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单词 wheedling
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The new preacher, a wheedling little man who talked through his nose, twittered from the pulpit about the evils of “corporate greed” and men “who did the devil’s bidding.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“This isn’t one of your tea parties! Do you want me to feed him cookies? Poor Mellower,” he said in a wheedling tone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
I was a little worried that the tinker might take offense at my wheedling, but instead he smiled a sly smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
She had a face like a dinner roll and blancmange-colored skin, and ruled by wheedling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Please ...” I hate the sound of my voice, the wheedling note, the desperation. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Cook presses her lips together in disapproval, but Izzi assumes a wheedling tone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
His voice was as wheedling as ever, but there was an open threat in his eyes as he stepped in front of Ranofer and blocked his way. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
She had never been good at wheedling—she’d always felt flattery was a form of lying—but she wanted this so badly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Their voices are wheedling and false; I can tell they don’t mean it, each one thinks her own lady on her own page is good. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
His wheedling and complaining follow me until I’m out of earshot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
There followed a comedians wheedling monologue, broken at last by applause, and a jolly band striking up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Elnora took my pulse, smoothed my brow, and in a wheedling tone tried to discover my woes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Plainly skeptical but unwilling to engage in a colloquy with a wheedling Teller, Fermi pleaded that he was too tired from the flight to give him a hearing, much less a commitment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Since the moment school let out, they had been wheedling and prodding for stories about their mother. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
She had a face like a dinner roll and blancmange-colored skin, and ruled by wheedling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
In her dealings with him she was very bossy and businesslike, treating him in much the same way she handled her kindergarten pupils; he responded in kind, alternately wheedling, affectionate, or sulky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
No amount of wheedling and blandishment would cause the cynical badger to change her mind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Then he said in a soft, wheedling voice: “Well, Barbara B., anything for the old fellow today, eh?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
“I’ll want two solid marks,” he said without any hint of apology or wheedling in his voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“Well, Barbarina,” he began in his soft, wheedling voice, “anything for the old fellow today?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
“Come, my pretty—” But Ellen got no further with her wheedling. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
Like you, Charlie, I dislike the ideas of incorrigible pedants – I imagine them with wheedling voices and maybe leatherette patches on their sports jacket elbows – who pick up writers on their grammatical solecisms. Is good grammar still important? 2013-05-11T23:06:18Z
This Finnish symphonic hard-rock orchestra invokes crunching riffs, wheedling mile-a-minute lead guitar work and throat-shredding vocals in service of several original songs that are remarkably reverent, along with a few classic carols. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z
Nagging, wheedling, needling, needy or demanding moms — often of the Jewish persuasion, it must be said — have been an endlessly fertile resource for comedy writers, the mother lode if you will permit a blunt pun. | 'Relatively Speaking': ?Relatively Speaking? at Brooks Atkinson Theater ? Review 2011-10-21T02:01:14Z
After five years of struggle — begging, wheedling and cajoling, and working his way through a thicket of legal and financial complications — he was about to get his first physical glimpse of Orson Welles’ last film. Unfinished Orson Welles' Film Will Finally Be Completed 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z
A traditional dancer, as curving and precise as a signature in Sanskrit, is affectionately mocked by pupils who mimic her practices – the wheedling, the teasing with eyes, the pretence of timidity and restraint. Julius Caesar; The Physicists; Wah! Wah! Girls – review 2012-06-09T23:08:07Z
Yet Penn gives him a vivid, wheedling desperation that’s weirdly moving, and the younger Penn has clearly inherited the emotional expressiveness of her mother, Robin Wright. ‘Flag Day’ Review: Daddy Dearest 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z
Bird, convinced he wanted to be a writer and performer, had been quietly wheedling his school to teach drama at A-level. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z
The effect is to smother the movie’s significance and worthy purpose in the unnecessary fakery of salesmanship—to turn it into a wheedling sermon. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z
And certainly Marvel’s vocal characterization of the deteriorating Mary — lilting then wheedling then ratlike then hollow — is one you will not soon get out of your head. Review: A Shorter ‘Long Day’s Journey,’ Now With N95s 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z
Zobel’s new movie is the toxic version of that familiar story, springboarding from some 70 examples in 35 states of callers wheedling people into behavior they surely thought they’d never perform. Compliance: Sundance Torture Porn 2012-08-17T12:30:26Z
De Zoete manipulates everyone around her with a quiver of intimidation, wheedling and wit. Review | Decades after his mother’s disappearance, a man searches the past for clues 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
Suddenly, we are back in the coercive, wheedling world of Frank and Claire Underwood, their menace cloaked in carefully orchestrated concern. Robin Wright: 'Trump – he took all House of Cards' good ideas!' 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z
After finally acquiring the rights, which she did by wheedling Warner Brothers, now the owner, she interviewed a number of male directors. A Mystical Novel of Golf Makes It to the Movies 2011-07-25T16:29:48Z
Once the peace agreement was signed, though, my incessant wheedling began. I Watched ‘Encanto’ With My Dad. It Brought Him Back Home. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z
So “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” chronicles its author’s constant demanding, wheedling, scolding and screaming. Books of The Times: But Will It All Make Mommy Happy? 2011-01-19T19:28:18Z
Dern's Jason is all wheedling confidence, though the Atlantic City setting can seem almost too ready-made a metaphor. Film-makers need to trust the audience 2013-05-24T13:00:01Z
Both episodes are telling because they illustrate what readers don’t see behind almost every story — the wheedling, coddling and negotiating with the sources in news stories. Shocked by WikiLeaks’ disclosures on campaign journalism? You shouldn’t be. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z
He’s silent in the early films, and compulsively verbal in several of the later ones, often engaged in wheedling, threatening or accusing an invisible lover, or himself, or us. Review: Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
Charlie’s soulless rat-a-tat-tat delivery acquires a semblance of feeling only when he is wheedling Grace to follow his wishes. | 'Love Ranch': Attraction and Possibility When Sex Is Just Business 2010-06-29T22:43:00Z
No hump, no crooked smile, no looming shadow, no sardonic wheedling. Richard III; The Doctor's Dilemma; The Fire Garden – reviews 2012-07-28T23:06:10Z
Finally, bravo to Seattle Opera’s indispensable Jonathan Dean, who translates and writes the supertitles projected above the stage, for having one of the wheedling stepsisters calling her prey “Princykins.” Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Cinderella’ offers a rollicking good time 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z
I make the same wheedling excuse as the previous lady. Dare to dance 2011-08-08T00:35:42Z
Victor Williams, familiar as Deacon Palmer to viewers of “The King of Queens,” brings sitcom ease to Eddie’s wheedling enthusiasm, but also an almost tragic grandeur. Review: In ‘Cost of Living,’ a Familiar Alienation 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z
The wheedling and needling are honed to a piercing, at times claustrophobic pitch. | 'Haunted': A Longtime Marriage, Threatened Inside and Out 2010-12-09T04:30:00Z
With just hours to spare, Ellen flies around the world, courting our allies and enemies — charming the P.M.! wheedling the Ayatollah! blackmailing Putin! Review | Hillary Clinton’s thriller with Louise Penny is a thinly veiled jab at a Very Stable Genius 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z
A lot of speakers imitated his typical greeting: “Hey, man,” in a wheedling hipster voice, usually followed by a demand. Jazz Musicians Memorialize Charlie Haden 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z
Instead of sidestepping the issue, Vanessa aims dead at it after wheedling Louie into a date. Sarah Baker Speaks for the Overweight on ‘Louie’ 2014-05-13T02:30:16Z
Hunter Biden is such a stingy, wheedling, dishonest, self-serving dirtbag that even after the court-ordered paternity test proved the child was his, he refuses to acknowledge his own biological daughter. Joe Biden channeling a Jerry Springer presidency 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z
As media pundits count the ways the indictment could potentially catapult Trump back into the White House, Rainbow treats the former president like the morally deficient, lying, wheedling criminal defendant he is. Randy Rainbow on his viral Trump indictment parody video: 'No choice but to really go for it' 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z
Trump’s constant wheedling with his supporters is vacuuming up dollars from small donors and funneling almost none of it to Republican candidates. Should Trump be indicted? It's still too soon to say 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z
So she enlisted Yala, at the time still an undergrad, who set out on the laborious door-to-door task of wheedling for access to anonymous mammograms. Is artificial intelligence about to transform the mammogram? 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z
