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verbwoos, wooed, wooing wuːwu [with object]1Seek the favour, support, or custom of. pop stars are being wooed by film companies eager to sign them up Example sentencesExamples - Even they though are underplayed these days, as hockey seeks to woo that elusive grail - the family audience.
- The Government of Dubai has also come out with attractive brochures and leaflets to woo shoppers and tourists.
- Nurochman denied the meeting was part of a strategy for the pair to woo Golkar support.
- Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.
- But he was courted and wooed by Israel's top officials, including Moshe Dayan himself, to return and help promote the sport in Israel.
- On Ashoka Road for instance, Rama along with her grandson Kunwar Pal, can be seen wooing customers from under a tree.
- Afternoon tea, for example, at the legendary Reid's Palace Hotel is just one of a range of charming social customs that woos tourists.
- But having written best sellers and got to the top of the best seller lists obviously your income has jumped hugely and you're also being wooed by American film producers.
- Any presidential candidate has had to woo support from the northern and eastern industrial cities.
- The actress made her first political appearance, smiling endlessly and used her star appeal to woo the voters.
- A new store woos American furniture buyers with Italian design for every room of the house.
- What does it take to woo the 40-something customer back into your store?
- Banks too are not to be left behind in wooing the hesitant customer.
- And fellow band member Sarah Harding said one glittering star tried to woo all five members of the band.
- With young families to support, the founders concentrated on wooing those deep-pocketed companies.
- He sought to use his own devout Catholicism to woo back the lost voters, but with little success.
- It's clear Howard is seeking to woo the Catholic constituency this year.
- The move is apparently aimed at wooing the support of residents in the region prior to next April's general elections.
- The colourful exhibition with the price tag woos customers of all classes.
- Wiranto denied that his visit was a move to woo support from Hamengkubuwono and Golkar constituents in the province.
Synonyms seek the support of, seek the favour of, try to win, try to attract, try to cultivate, chase, pursue, try to ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with 2dated Try to gain the love of (someone), especially with a view to marriage. he wooed her with quotes from Shakespeare Example sentencesExamples - Lucentio, Hortensio, and Gremio are all in love with her and go to desperate measures to woo her.
- Morris says he has always loved and been interested in women, but just wishes he had had a copy of this book when he was a young man wooing the women of Swindon.
- He would have wooed her, loved her and married her.
- You are a man who knows how to woo a woman with sweet nothings, ply her with charm.
- Not only that, but Christian wasn't exactly a romantic, nor did he have any experience of wooing a woman.
- Not wanting to break their cover they took turns to woo the unwitting woman.
- Having befriended the monstrous Lelio, she agrees to rescue him from the marital clutches of a middle-aged countess by wooing the lady herself.
- Nigel started writing poems 18 months ago, when he was trying to woo a woman, and realised he had uncovered a hidden talent.
- For a brief period, Arthur had been willing to allot $5 of his earnings per month to pleasure activities in the hope of wooing a lady.
- A sound mind woos a woman much more than a flashy car would.
- In the romantic comedy, Smith plays a New York date doctor who helps men woo the women of their dreams.
- In a mixture of English and French Harry woos Catherine, assuring her that he loves France so well that he means to keep it, and on her concession that she will marry him if her father agrees he kisses her, much to her shock.
- There have been reports of dozens of roses, love letters and chocolates wooing the female of the species.
- The research shows that the best mimics with the broadest repertoire were most successful at wooing the females.
- It is in front of Hortensio's house that Petruchio finds his friend and is persuaded to woo Kate.
- Isn't it terrific to see someone from the area doing so well and obviously wooing the ladies along the way!
- A dozen red roses will be a popular choice among men wanting to woo the woman in their life.
- He wooed Frances Leonard with adoring love letters, which he continued to write until the end of his life.
- I knew that I would need to tame her, woo her, gain her trust as if she was a gentle doe.
- So, in his early days, did he ever try to woo women into bed with verse?
Synonyms court, pay court to, pursue, chase, chase after, run after dated romance, seek the hand of, press one's suit with, set one's cap at, make love to archaic spark
Derivatives adjective Your bark is worse than your bite which hides a tender heart wooable by all the trappings of romance. Example sentencesExamples - Grant plays Will, a mischievous bachelor who pretends he has a child so he can hunt wooable women in a single-parents club.
- They must always be aware we are desirable and wooable by rival males and or females.
- Herewith some time-tested tips to wooing the eminently wooable, just in case your town gets Olympic Fever, too.
- I mean, look, is Judge Posner or somebody really not wooable by the Times?
noun ˈwuːəˈwuər It helped her get into a fancy boarding school, for instance, but it also attracted superficial wooers looking for the ultimate status accessory. Example sentencesExamples - Fun-loving, spirited, humorous and attracted to outdoor amour, be warned that these high energy, exuberant wooers set a strapping pace.
