Definition of "wheedles" [wheedles]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wheedle. (verb)

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• "Like a latter-day LBJ, he threatens, he wheedles, he charms: antagonists have a hard time saying no."
• "I can easily see myself falling victim to the wheedles of a tween and having remorse afterwards."
• "When he goes to join his even wealthier sister in the Caribbean for rest and recuperation, he wheedles Roxy along with talk of a troubled niece who needs a nurse."