He hasn’t gotten the shot, despite haranguing and wheedling from worried relatives. Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z
It took 1,002 “wheedling emails,” according to Kipen, most of them “sweated over, slept on, and reread in agony after hitting ‘send.’” How a COVID-era Federal Writers Project went from wild idea to a proposed bill 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z
Raffensperger, joined by his office counsel, kept a calm and almost flat tone, occasionally giving one-word answers, while Trump alternately raised his voice in anger or dropped to a wheedling murmur. 'Find' winning votes for him, Trump demands in taped call with Georgia official 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z
But Trump refuses to accept this so he is constantly wheedling GOP officials to do more and whining publicly that they're holding out on him. Republicans enabled Trump for four years — of course he's betraying them in the 11th hour 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z
But as is nearly always true with Woodward, the information he elicits is worth the wheedling and cajoling. Opinion | Bob Woodward gave Trump every chance to prove himself 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z
After her father confiscated her phone, she would message friends from her laptop, wheedling them into ordering her Ubers so she could sneak out. Saudi Law Granted Women New Freedoms. Their Families Don’t Always Agree. 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z
Mr. Sanders campaigns more like a left-wing professor at a college political philosophy seminar than a candidate wheedling for votes. Undisputed leader: Bernie Sanders’ stunning surge propels him past Joe Biden in early states 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z
Ratner runs all over town, wheedling bookies, flying off the handle, straining to keep a younger mistress. Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z
When your landline and cell phone were free from scam artists selling something, threatening you with arrest, wheedling to extract a credit-card number? Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z
He attacked the part of LBJ the way LBJ attacked the problem of obtaining votes for congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: wheedling, threatening, sweet-talking and collaring — all in thunderous theatrical motion. How Bryan Cranston’s towering performance in ‘Network’ packs new potency into Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976 tale of media mind control 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z
For decades, North Korean officials have angled to meet with a high-level U.S. representative using all measures of persuasion, whining, wheedling and threatening. Whatever comes next, North Korea's Kim Jong Un can claim a win against Trump 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
But while Elmer Carroll was certainly dumb, he was not — despite my wheedling efforts — dumb enough. Opinion | For an innocent man, Trump sure does act guilty 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z
When charm didn’t work, I saw or heard about firms wheedling, pleading, threatening, calling editors and even contacting media executives. Perspective | Scaramucci learned his press tactics from Wall Street. They’ll only get uglier. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z
However well this scenario serves the Trumps, it’s distasteful to watch a grown woman wheedling her father for policy changes as if they were treats or a credit card for a younger half-sister. Opinion | Ivanka Trump and the Cult of the First Daughter 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z
It was the mix of the petulance and contempt in Sterling’s wheedling, nasal rant that lit the fuse on the bomb that detonated his good standing before the world. When it comes to character, trust your ears | David Ferguson 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z
After hours of vote wheedling and an assist from Snyder, Meekhof amassed 19 votes, the minimum required to pass these shameful reforms - without a single vote from the Democratic caucus or the Detroit delegation. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z
Even if it has been years since you’ve pumped quarters into the wheedling mass of "Street Fighter II," you might think Button Mash is worth a try.  Jonathan Gold reviews Button Mash: Tofu balls! Arcade games! 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z
Bale, a tremendously committed actor who's too distinctive to disappear into roles easily, is the biggest surprise, with his wheedling voice, unfocused expression, and gaping mouth. The Big Short is The Wolf of Wall Street with a conscience 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z
It was relentlessly wheedling its way into her life and she dealt with that with absolute poise and composure. A moment that changed me - the death of my sister and the grief that followed | Emma Dawson 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z
Not my proudest moment, but I can still listen to it – my pathetic wheedling – because the robot recorded, saved and uploaded it to the cloud. Goodbye privacy, hello Alexa: here's to Amazon echo, the home robot who hears it all 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z
The climax takes place inside a mountain of pixum, yet the true highlight is Jackman, a splendiferous blend of the wheedling, the mournful, the murderous, and the throwaway. “Steve Jobs” Loves a Genius 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z
That intervention was almost certainly the result of wheedling by the FA, who seem so much more comfortable with this sort of provenly ineffectual princery than with being held democratically to account. Watching the Fifa cockocracy fall to pieces is a beautiful game in itself | Marina Hyde 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z
I’m not a formidable negotiator, but I can summon up a certain passive-aggressive wheedling for emergencies. Holidays from hell: ‘Jamais again, I swore. Jamais again’ 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z
But it was unclear whether the wheedling was working. Obama appeals to country to back U.S. military force in Syria 2013-09-07T22:16:06Z
But one point in Detroit’s favor is the official steering the process: emergency manager Kevyn Orr, a restructuring expert who is not subject to the same political wheedling as Stockton’s city council. Stockton Offers a Glimpse at Detroit's Future 2013-07-25T11:05:23Z
It’s hard to say whether Mr. Spangenberg in this case is sticking up for outgunned inventors or wheedling a settlement that he and those inventors don’t deserve. Has Patent, Will Sue: An Alert to Corporate America 2013-07-13T19:42:08Z
An activist investor is one who buys the stock of under-performing companies and spends months wheedling, cajoling and bullying the management into doing whatever it takes to raise the stock price. Billionaire showdown: What's behind Icahn and Ackman's CNBC bout? 2013-01-25T20:41:45Z
His careful interviews for the Guardian, "wheedling" as he put it, drew unexpected responses from some of the more difficult men of sport. Frank Keating obituary 2013-01-25T17:08:11Z
The first lady who wanted to forge connections with her new city found that even viewing the cherry blossoms required a hat, sunglasses and wheedling the Secret Service. After 4 Years, Friends See Shifts in Obamas 2013-01-20T02:55:53Z
Back in May, when Nora was at school out West and I sent her a steady stream of wheedling letters begging her to come back to me, I’d described the place as a cottage. T. Coraghessan Boyle: “Birnam Wood.” 2012-08-27T04:00:00Z
He shows but little sympathy with the Quakers, whose "smooth and wheedling tone" disgusts him, and whom he represents as wholly given up to making money. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
But the wheedling appeal, the familiar tone, grated on her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
But no extent of "soap," as Perth called the wheedling talk and flattery Pick administered to Gaines, would make that young gentleman agree. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z
He was more successful than the French in wheedling the Americans into visualizing actual war conditions in their practice. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z
And I believe the wheedling rogue actually pressed her velvety lips to the ugly sabre scar that helps to mar my time-worn visage. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z
There was an odd tone in the doctor's voice--a tone half wheedling, half hostile. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z
The man's wheedling tone, the sense of power, the ability to confer a favor were too much for him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z
You mean, where is your Romanist chit, with her white face and wheedling ways.' My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z
This was not the moment for coercion but for wheedling. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z
Like Brady, he was the baby of the family and quickly learned he could get his way by being demanding one moment and wheedling the next. Brady, Manning vie to prove who's 'elite' QB now 2012-02-04T01:56:08Z
Had they bestowed half the pains in practising this craft that they squandered in wheedling a few shillings from us on the strength of it, they must long since have been acknowledged its masters. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z
He spoke with a wheedling politeness, but very likely a threat underlay his words. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z
He tapped George on the knee, and continued in a wheedling voice: 'It is a matter of religion, d'ye see? Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z
"Will not the dog of a Christian speak?" he asked in a wheedling voice, which daunted and chilled the man he spoke to. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z
"Nay, my lord," said I, drawing some solid comfort from the wheedling tone in which he spake. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z
I did not try to reason with him or placate him in wheedling tones. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z
To the voice were added rites and ceremonies, i.e. gestures menacing or wheedling, whose object was to move the god and bind his will to that of man. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z
"Be not so obstinate," she persisted, in wheedling accents, stroking his flaming cheeks. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z
But let me inform you that I am wheedling him; and I have the wits to bring it about that he will carry them for you. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z
"Won't it do when the house is built?" she asked, in a wheedling, cowardly, coaxing tone, as she laid her cheek for a moment on his shoulder. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z
