Thesaurus results for WOO

woo

verb

ˈwü

as in to invite

to act so as to make (something) more likely his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success

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Recent Examples of woo No one can woo quite like Americans who want to win. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026 The prospectus SpaceX used to woo investors also gives an interesting window into the company's operations, notably its launch and operational costs, which were not public before now. —

Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 Martin showed that even a clownish gentleman with a pure heart could woo someone like Tisha Campbell’s Gina. —

Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 Marissa Roy, a deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who leads the race with ballots still being counted, wooed voters with shoe leather and social media savvy, promising to use the office to fight for wage workers and tenants. —

Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for woo

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The leader of the party that has a working majority in parliament is automatically invited by the monarch to form a government, so would not need to call a general election.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
The question invites men to explain their parenting not as something that simply happened, but as a series of choices.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 18 June 2026