- These days we have heard of similar heroic undertakings by resolute wooers.
- Love, life, art, death, their limits and interrelations all combine in the witty dialogue of an artistically ‘dead’ actress and her lawyer and would-be wooer.
- She has been immortalized by the author for she is no ordinary vamp but one who is not only a subtle wooer but a patient psychologist.
Origin Late Old English wōgian (intransitive), āwōgian (transitive), of unknown origin. Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, Wu, yew, you, zoo verbwuwo͞o [with object]1Seek the favor, support, or custom of. pop stars are being wooed by film companies eager to sign them up Example sentencesExamples - Afternoon tea, for example, at the legendary Reid's Palace Hotel is just one of a range of charming social customs that woos tourists.
- The actress made her first political appearance, smiling endlessly and used her star appeal to woo the voters.
- Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.
- But he was courted and wooed by Israel's top officials, including Moshe Dayan himself, to return and help promote the sport in Israel.
- Nurochman denied the meeting was part of a strategy for the pair to woo Golkar support.
- Even they though are underplayed these days, as hockey seeks to woo that elusive grail - the family audience.
- A new store woos American furniture buyers with Italian design for every room of the house.
- The colourful exhibition with the price tag woos customers of all classes.
- Banks too are not to be left behind in wooing the hesitant customer.
- Any presidential candidate has had to woo support from the northern and eastern industrial cities.
- And fellow band member Sarah Harding said one glittering star tried to woo all five members of the band.
- With young families to support, the founders concentrated on wooing those deep-pocketed companies.
- On Ashoka Road for instance, Rama along with her grandson Kunwar Pal, can be seen wooing customers from under a tree.
- The Government of Dubai has also come out with attractive brochures and leaflets to woo shoppers and tourists.
- Wiranto denied that his visit was a move to woo support from Hamengkubuwono and Golkar constituents in the province.
- But having written best sellers and got to the top of the best seller lists obviously your income has jumped hugely and you're also being wooed by American film producers.
- The move is apparently aimed at wooing the support of residents in the region prior to next April's general elections.
- He sought to use his own devout Catholicism to woo back the lost voters, but with little success.
- What does it take to woo the 40-something customer back into your store?
- It's clear Howard is seeking to woo the Catholic constituency this year.
Synonyms seek the support of, seek the favour of, try to win, try to attract, try to cultivate, chase, pursue, try to ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with 2dated Try to gain the love of (someone), especially with a view to marriage. he wooed her with quotes from Shakespeare Example sentencesExamples - I knew that I would need to tame her, woo her, gain her trust as if she was a gentle doe.
- Morris says he has always loved and been interested in women, but just wishes he had had a copy of this book when he was a young man wooing the women of Swindon.
- The research shows that the best mimics with the broadest repertoire were most successful at wooing the females.
- Lucentio, Hortensio, and Gremio are all in love with her and go to desperate measures to woo her.
- Having befriended the monstrous Lelio, she agrees to rescue him from the marital clutches of a middle-aged countess by wooing the lady herself.
- So, in his early days, did he ever try to woo women into bed with verse?
- A dozen red roses will be a popular choice among men wanting to woo the woman in their life.
- It is in front of Hortensio's house that Petruchio finds his friend and is persuaded to woo Kate.
- In a mixture of English and French Harry woos Catherine, assuring her that he loves France so well that he means to keep it, and on her concession that she will marry him if her father agrees he kisses her, much to her shock.
- He would have wooed her, loved her and married her.
- Not wanting to break their cover they took turns to woo the unwitting woman.
- A sound mind woos a woman much more than a flashy car would.
- There have been reports of dozens of roses, love letters and chocolates wooing the female of the species.
- He wooed Frances Leonard with adoring love letters, which he continued to write until the end of his life.
- You are a man who knows how to woo a woman with sweet nothings, ply her with charm.
- In the romantic comedy, Smith plays a New York date doctor who helps men woo the women of their dreams.
- Not only that, but Christian wasn't exactly a romantic, nor did he have any experience of wooing a woman.
- For a brief period, Arthur had been willing to allot $5 of his earnings per month to pleasure activities in the hope of wooing a lady.
- Nigel started writing poems 18 months ago, when he was trying to woo a woman, and realised he had uncovered a hidden talent.
- Isn't it terrific to see someone from the area doing so well and obviously wooing the ladies along the way!
Synonyms court, pay court to, pursue, chase, chase after, run after
Origin Late Old English wōgian (intransitive), āwōgian (transitive), of unknown origin. |