Oh! you can't fool me any more with your wheedling ways. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
She sat on her lap and overwhelmed her with caresses; she fondled her, now getting vexed, now entreating her, and always fixing her eyes upon her in a wheedling way impossible to resist. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z
And his cousin being thus confuted, Manasseh had not much further difficulty in wheedling two pounds ten out of him. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z
He had learned a number of fine, full-bodied Cuban-Spanish oaths lately, and was employing them in his most wheedling manner on Nora. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z
She always would sit on that little stool; I think she must have had a kind of notion that it was a coaxing, wheedling, little stool. The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home 2011-10-02T02:00:12.587Z
But the man only answered, in a sort of wheedling tone: 'I don't know, mamzelle; but he asked me to tell you that he must speak to you, and I'm just doing his errand.' San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
Before he went into the shop, he ascertained that Touquet was not alone; then he presented himself, and wished him good morning with a wheedling air. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z
He therefore freely made himself the scapegoat of Garret's delinquencies, confiding in the wheedling power of his tongue, to pacify the dame. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z
Pray, father, don't put me upon getting any thing out of a man; I'm but young, you know, father, and don't understand wheedling. The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z
I slipped out again, leaving the hall to those who were shouting, expostulating, wheedling, in the delusion that the host might, if he pleased, manage something for them. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z
For six whole years was General Temple commanding, entreating, praying, and wheedling to get Freke back to Virginia. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z
"My dear friend, be reasonable; see how unjust this is," said Petray in a wheedling voice. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z
Thou wheedling devil!" said the landlady; "Garret is no older than thou art. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z
The silvery wheedling voice of the dear child, her sudden, natural question produced a strange, almost magical, effect on me. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z
We were having tea in their lovely garden and Louis was showing us his flowers while Mrs. Green was wheedling "papa." Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z
Glimmering lights and running water penetrate the shades, whose sacredness is soon disturbed by the appearance of Sunandi, wantonly compelling Ko�l, with alternate harshness and wheedling, to enter with her. The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z
Would you like to know what I can see for you, my sweet young lady?” she went on, dropping into the wheedling whine of the professional fortune-teller. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z
It is next to impossible for me to speak a kind, civil word to her, so deeply do I hate her, with all her wheedling. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z
“And what is that?” asks Papa, in a wheedling tone, while Mamma catches her breath to listen. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z
"Come tell me why you sent me to Bala?" in a wheedling tone. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z
Still, there is real value to the e-mails as a vehicle for showing off Ms. Moskowitz’s gift for getting things done through relentless wheedling. On Education: Charter School Space: Free of Rent, Maybe, but Not of Hurdles 2011-04-25T02:55:27Z
“Then if they’re tame oats,” said the other, in a wheedling tone, “if they’re tame oats, don’t you think, Mr. Riles, if we were careful, we might manage to sneak up on them in daylight?” The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z
Once the required youngster had been pointed out, he wasted no time in preliminary wheedlings but tossed her on the floor without more ado. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z
Threatening and wheedling by turns, black-mailing constantly, you have drained my purse, you have made my life a burden. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z
I asked this in my most wheedling tone. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z
His threats were now disregarded as had been his wheedling appeal; and he saw that he had no longer the power to effect his cherished purpose. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
Hanging is too good for him, say I; for sure and certain it was his wheedling which made poor Master Vibert do so wicked a thing. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z
"The problem with parental permission is that children have a way of wheedling their parents into letting them go," she said. Doctors urge indoor tanning ban for minors 2011-02-28T06:59:43Z
Wagging his scraggy apology for a tail, he sidled up to her, and in an ingratiating, wheedling way which only a dog possesses, he claimed her attention. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z
"But you must; you will now, won't you?" in a wheedling tone. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z
No brutality, no wheedling, no bribe, could ever have made that brave soul disloyal by word or deed to any of her associates. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z
"I saw him in the kitchen, wheedling round Polly, and begging for cookies." The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z
When the last knot in the leather thong was twitched close and the bountiful meal-bag was closed, old Jed abandoned hope and wheedling. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z
The wheedling lay is the best game to play, and I have an aversion to a quarrel with anyone when you can get more by oil and smiles. Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z
A fusillade of bullets at once bespattered the wheedling phrases. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
By wheedling the duchesses, she appeased the rancours of the aristocratic faubourg, and led the residents to believe that M. Dambreuse might yet repent and render them some services. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z
"Now don't get grumpy over the little trick we played," the man said, in a wheedling tone. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z
“Come down, pretty young ladies,” said the gaily bedecked Gypsy woman, in a wheedling tone. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z
He felt, suddenly, above the wheedling, anxious tone of his former leader, who, he decided, didn’t have enough brains to keep his personal concern out of his argument. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z
So the Princess went with her into the garden, and listened to her cunning, wheedling words. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z
The professor, feeling flattered, adopted a wheedling tone. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z
"It's like having the most beautiful house," a Glazer flunky has been heard wheedling. The Fiver 2010-05-07T14:13:00Z
“Cross the poor Gypsy’s palm with silver,” whined Grace Varey, in a wheedling tone, “and each of you shall learn what the future has in store for you.” The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z
“See here, Joe,” the attorney, no longer condescending of bearing, spoke now with a wheedling insistence, “if you’ve got any tidings, tell ’em to me. The Law of Hemlock Mountain
Then the sable and the marten also began wheedling the fox. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z
Heaven knows how she construed his wheedling eagerness! Witching Hill
“It wasna women like me he denounced,” Elspeth insisted, “but young lassies that leads men astray wi’ their abominable wheedling ways.” The Little Minister
"And the Empress Valeria; she, too, as traitor to your person and crown, is included in the decree," insinuated, in a wheedling tone, the crafty priest. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs
The woman sidled up to Jean and Jack with a wheedling expression on her broad, stupid face. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series
So long as I get results, nothing short of murder, lying, or ignoble wheedling can stop me. H. R.
Well, my pretty one,"—his voice grown suddenly wheedling, his face a study of mingled passions,—"we will see about that. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth
Seeing how agitated Gavin was, remorse filled her, and she said in a wheedling voice— “It is all over, and no one will know.” The Little Minister
He knew very well that she trusted him no longer; her threats and her wheedling combined to prove it. The Great Miss Driver
"Sophy...." he said very low, a sort of wheedling cunning in his voice. Shadows of Flames A Novel
There must be honest, open payment; wheedling and pin-money must go. Years of Plenty
As they went out, Cephas was laughing at Mr. Sanders's remark about wheedling. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction
She was conscious only of a torrent of speech, coaxing, imploring, wheedling, even threatening. Ewing\\'s Lady
But perhaps the thing that gave her the keenest pleasure was wheedling out of Mr. Crotchets his bungalow that stood on the slopes beyond the golf-links for a honeymoon. Leerie
Her voice was too pretty for words, thus wheedling and coaxing the huge man. Shadows of Flames A Novel
I was long past wonder—anything might happen now—and I only noted that our companion could be wheedling and plausible in more than one language. Where the Pavement Ends
"Don't try it that way, for God's sake!" said Campbell in the wheedling undertone. The Door into Infinity
But the object of her wheedling was only to gain news of the speedy coming of the Legate. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
Louis then went home to his wife, "and showed her more token of love than ever he did before," finally wheedling her into telling him who had been the talebearer. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10)
Keeping to the back of the crowds, Alan watched, admiring the efficiency with which Chief Thayer worked, shouting, wheedling, cursing, until three hundred and thirty people were squeezed in, like frightened cattle in a pen. The Star Lord
Let a woman alone in the meantime for ferreting or wheedling a secret out of her good man when she wishes. The Irish Fairy Book
The next time I differed with my friends was when king James was wheedling the dissenters to take off the penal laws and test, which I could by no means come into. An Appeal to Honour and Justice, Though It Be of His Worst Enemies. Being A True Account of His Conduct in Public Affairs.
