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Significados de wheedling em inglês

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The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery.

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        Uso de wheedling em inglês
        1
        He addressed the corner of the room in a wheedling, flattering tone.
        Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
        2
        The inferior's triumph in the presence of his superior must be wheedling.
        Les Misérables
        3
        He no longer treated Bongrand in the wheedling, respectful manner of yore.
        His Masterpiece
        4
        And you make me no more willing by wheedling, dear foster father.
        A Case of Conscience
        5
        He waited for another argument, or at least a spot of wheedling.
        Destined to last
        6
        Now M. Wilkie's visit, manner, assurance, wheedling, and contradictions were all explained.
        Baron Trigault's Vengeance
        7
        Heroin addicts were usually wheedling, pathetic, needy, but this one was dangerous.
        White corridor
        8
        Thereafter, Mabyn spoke in a whisper; a wheedling note crept into his voice.
        Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
        9
        It didn't stop him, but his voice went from accusatory to almost wheedling.
        Nemesis Game
        10
        In a friendly, almost wheedling, voice he went on to Nessler, It's Musketoon.
        More Than Honor
        11
        Maybe you could leave him for me, she suggested in a wheedling tone.
        The Necromancer
        12
        When she spoke, it was in the wheedling voice of a small child.
        Halo
        13
        All the adults smiling and wheedling and playing nice to get that money.
        Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
        14
        Beneath his wheedling air there was the determination to devour everything.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2
        15
        It is the lesser reality of deals and bargains, wheedling, persuasion, and vote-getting.
        Children of the Market Place
        16
        And they could be naive and wheedling toward a woman when they chose.
        The Lion of Petra
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        Translations for wheedling
        Wheedling ao longo do tempo
        Wheedling nas variantes da língua
        Reino Unido
        Comum
        Estados Unidos da América
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