wheedled

past tense of wheedle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheedled
coaxed
Verb
  • The goal of the study was to see whether or not participants could be coaxed into valuing a specific trait more purely based on experience alone.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Wheedled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheedled. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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