Wooed
[wu:d]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Woo
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Examples
- Half his destiny would then be determined, but the other half might not be so very smoothly wooed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is meeter for thy humour to be wooed with bow and bill, than in set terms, and in courtly language. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But as he gradually recovered, Mrs Boffin gradually introduced herself; and smiling peace was gradually wooed back to Mrs Betty Higden's home. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She is, I suspect, akin to that Solitude which I once wooed, and from which I now seek a divorce. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Helena's a woman, therefore may be wooed. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Mario