wheedle these things out of you in your sleep.
The last illusion
11
Posing, posturing, and strutting, men coax, wheedle, flatter, and sweet talk.
The Disposable Male
12
I laughed and said: I knew you would be able to wheedle him.
The Touchstone of Fortune / Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde, Who...
13
I peremptorily refused, and they then tried to wheedle me out of beads.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
14
You know you can wheedle him out of anything, if you want to.
Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
15
Swift, that wants to be one, will coax and wheedle them.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
16
She'll try to wheedle you into backing down from this position.
The Naturewoman
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Wheedle through the time
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