Perhaps, if this Mr. Rex Carshaw, with his earnest eyes and wheedling voice, could have a talk with “aunty,” his queer suspicions—so oddly borne out by events—might be dissipated. The Bartlett Mystery
She needs only a silken thread, the silken thread of her wheedling voice. Pretty Michal
Already the second theme was coming in—the insidious obbligato of invitation to death, wheedling that this way … this way … was the path from the torment and terror that the monstrous voice flooded over them. The Record of Currupira
He had to push it gently through a hostile House of 14 Commons by wheedling a section of the Liberal majority, against the appeals of their legitimate leader. Studies in Contemporary Biography
And then she insinuated in a wheedling voice something about Margret's affairs being settled. An Isle in the Water
The smell of the food had reached him, and he would occasionally give a little imploring whine between his barks. 209So Jack spoke to him in a soft, wheedling tone. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret
Son of a country pastor, he worked his way into the household of General d’Itzenplitz; after wheedling the mother, he ended by marrying the daughter. German Problems and Personalities
"Simon, Simon," said Lancaster, in a wheedling tone. The Plow-Woman
I tried wheedling and coaxing and promising; failing in these, I threatened to part company with a comrade so unreasonable, and he made no further complaint. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871
He was wheedling and threatening by turns; he did everything he had ever done before, and more. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist
As I went quickly through the holly and under the wreaths, a little voice, in wheedling tones, called from the gallery above,— “Stay to dine to dinner?” Happy Days for Boys and Girls
"Did you have a good night, Roley dear?" said she in a wheedling tone to the Kid. The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India
Yet did she give herself the small pains of wheedling? The Missourian
"You'll have lots of time to yourself," Burns said in a wheedling tone. Occasion for Disaster
And her voice had a wheedling tone: “This is my dear Nicky I have spoken of so much––Mr. Easton, you know.” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards
Rejoining Louise and smiling her wheedling 68 beggar’s smile at the departing Doctor, the features of Widow Frochard suddenly contorted in black rage––she shook her fist at the physician directly his back was turned. Orphans of the Storm
He put a wheedling hand on her arm. Kildares of Storm
Unmindful of the wheedling voice of remonstrance, without another word, and leaving her door wide open and Mlle. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life
Matthew caught his breath, and changed his wheedling tone all at once. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals
"Easy, Christian," said the hunchback, with the same wheedling voice that came so strangely through his crooked mouth. Dwellers in the Hills
The truth had died out of his tone when he mentioned the money, and his 251 words were the specious wheedling of one who knows the generous kindliness of those with whom he is dealing. The Hound From The North
While I gazed, a voice close behind me said, in a wheedling drawl: 'Dew come in! Against Odds A Detective Story
The thin, wrinkled old face twisted into a hopeful, wheedling smile. Once to Every Man
I followed, knowing that I was now to withstand a subtle, wheedling, gentle attempt to gain the papers without the name of Lady Mary being mentioned. The O'Ruddy A Romance
"I have to ask a little money," responded the old dame in a wheedling tone. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife
"Ah! maybe not—maybe not, miss; not if he knew it," said the pawnbroker, now adopting a wheedling and pitiful tone as he drew forth the shining piece and pushed it toward her. The Masked Bridal
“You will let me see the cousin,” she said, wheedling. Olive in Italy
The tone in which she made the query was never anything but disarming; it was quite childishly wheedling and innocently eager, he thought. Once to Every Man
Meanwhile, the blatant Officer, the wheedling Politician, and the lack-beard Dervish, are feasted by the personages and functionaries of Damascus. The Book of Khalid
He had a way of speaking that sounded uncivil to ears attuned to the soft Irish accent and the wheedling tone. The Wild Geese
Now say yes right away—there’s a dear!” she coaxed, pinching Polly’s mouth with a thumb and forefinger, her favorite method of wheedling. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage
The little girl thought him the nicest pet she had ever had, and soon fell a willing slave to his wheedling grunts. The Biography of a Prairie Girl
We are poor monks, good Master Hood," cried Tuck, in a wheedling tone; "I pray you do not stay us. Robin Hood
Oh, you know," returned the schoolmaster in a wheedling tone; "you can make Neil do anything. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro
Sure," O'Sullivan Og answered, his manner half wheedling, half truculent, "'tis no time for messages and trifles and the like now, Colonel. The Wild Geese
“Sure, now, Mr. Wellesly,” he began, and the Irish accent was rich and strong in his coaxing, wheedling tones, “sure, now, you don’t want to be killin’ yourself, after you’ve held out this far. With Hoops of Steel
Montgomery knew William well, and his wheedling, if stammering, tongue soon persuaded the young man that in furthering the success of the party he was furthering his employer's also. The Brass Bound Box
“And you wanted to dance with me, Nan, and not with that goose of a Hamilton?” in a wheedling voice. Not Like Other Girls
She crossed herself frantically, and said a prayer to the Virgin, but it was of no avail, for soon Carlotta’s wheedling tones reached their hiding-place. The Italian Twins
But it was a privilege for which you could not pay once and for all; its price was a black-mail of humbugging, and wheedling, and dirt-eating. The Countess of Albany
"I'm going to run over and see Jean and the boys just for five minutes," she said in a wheedling tone. 'Lizbeth of the Dale
"Ah, thin, it isn't such bad language ye'd hev me be using, and you a young lady, Miss Beth," said Pat in a wheedling tone. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
After this gathering of herself together, Polly, by that time, a mere heap of dimples, asked in a wheedling manner: “What are we going to do, you dear old thing?” Mugby Junction
It was softer even than Cap'n Jack's, and was of a wheedling tone, as though he wanted to get on comfortably with every one. The Birthright
He began by expressing his admiration of the furniture and talking in a wheedling tone. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man
Hawkes' expression changed again; he smiled warmly, and when he spoke his voice was almost wheedling. Starman's Quest
The Vigilants were about to follow the example of their leader, and dismount when there came a wheedling voice—apparently the voice of a negress—from within the cabin. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War
However, there was no getting over her coaxings and wheedlings, so that her papa was at last obliged to consent that she should buy one. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror
"Whist, darling!" he exclaimed in a wheedling tone. Stories of Many Lands
“Muckle guid your sorrow will do me unless——” her voice fell to a wheedling cajolery—“you just be a guid laddie and get me back my linen and the silver.” A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
I can't see you wheedling money for shelters and rot of that sort out of retired grocers.' The Convert
“What is this powder train of yours, anyway?” asked the soldier, in a wheedling voice which was meant to be plausible and friendly. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War
He went up to the inspector with an almost wheedling air. Ravensdene Court
Hear him: "Ulysses wad delighted when he saw her wheedling the Suitors out of their gifts and cajoling their mind with flattering speech, while her heart planned other things." Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
Nobody can believe, till he tries, how much pleasure there is in wheedling a garden into growing, nor how well the labour makes him sleep o’ nights.” The Indifference of Juliet
Whereupon in he comes, with his gratitude for the American lady, his bargains, his wheedling, and we are lost! Peking Dust
If ever a man loved to talk, it was Aristide Pujol; and what profession, save that of an advocate, offers more occasion for wheedling loquacity than that of a public vendor of quack medicaments? The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
In relation to one who possesses great power of wheedling. The Proverbs of Scotland
Then he went on in a wheedling sort of way. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls
“Ah, do squeeze it in,” she said in those horrid wheedling tones which for some reason Major Flint found so attractive. Miss Mapp
Come now, Cap, be obliging,” continued Mike, in a wheedling tone which did not deceive his superior officer. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters
Throughout the ages, their coaxing, pleading voices could be heard wheedling men's hearts to the same purpose. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel
Then Viola came forward, and began to plead, in her pretty, wheedling way. Peggy
"Do now," put in the woman in a wheedling voice, fixing her big, bold eyes on bargee's face. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls
Thereafter, Mabyn spoke in a whisper; a wheedling note crept into his voice. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest
Laws, universals, general propositions—her instinct with all of them is to get off by wheedling the judge. From a Cornish Window A New Edition
There's his worship my master, too, instead of wheedling and coaxing me to make myself 193 wool and carded cotton, threatens to tie me naked to a tree and double the dose of stripes. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
She stood ten minutes cajoling him, wheedling, coaxing, threatening. In the Mist of the Mountains
"Did he happen to mention," I asked, "whether he succeeded in wheedling five thousand dollars out of that Detroit man?" Gossamer 1915
He’s a sneak, and gets his way by wheedling and shoe-scraping! Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
Now she was alternately wheedling, cursing, coaxing, bribing; all to no purpose. Waring's Peril
"Miss Allie, honey," she said in a wheedling tone, as she rolled up her great eyes at her little mistress, "cyarn you get time to write a letter for me, bymeby?" In Blue Creek Cañon
"Aunt 'Liza," Arethusa knelt down by that lady's chair and put her glowing face very close to her aunt's; her tone was most wheedling. The Heart of Arethusa
I can see you now wheedling Joe into letting you have the reins. David Malcolm
Then she changed into a sort of wheedling. The Lost Girl
“Where do you come from, my pretty?” she said in a wheedling tone. A Pair of Clogs
She stopped the guttural, wheedling voice with a quick, vehement gesture. The Lady Doc
But how could she help it, with that glowing face wheedling so close to her own? The Heart of Arethusa
After the wedding-day had been fixed upon, the mother of the groom swept down upon Persis, wheedling and peremptory by turns. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale
Then I saw the beast, and after a little wheedling and coaxing I was able to get my hand on his bridle. The McBrides A Romance of Arran
Anything and everything—trickery, wheedling or bullying, fawning or threatening, smiles, or rage, or tears—for a sixpence.  The Gypsies
Tottie's voice lowered, losing its harshness, and took on a wheedling tone. Apron-Strings
That young woman did not know why she resented more than usual his wheedling attentions. The Highgrader
I warrant me, that knave, L’Eclair, when he returns, will follow me about, wheedling and whining, to recollect certain promises. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1
It was not long after that when Margaret would be wheedling me to be on the hill. The McBrides A Romance of Arran
His alarm voiced itself in a wheedling apology. Oh, You Tex!
