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How to use wheedled in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word wheedled? Here are some examples.

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Dr. Nair wheedled, and often pricked, the group to bring out their concerns and knowledge about the needs and demands of adolescence.
Unable to break the hold crack had on her life, she wheedled every cent she could out of the people around her.
Instead of a regular salary, he wheedled money from relatives and in-laws, which he told them he was investing on their behalf in Swiss banks.
She sits, in a compact slouching posture only girls can manage, in the old wicker chair she wheedled out of her grandmother.
He wheedled with a smile to show that he wasn't too serious.
A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.
Examples from Classical Literature
Then came Raffles with soap and water, and the gyve was wheedled from one wrist, as you withdraw a ring for which the finger has grown too large.
Laurie came every day, and wheedled Aunt March till Amy was allowed to go out with him, when they walked and rode and had capital times.
And so he fought and drove and bullied and even wheedled his way along.
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