as in invited
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 wooed
Rhodes, meanwhile, was wooed by the theater’s balcony, the marquee and lighting.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
The move from environmental lawyer to antivaccine activist turned out to be well timed for postpandemic politics; attacking COVID vaccines wooed Republican voters.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
In her October 2024 Netflix stand-up special, Single Lady, filmed at performances of her Single Lady Tour, Wong revealed how Hader wooed her post-divorce, and what eventually convinced her to succumb to his advances.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
Arduini spent much of his early career at GE under the leadership of Jack Welch and then Jeff Immelt, leaving in 2005 before Culp wooed him back.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Network talk show, then wooed the comic by sending her copious bouquets.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
She was just wooed by Fennell’s script and its take on Cathy, which worked out well for the director who was looking for a heavy dose of likability in her female lead.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
But Agnes, though being wooed by William Shakespeare himself, doesn’t have the same relationship with words, nor need for them.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
The coach is being wooed by two intra-conference rivals, LSU and Florida, with a salary that could stretch to $100 million over the next seven years, and millions more committed toward paying for an elite roster.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
The move from environmental lawyer to antivaccine activist turned out to be well timed for postpandemic politics; attacking COVID vaccines wooed Republican voters.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
In her October 2024 Netflix stand-up special, Single Lady, filmed at performances of her Single Lady Tour, Wong revealed how Hader wooed her post-divorce, and what eventually convinced her to succumb to his advances.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
Arduini spent much of his early career at GE under the leadership of Jack Welch and then Jeff Immelt, leaving in 2005 before Culp wooed him back.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Network talk show, then wooed the comic by sending her copious bouquets.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
She was just wooed by Fennell’s script and its take on Cathy, which worked out well for the director who was looking for a heavy dose of likability in her female lead.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
But Agnes, though being wooed by William Shakespeare himself, doesn’t have the same relationship with words, nor need for them.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
The coach is being wooed by two intra-conference rivals, LSU and Florida, with a salary that could stretch to $100 million over the next seven years, and millions more committed toward paying for an elite roster.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wooed
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One year George arranged for Father and Mother to be invited to one of the leading Mardi Gras balls, that of the Atlanteans.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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A couple living a couple hours away from us recently invited us for an overnight visit.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But the Defense Department sought to use the system sooner around El Paso, prompting the FAA to impose the temporary flight restriction.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Previous work sought to compute how contact binaries originated by modeling them as colliding spheres.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Wooed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wooed. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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