"Well, not wheedle, exactly, but what would be wheedling in some other girl—in me," said Charmian, offering herself up. The Coast of Bohemia
"Sit here by me," urged Justin, in a wheedling tone, and placed a chair for her. Glory of Youth
"Better get down here, master," he repeated in a wheedling voice, and, dismounting, took Roger's rein. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales
"Will you tell me this, Hamish?" says she in her wheedling voice. The McBrides A Romance of Arran
"Then the little man's wheedling voice: "'Well, I did me best, Jack. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
Is it something you may not tell me?” asked the woman in a wheedling tone, as she crossed her legs and toyed with the flap of her tail. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
He was immovable, like an ancient iceberg; proof against threats, wheedling, cajoling, terrifying, sarcasm—proof against everything but kindness. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew
"Oh, come, mother!" or, "Oh, father, now!" was commonly Johnny's opening formula, employed with a smile, wheedling or protesting, as the occasion seemed to require. On the Stairs
It was fun wheedling things from you at first; but bribes have been getting on my nerves lately. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
Pray, father, don't put me upon getting anything out of a man; I 'm but young, you know, father, and I don't understand wheedling. The Beaux-Stratagem
"Then perhaps Mrs. Gardner took notice," continued the Lieutenant in a wheedling tone. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond
What if he did have, too, a brogue so soft, so wheedling that men had long called him Slippery Uncle Sammy? The Madigans
Rosa considered if there were any way of wheedling Mom Wallis into the affair, and gave that up, remembering the suspicious little twinkling eyes of Jasper Kemp. A Voice in the Wilderness
“Why did you not tell me of this before, François, my friend?” asked Lemaitre, in a wheedling tone. A Pirate of the Caribbees
In his brutal nature there was a stirring of unusual compunction, and after watching her for a moment, he strove to console her, speaking in a wheedling voice. A Mating in the Wilds
You see," she said, in wheedling, saleslady tones, "it is a work of art! Patty Blossom
She was pleading with him in a whining, wheedling, silly voice, which would have broken down an Englishman. Little Novels of Italy
A wheedling thing she was, with an ambition to drive men crazy, but my presence killed the gossip on her tongue, though I liked to look at her. A Window in Thrums
But presently she began wheedling him in the old vein. The Blood of the Conquerors
I think she must have had a kind of notion that it was a coaxing, wheedling little stool. The Cricket on the Hearth
"Monsieur," said he, in a wheedling voice, "this is the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-nine." The Man With The Broken Ear
No amount of tears or storming or wheedling or pleading, however, could alter Doctor Hugh's decision. Rosemary
Mr. Sipperley—" he spoke in a wheedling voice, as if determined, in spite of herself, to make Jill see what was in her best interests—"Mr. Sipperley's on the fourth floor. Jill the Reckless
They told me he made a pitiful sight, wheedling and whining among the legislators. The Plum Tree
He had crouched over it for a half-hour, blowing it, coaxing it, wheedling it. Gigolo
There are instances of the persistence of husbands in certain moods or points of view on which even wheedling has no effect. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories
The sneaking, wheedling methods he employed, the subterfuges, the lies in disposing of books and pictures, were the things which made the man most repulsive to Alfred. Watch Yourself Go By
The Austrians do not commercialize their pleasure in the hope of wheedling dollars from American pockets. Europe After 8:15
At last, after much wheedling and coaxing, the doctor gave permission for the lessons to be given at Hunters' Brae, Blanche and Miss Waspe going up every morning. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls
The officer repeated his phrase, trying the conversational, wheedling, and minatory tones in turn—but it was useless. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
Some such demon as, whispering in the ear of Visto, bade him 'Have a taste!' had been wheedling George in. Art in England Notes and Studies
"I don't have to!" retorted Rimrock but he moved up closer and there was a wheedling turn to his voice. Rimrock Jones
Her steel heart flutters at the touch of a wheedling phryne. Europe After 8:15
Now, now, my Besso, shall it be done?' he continued with the coaxing voice and with the wheedling manner of a girl. Tancred Or, The New Crusade
These fellows kept prowling about the hotel the whole day, alternately wheedling and menacing, without success. Recollections of Europe
While she twisted in agony; knowing nothing of what has happened, and hearing the wheedling voice of a crying child, Kosuké had returned and was at the entrance. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
The lady in nankeen now began, in a wheedling, coaxing voice, to beg 'Kate' to appear. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
Swiftly they came, and soon they were at his side, fawning on him, and speaking in soft, wheedling voices. The Silver Crown Another Book of Fables
‘Under the mask of friendly intentions and with the plausible language of wheedling courtesy, I insinuate myself into the unsuspecting mind and ensnare it.’ Milton's Comus
This was the attitude of his mind, but unhappily it was often apparently contradicted by the cringing of his body and the wheedling of his tongue. Quisanté
"Then of course you wouldn't dream of going back to look around in hopes of finding out what that queer noise, almost like a shriek, meant?" pursued Bluff, in a wheedling tone. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery
He stayed a long while, wheedling and remonstrating, depicting his own subtlety in glowing terms; but in the end departed with despairing shrugs and backward glances, hoping that I might relent. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
And they could be naive and wheedling toward a woman when they chose. The Lion of Petra
If I persuaded Mrs. Dalziel to take me, and we had the luck to see Tony, I shouldn't have a moment with him alone, whereas the process of "wheedling" might take many minutes. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
Go to London she must and would, but she hoped to accomplish her purpose by wheedling and to avoid a rupture with the manager. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow
For a long time her wheedling voice, with an exaggerated childish lisp, sounded in the silence of the studio. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
"Now, good Mr. Dobbs, kind Mr. Dobbs, I ask you once more to move," he said in his most wheedling manner. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis
It was he who assisted another friend, "with his wheedling tongue," in inducing Thackeray to purchase that "neat little literary paper,"—called then The Museum, but which was in truth The National Standard. Thackeray
But so came also the rogue, and the wheedling hypocrite, and all such as desired to obtain something for nothing. The Story of Cooperstown
Failing in this, he resumed his wheedling tactics. From the Housetops
Besides the killing of a suckling pig and of a few chickens, a little wheedling and palavering were about the only entertainment he received. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
You've the wheedling tongue of Satan himself and his black soul, too, I doubt not. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
"Just come out into the library while I smoke one cigarette," he began in his wheedling way. The Danger Mark
But Jem was softly obstinate, and he had inherited some of my mother’s wheedling ways. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys
She knew just how her slender waist and the graceful slope of her shoulders appeared to the foreman, and her voice, in spite of its gay rallying and audacity, was wheedling. The Portion of Labor
Look here," he said, in a wheedling tone, "if I were really your big brother, I wouldn't let you go. Judy
"What a wheedling baggage it is," muttered Gay. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
One flaw there was in the picture, and that is where the first experiment in wheedling came in. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches
Without bluster, and without wheedling, he had the art of making those who were under his rule perfectly submissive; sooner or later they all came to fear him as a child does a spectre. The House by the Church-Yard
Bismarck terrorising socialism, William coaxing and wheedling it, for no other tangible purpose than to act in opposition to him whose power he has overthrown. The Schemes of the Kaiser
"Come," she said, in a wheedling tone, touching him with a finger, "make medicine for one who carried food to the good white man." In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa
