Verb (used with object) : We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent. ,She wheedled him into going with her. ,I wheedled a new car out of my father. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : I always wheedle if I really need something. From Dictionary.com.
A) talking in wheedling tones about something “really fun” we would do when we got home. From Wordnik.com. [channel hopping] Reference
"If you have a good plan, if you can prove that it will work, what is the necessity for 'wheedling' anybody?. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of the Land] Reference
Lynda's pretty good at wheedling stuff out of Laura. From Wordnik.com. [Lynda, The First] Reference
But presently she began wheedling him in the old vein. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
Haj adopts the wheedling tones of a sly street-trader. From Wordnik.com. [the mission song]
"I could always be wheedling him, Hamish," she laughed. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
"Honey-rose," he added, addressing the girl in a wheedling tone. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
"Will you tell me this, Hamish?" says she in her wheedling voice. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Dissembling no longer to get my own, and coax him with the wheedling. From Wordnik.com. [The Busie Body] Reference
'I don't want to hurt you, Jacky,' he continued, in a wheedling voice. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Tyrathect's voice took on a wheedling tone, like a little kid complaining. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
"Mamma, mayn't I have breakfast in bed?" said Bernadine in a wheedling tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
This is a 18-year-old young man wheedling two laptops within a couple of weeks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2005] Reference
But how could she help it, with that glowing face wheedling so close to her own?. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
It was not long after that when Margaret would be wheedling me to be on the hill. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
His laconic menaces, histrionics and fits of wheedling testified to long practice. From Wordnik.com. [the mission song]
The lady in nankeen now began, in a wheedling, coaxing voice, to beg 'Kate' to appear. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
The headmistress's voice rang out like a steel bell, then softened to a wheedling tone. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
"Now Heavenly Grace …" Billy began, and now the wheedling note was back in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Music to My Sorrow]
"Do now," put in the woman in a wheedling voice, fixing her big, bold eyes on bargee's face. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls] Reference
She is the complete Roman woman - wheedling, devious, and brutal when she wants something. '. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
"Certainly," was the reply, as anticipated, Lincoln was so sure of his wheedling ways by this time. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
Hawkes 'expression changed again; he smiled warmly, and when he spoke his voice was almost wheedling. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
No amount of tears or storming or wheedling or pleading, however, could alter Doctor Hugh's decision. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
She was pleading with him in a whining, wheedling, silly voice, which would have broken down an Englishman. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
The officer repeated his phrase, trying the conversational, wheedling, and minatory tones in turn -- but it was useless. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
"Colonel dear," he inquired in a wheedling voice, "would ye be after pardonin 'me for a brief remark jist at this toime?". From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
Mrs. Wheatley, who extracted from him with wheedling perseverance his opinions on the State, the climate, and the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
"Ah, thin, it isn't such bad language ye'd hev me be using, and you a young lady, Miss Beth," said Pat in a wheedling tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
The eyes were mild and sun-filled, the face bewitchingly friendly; but when Janet took to wheedling, Billy hugged the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
After the wedding-day had been fixed upon, the mother of the groom swept down upon Persis, wheedling and peremptory by turns. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
I warrant me, that knave, L'Eclair, when he returns, will follow me about, wheedling and whining, to recollect certain promises. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
Pray, father, don't put me upon getting anything out of a man; I 'm but young, you know, father, and I don't understand wheedling. From Wordnik.com. [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference
"Aunt 'Liza," Arethusa knelt down by that lady's chair and put her glowing face very close to her aunt's; her tone was most wheedling. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
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