wooed; wooing; woos
1
: to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with : court
2
: to solicit or entreat especially with importunity
woo new customers
3
: to seek to gain or bring about
: to court a woman
wooer
noun
Examples of woo in a Sentence
The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.
The company must find creative ways to woo new employees.
Recent Examples on the Web
Premium hospitality at sporting events is still dominated by corporations, which buy the seats to entertain current clients and woo potential ones.
—
Kevin Draper Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Now, four of the six candidates have raised and spent millions to woo primary voters.
—The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The United States, in particular, is wooing India in an effort to constrain China’s ambitions.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
Other metro areas without a Major League Baseball team would be interested in wooing the team with hefty incentives and a new stadium.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Upon his release, Powell finds the widow, woos her and marries her, all in a bid to find the loot.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Only nine 365 stores operated in in total, and the experiment of wooing price-conscious shoppers ended in 2019; those storefronts eventually converted into full Whole Foods Market locations.
—Dennis Lee / The Takeout, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
Now schools could woo him with the promise of cash.
—Joe Drape, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
In other Tesla news, Musk is pushing Full Self-Driving trials on drivers, and in other Facebook news, Meta is trying to woo AI talent from competitors.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
Kevin Draper Doug Mills, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Now, four of the six candidates have raised and spent millions to woo primary voters.
—The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2024
The United States, in particular, is wooing India in an effort to constrain China’s ambitions.
—Rohan Mukherjee, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2024
Other metro areas without a Major League Baseball team would be interested in wooing the team with hefty incentives and a new stadium.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Upon his release, Powell finds the widow, woos her and marries her, all in a bid to find the loot.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
Only nine 365 stores operated in in total, and the experiment of wooing price-conscious shoppers ended in 2019; those storefronts eventually converted into full Whole Foods Market locations.
—Dennis Lee / The Takeout, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
Now schools could woo him with the promise of cash.
—Joe Drape, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
In other Tesla news, Musk is pushing Full Self-Driving trials on drivers, and in other Facebook news, Meta is trying to woo AI talent from competitors.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Woo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woo. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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