“Thank you; I’d like to—” “But don’t you think, Mr. Upton,”—again it was Westby, with his cajoling voice and his wheedling smile,—“that I might have just one evening’s moonlight practice for it?” The Jester of St. Timothy's
I think I have expressed myself elsewhere as to the value of wheedling. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches
There was a moment of uncomfortable silence, broken by Boston, with a wheedling note in his voice. The Blood Ship
Why are the wheedling ways of the one, altogether out of place in the other? The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
"Did you tell the Doctor about it?" asked Simpkins, in the wheedling tone of a physician asking a child to put out her tongue. The False Gods
Of course they’ll come wheedling round you, wanting to be excused; you have to use your own discretion about that.” The Jester of St. Timothy's
Before I leave the subject of wheedling, I might add that if it is a useful art in summer, in winter it is priceless. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches
Her cold haughty manners had often more success than the wheedling flatteries of the others. Us An Old Fashioned Story
She had the offensive fluency that comes of long practice in alternate wheedling and bullying, and although Major Booth had given her a shilling she continued to pester Mrs. Pat for a further largesse. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches
But the Emperor Leon at that time won over this Marcellianus by very careful wheedling, and bade him go to the island of Sardinia, which was then subject to the Vandals. History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War
These were always in Latin,—the Council, says that sturdy Briton, Edward Phillips, "scorning to carry on their affairs in the wheedling, lisping jargon of the cringing French." Life of John Milton
An odd, wheedling note crept into the old woman's voice. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
He spoke in a wheedling, kindly voice, for he and Mother Binning were good friends. Foes
There is that wife you mentioned, 022 a delicate little wheedling devil, with such an appearance of simplicity; and with that, she does so undermine, so fool her conceited husband, that he despises her! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06
"Did you ever fail of anything when you put on that wheedling face and tone?" The Clarion
Sam writhed, and his wheedling tormentor continued, watching him like a ferret. The Bread-winners A Social Study
"I was sure you wouldn't injure me, Captain," remarked Quilt, in a wheedling tone, while he felt about for his sword; "you're far too brave to strike a fallen man." Jack Sheppard A Romance
Then the Anglo-Saxon was down on the floor, wheedling, talking such sweetness as can be spoken without silliness only in the Spanish tongue. In Indian Mexico (1908)
Ellish, in fact, was a perfect mistress of the science of wheedling; but as it appears instinctive in the sex, this is not to be wondered at. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
He knew his own powers of wheedling, however, too well, to despair of being able, could he see Lucre, to replace himself as firmly as ever in his good opinion. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
The words of Offitt, alternately wheedling and excoriating, had turned his foolish head. The Bread-winners A Social Study
And thus they went on, relinquishing Fagerolles, whom they reproached for toadying the newspapers, for allying himself with their enemies and wheedling sexagenarian baronesses, to fall upon Claude, who now became the great culprit. His Masterpiece
After much wheedling, coaxing, bribing, and threatening, a woman in one of the huts promised to cook something for us, and we had nothing more to do but wait, until the steamer should be ready. In Indian Mexico (1908)
So it was from him you heard it?—the pitiful, wheedling rascal! The Pilot and his Wife
It is the lesser reality of deals and bargains, wheedling, persuasion, and vote-getting. Children of the Market Place
It was all a masterly bit of wheedling and the Chancellor's effort especially was designed to win them over to a compromise settlement. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner
He no longer treated Bongrand in the wheedling, respectful manner of yore. His Masterpiece
His eloquence on art and life, genius and literature, had enthralled and placated me ... his personal wheedling irritated and angered. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative
Her rough merriment and masculine looks showed Chaldea that, as a rival, she was not to be feared, so the angry expression on the dark face changed to a wheedling smile. Red Money
We only give her that abominable cognomen for the sake of wheedling something out of that old woman in America. Bessie's Fortune A Novel
"But just come home with me for a little while," coaxed the wheedling tones. The Girl from Montana
He tapped Claude on the shoulders, for he had divined his old master's secret contempt, and wished to win him back by his old-time caresses—all the wheedling practices of a hussy. His Masterpiece
The wheedling had failed; the threatening had failed. Sevenoaks
Come now, Auntie," said the captain in wheedling tones, "tell us and we will make you free. Idle Hour Stories
Come in," she said, in a wheedling voice; "come in; I love little boys and girls. Marjorie's Maytime
But that sin should be in this form, with pretty girls and pleasant, wheedling women for agents, she had never dreamed; and this in the great, civilized East! The Girl from Montana
Berengère, the little toy woman, when she saw how noble the other stood, and how inflexible, came wheedling to her, with hands to touch her chin. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
"You don't mean to say that you won't take it!" said the proprietor in a wheedling tone. Sevenoaks
Handsome is as handsome does, Rosy Gray of the soft heart, and a wheedling manner is dust and ashes compared with the ability to accomplish something worth effort. The Twenty-Fourth of June
These men in petticoats possess marvellous seductions, and are irresistible in the art of wheedling. The Roman Question
I would say: "Come on, now; what about this Herman Wagner that paints wheedling messages across the face of Nature?" Ma Pettengill
"In spite of your kill-joy character and your single track mind you testy, old bachelor, you are a very nice cat," said Durtal, in an insinuating, wheedling tone. Là-bas
Then laughingly, "But I'll go back to the palace at once and begin my task of wheedling the king." The Touchstone of Fortune
A handsome face and a wheedling manner—and you think you have a fine, strong character. The Twenty-Fourth of June
Oh, you did," she remarked, adding in a wheedling tone, "What did you leave me, dear? The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers
But I admitted they seemed to have landed on old Timmins for once, because he had tried to get Pete to betray the secret and then come wheedling round to me about it. Ma Pettengill
Mrs. Heth had asked it twenty times, battling desperately against the menacing madness, now with argument and threat, now with tears and wheedlings. V. V.'s Eyes
"I wish she would make haste in choosing a husband, or in wheedling one to choose her," remarked Sarah. The Touchstone of Fortune
"Here, drink some more kava," she cried, holding a bowl to his lips, and wheedling him with her eyes. The Great Taboo
Jeanne no sooner saw her mother than she ran towards her with a wheedling smile, and entreaty in every gesture. A Love Episode
The polite man leaned farther across the table; his voice became wheedling in its suavity. Clementina
And yet such wheedling ways you had, Man yielded willy-nilly; And half your swains were nearly mad, And all of us were silly. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891
"Pretty lasses are wont to hold back a bit," said the swain, in a wheedling sort of way. Weird Tales from Northern Seas
From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them. The Great Taboo
"Pretty Mistress Rosamund," said Slippery Seal, in his most wheedling voice, "will you favour a thirsty traveller with a cup of water from your well?" Tom Tufton's Travels
You always did have a way with you, wheedling folks into doing what they didn't want to just to please you. The Second Violin
He was required to choose: either the wheedling, tricky, false tragedy, which may be acted, or the audaciously true drama, which is prohibited. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
In wheedling a check out of Hilmer she had used the easiest weapons a woman possessed. Broken to the Plow
From thence she found means of escape by wheedling one of the keeper's servants, and afterwards took lodgings in the house where this Timms worked. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences
Swallow not the wheedling of a rival, nor pay for the sycophancy of a parasite; for that has laid the snare of treachery, and this whetted the palate of gluttony. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2
Tact.—The art of wheedling a rich old relation, winning an heiress, or dismissing duns with the payment of fair promises. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829
I say, Graydon," she added, in a wheedling tone, "mount and put him through his paces. A Young Girl's Wooing
“Oh, sir, you wouldn’t do that,” said the man in a wheedling voice. The Boy Allies on the Firing Line Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne
"Oh, now see here, there are ways and ways," spoke Henckley in a wheedling tone. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps
He resisted long; but her entreaties, tears, and wheedlings were at length too much for him and he consented. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5
The lads, talking in shrill, wheedling tones, joked back, and made quite a hit with the men in the trenches. The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne
"Come!" said Nick again, in a tone of soft wheedling that he might have employed to a fractious child. The Way of an Eagle
"Monsieur," said he, in a wheedling voice, "this is the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1
There was once a Brahman who had two wives; like many Brahmans he lived by begging and was very clever at wheedling money out of people. Folklore of the Santal Parganas
"But wi' a' your wheedling," Corp reminded his wife, bantering her from aloft, "you couldna get a scraping out o' me till I was free to speak." Tommy and Grizel
Chester approached him, and in a wheedling voice said: "Will you give a poor orphan lad a small piece of money, sir?" The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne
He instantly saw his opportunity, and accosting the maid with winning air and wheedling accent, asked insinuatingly, "Dunn, have you often seen the aloe flower?" Collections and Recollections
He went softly to lean above the parrot's cage and in low, wheedling tones, uttered words to it. The Wrong Twin
When it comes to wheedling, age is no such bar. The Purchase Price
Getting no results then from these wheedling tactics Javert shifted back to his bullying and essayed once more to browbeat me into a confession. In the Claws of the German Eagle
It was soft and satisfying and eminently desirable to have everything one wanted without the effort of striving for it, but a begging wheedling game on the part of these women. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest
She crept a little closer to me with a manner at once penitent and wheedling. The Red Thumb Mark
"She is a wheedling old body," she said to herself, "but I suppose I ought to give her something extra for that speech." The Girl at Cobhurst
That's it: get her savage first, and then come wheedling round her,—a sure trick, if he isn't headed off somehow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860
She had two ways of getting things out of him against his principles; the tender wheedling way, and the harsh-lipped and cold—and he did not know which he dreaded most. The Custom of the Country
His harsh, blustering voice softened perceptibly, and he spoke in a wheedling tone, such as one might employ in the effort to tranquillize a spoiled child in a fit of temper. Within the Law
Bless their little hearts, when I see the pretty little craft come sailing up to me with a wheedling smile on their pretty little figure-heads, I can't turn my back on 'em. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
If I let you alone for half a day, won’t you come sighing and wheedling to me again?  Wuthering Heights
On the contrary, he was masterful in whatever he did, but he had a trick of whimsical wheedling that Dede found harder to resist than the pleas of a suppliant lover. Burning Daylight
Now M. Wilkie's visit, manner, assurance, wheedling, and contradictions were all explained. Baron Trigault's Vengeance
"Whither away?" he said, very distinctly in a curiously wheedling voice. Ann Veronica, a modern love story
With bows and smiles, he asked in a wheedling tone: "Tell me, my fine boy, do you also want to come to my wonderful country?" Adventures of Pinocchio
"Do sit down, my dear," said he in a grotesquely wheedling voice. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
"What can I do for monsieur?" she asked, in a wheedling voice. The Count's Millions
"And of course you don't mind telling me what that is?" coaxed the Princess in her most wheedling tones. Laddie; a true blue story
Nay," said he in a wheedling voice, "thou wilt not sell me, thou? The Well at the World's End: a tale
It is a roundabout wheedling sort of thing which I should not have credited you with. Middlemarch
Tom's mother entered now, closing the door behind her, and approached her son with all the wheedling and supplication servilities that fear and interest can impart to the words and attitudes of the born slave. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
"What can you fear?" she insisted, in her wheedling voice. The Count's Millions
She went toward him, her fine white throat palpitating as if her heart were beating up in it, something even wheedling in her voice. Star-Dust
And he was wheedling in his ways to him, as if Ralph were now become one who might do him great good if so his will were. The Well at the World's End: a tale
Women were at last coming to their own; forcing men to acknowledge them as equals and comrades; and able to win victory, not by the old whining and wheedling, but by their own strength. Delia Blanchflower
On the outskirts 80   The merchants are cheating And wheedling the peasants,   There's shouting and swearing, Abusing and coaxing. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
By this nice conduct and this prudent course, By murmuring, wheedling, stratagem, and force, I still prevail'd, and would be in the right, Or curtain lectures made a restless night. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2
They talked of her idyllic life on a blue-grass stock-farm—when she was wheedling from her father a winter in Washington. Southern Lights and Shadows
None spoke till the King said in a hoarse voice, but lowly and wheedling: "Tell us, fair Sir, what is it that we can do to pleasure thee?" The Well at the World's End: a tale
Then you shall see a fine, squeaking, shrieking drove of pigs embarking by the same conveyance, and insinuated into the steamer by all sorts of coaxing, threatening, and wheedling. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2
I slipped out again, leaving the hall to those who were shouting, expostulating, and wheedling, in the delusion that the host might, if he pleased, manage something for them. The Room in the Dragon Volant
The auctioneers, wheedling and joking and bullying, could be trusted to amuse any reasonable man for a while, and when their entertainment was exhausted there were the stalls to visit and explore. The Foolish Lovers
The Parrott was capable of a speed of eighty miles an hour; and unquestionably Vauquelin was wheedling every ounce of power out of its willing motor. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama
Besides, her action in the play was gross—wheedling an old man into marriage. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820
Stand out o' my way, Honor, with that wheedling voice o' your own—I won't. Tales and Novels — Volume 08
Gypsy was still wrathful, and indicated by a toss of the head that the wheedling of a woman did not make up for a blow. In the Midst of Alarms
"He's coming home to-night, though, Miss Judith," said another voice, in a coaxing, wheedling tone, such as one uses towards petulant children. The Slave of the Lamp
It was a wheedling monk Set up the mass. Queen Mary and Harold
"There was no wheedling in the case," said Ormond: "your father gave it freely, or I should not have accepted it." Tales and Novels — Volume 09
I could fancy him with clumsy coarseness and violent stammering, trying to imitate the manners of the waiters at Véfour's, mincing, flattering, wheedling … and a feeling of loathing gained possession of me…. Dream Tales and Prose Poems
Unable to resist Midget's wheedling glance, the big Irishwoman moved away from the door, and Marjorie threw it open, and disclosed King, calmly sitting on a flour barrel. Marjorie's New Friend
Her voice was soft and wheedling; but for Birdalone the terror had entered into her soul, and yet abode with her. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
She was skilled in the arts both of wheedling and scolding: to resist these united powers was too much to be expected from a man of Simon's easy temper. Tales and Novels — Volume 02
Do you not hear them wheedling you, mighty god? The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
One moment they would be smiling up and speaking in wheedling tones to the passengers, and the next they would be frowning round at each other, and resenting some offence with torrents of abuse. The Heavenly Twins
Now, you know, none of your wheedling—I won't be tied down! L'Assommoir
Manley turned to him with a certain wheedling tone, infinitely disgusting to the other. Lonesome Land
With gypsy practice he had the wheedling gypsy ways. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution
But Jean-Christophe said not another word to the girl, and in spite of her wheedling he remained dumb and stiff. Jean-Christophe, Volume I
But I was on my guard—suspecting that she wanted to entrap me, with her wheedling ways, into letting out something about Mr. Carr's having written, and my having burned his letters. Hide and Seek
Ah! she had brought him her saucy children; ah! she had got herself picked up from the pavement, wheedling him with rosy dreams! L'Assommoir
I quite understand your wheedling ways, and I have so often given way that you have come to think you can do just what you like with me. Fan : the story of a young girl's life
It was a woman's voice that spoke, soft and wheedling, yet with a certain unpleasant twang in it. Melody : the Story of a Child
"Certainly," was the reply, as anticipated, Lincoln was so sure of his wheedling ways by this time. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form
But she had wheedling ways with her, which nobody was sharp enough to see through but me. Hide and Seek
He looked at the men with wheedling eyes, and began to sing a little melody for charity. Men, Women, and Boats
It was a slender chance, but the pedlar had a wheedling eye and a genteel demeanour, and Mary hesitated. Kathleen
Many a time, in the old days, have I inwardly called the Senior Rani a thief, for I charged her with wheedling money out of my trusting husband. The Home and the World
One side arguing upon the occasion of the Pope's General wheedling the Imperialists to quit that Country. The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon
In the pouting lips she saw discontent and a gift for wheedling. We Can't Have Everything
But I heard Jim wheedling blue ribbon out of Norah this morning, and I don't fancy he has much use for it ordinarily. Back to Billabong
There is firstly the Abbé Matou, who is supported by all the fraternity of the Sacred Heart; he is young, active, wheedling and honey-tongued. The Grip of Desire
Frank knew how to use a wheedling voice that a dog instantly recognized as belonging to a friend. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics
Let the cabinet ring with a thousand jarring sentiments; and let the subtlest courtier, let him that is the most perfect master of wheedling arts and pathetic tones, carry it from every rival. Four Early Pamphlets
She felt that she would have a better chance of success if Jim were within wheedling distance. We Can't Have Everything
Then, when his wheedling brought no answer, he made the forest ring with threats of what he would do to her when he caught her unless she came to him at once. Man Size
When I refused to tell him, he began wheedling and offering all sorts of favors if I would betray my people. With the Turks in Palestine
Again did she give vent to a dry laugh which distorted her wheedling face. Fruitfulness
He did not rest his ambitious pretensions upon any habitual adroitness, upon the arts of wheedling, and the tones of insinuation. Four Early Pamphlets
There was something very wheedling and insinuating about all this talk. Bull Hunter
Besides, her action in the play was gross,—wheedling an old man into marriage. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb
His father he obeyed, while in his presence, trusting to wheedling to make his peace in the event of disobedience. The Iron Game A Tale of the War
The words were spoken in a kindly, wheedling tone, and the girl's face broke into the prettiest of smiles. Salute to Adventurers
True, true," said the other, in a wheedling tone—"true; I don't blame you for being a little cautious. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont
"Still, he knows you?" said Jack, in a wheedling voice. The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup
Mr. Sipperley—"—he spoke in a wheedling voice, as if determined, in spite of herself, to make Jill see what was in her best interests—"Mr Sipperley's on the fourth floor. The Little Warrior
"Monsieur est etranger…." began the woman in a wheedling tone, when she had received the money. Three Soldiers
Lottie went to her uncle's side, and took his arm in a sort of wheedling, affectionate way. From Jest to Earnest
Dost thou care to know why the wheedling of thee is no longer needful to us?’ The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
His hard, impassive face wore a softer expression than was usually to be observed there, and his voice, ordinarily brusque and domineering, became ludicrously soft and wheedling. Mr. Bingle
"Please, dear, sweet Dollyrinda, what DID the lady say?" begged Dotty, in wheedling tones. Two Little Women on a Holiday
With a mere flit of her hand she tossed aside a score of years, and became instantly nothing more than a wheedling little girl coaxing a playmate. Dawn
But he generously stated the whole case, adding, with a light laugh, that he had learned once for all that coaxing and wheedling were better than driving. From Jest to Earnest
Yes, I am that Fra Palamone, known all over Tuscany for the most wheedling, good-natured, cunning, light-fingered and light-hearted old devil of a Capuchin that ever hid in St. Francis' wound. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca
Muche had caught hold of her by the hand; but, recognising his mistake in policy, he again put on a wheedling air, and began to fumble in his pocket. The Fat and the Thin
"Oh, let us stay," said the other boy, in a wheedling voice. Two Little Women on a Holiday
"Come," he said, in a wheedling tone, "let me make some money for you." Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute
Isabeau came sidling and bridling up to Louis, wheedling like a cat as she said: "Our François has made a rhyme of it, sir, how he would carry himself if he wore the king's shoes." If I Were King
You spoke your wheedling words, and he was in there to listen, and to laugh, by my soul! The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca
"Thanks to your stepma's wheedling and Mark Foster's scheming," said I. "No, Mark didn't scheme," she said patiently. Further Chronicles of Avonlea
"Now, my dear, just listen patiently to me for a few moments," began Mrs. Whately in a wheedling tone. Miss Lou
The cabman bent down from his seat, wheedling me. The Beetle
Seeing how agitated Gavin was, remorse filled her, and she said in a wheedling voice— "It is all over, and no one will know." The Little Minister
With artful wheedling, she crowned him anew, having known well for a long time that nothing has a stronger effect on an artist than tender and continuous flattery. Strong as Death
He spoke as if he were wheedling a group of boys with the promise of play. Angel Island
But I was not to be moved by wheedling. The Heart's Highway
Buck Mulligan went on hewing and wheedling: —So I do, Mrs Cahill, says she. Ulysses
Oh, you wheedling, hypocritical madcap, take yourself off! Beulah
It was in a wheedling voice, and with tearful eyes, that she called upon these "good gentlemen" to witness the shameful injustice with which she was treated—she, an honest woman. Monsieur Lecoq
His wheedling words and ways induced me to set off, in a bad hour for my welfare, on a visit to him. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Strong-willed woman as she was, he knew that Cedric would rule her utterly; the lad's wheedling ways and blarneying tongue had already won her heart. Herb of Grace
Buck Mulligan, hewing thick slices from the loaf, said in an old woman's wheedling voice: —When I makes tea I makes tea, as old mother Grogan said. Ulysses
You need not have asked the result, you true daughter of Eve; every one of you understand wheedling. Beulah
His spite was evident to all, when, suddenly ceasing his wheedling, he harshly gave the order to re-conduct the prisoner to his cell. The Widow Lerouge
If you have a good plan, if you can prove that it will work, what is the necessity for 'wheedling' anybody? A Daughter of the Land
You are lovely, and have a wheedling tongue, and you were there first. A Woman-Hater
Nannetti's father hawked those things about, wheedling at doors as I. Religion pays. Ulysses
Then she fell to wheedling and coaxing Koshchei once more, and this time, overcome by her wiles, he opened his heart to her and told her the truth. The Golden Bough
The criminal who has girt up his energy to sustain the shock of intimidation, finds himself without defence against the wheedling of kindness, the greater in proportion to its lack of sincerity. The Widow Lerouge
She called a halt on further pleading, wheedling, proving, praying. Jailed for Freedom
There, child," he added, in a more wheedling tone, "set aside this disobedient mood, which is unlike you and becomes you ill. Love-at-Arms
Josie was sobered at once by this dire threat, and in her most wheedling tone begged to know what he had said. Jo's Boys
The Montague girl, with her hand still on his arm, continued her wheedling, though now she spoke. Merton of the Movies
For by neither threatening nor wheedling could Rosenblatt extract from her what was entrusted to her care, as he could from the slow-witted Paulina. The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan
Now look here, Bud," he urged in wheedling tones, "I ain't got no ticket. The Blazed Trail
For skilful wheedling I could fall down and worship that woman; I really admire her. April Hopes
And then a feeling of sick, shrinking fear came over Sherston, for there fell on his ears the once horribly familiar accents—plaintive, wheedling, falsely timorous—of his dead wife's voice…. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy
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