How to Use woo in a Sentence

woo

verb
Definition of woonext
Synonyms for woonext
  • The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.
  • The company must find creative ways to woo new employees.
  • Nope, a new group of guys are about to show up to try and woo the women.
    — oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2022
  • This breeding time, known as the rut, sees all sorts of males lock antlers to woo a mate.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Beijing will have to woo the world with more than money.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 24 May 2022
  • Looney will use his vast contacts to help Prometheus woo the tech giants.
    — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Story-wise, a hand sets out to find its owner, while a guy tries to woo a girl.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2022
  • Biden, in other words, has a chance to woo back working class voters of all races to the Democrats.
    — J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Stenger flew around the world, wooing foreign investors with the promise of a green card.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But that would risk undoing Labour’s work in recent years to woo the City.
    — Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Fall is spawning season for a number of species of trout and salmon; there are mates to woo and nests to guard.
    — Field & Stream, 13 Oct. 2020
  • But that hasn’t stopped countries from trying to woo back tourists, even from Britain.
    — Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021
  • But that hasn't stopped countries from trying to woo back tourists, even from Britain.
    — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • But Penn State head coach James Franklin doesn't see the worth in bringing that up while trying to woo a player.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2021
  • Chris remains his ditzy self, wooing Brooke from lines with his own movies.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • To Michelle, John is just a hunky, bearded, Speedo-wearing 30-year-old who's appeared out of nowhere to woo her.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Sawchuk is a heavy favorite to land at Oklahoma, but the Buckeyes will have their shot to woo him.
    — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 7 June 2021
  • Upon his release, Powell finds the widow, woos her and marries her, all in a bid to find the loot.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Then, the Yankees wangled and wooed it away from the Spanish and Mexicans.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The next murga, dressed in pink, black, and white, is lined up behind them, watching and waiting for their turn to woo the crowd.
    — Matt Dursum, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, an 18-year-old macaque named Luffy did his best to woo Yakei, much to her displeasure.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Common Kings, a band with Hawaiian roots, wooed the tired crowd, coaxing them out of their lawn chairs.
    — Anumita Kaur, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Show contestant Cheryl Bradshaw was wooed by Alcala, and the couple's prize was a date for the two.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • It is designed to make the most of cool evenings and is perfect for wooing your high school sweetheart who has just moved back to town.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Translation: The guys must woo Clare using the five love languages.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The tribe members, who said they had been wooed with promises of medicines, received nothing.
    — Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Barn2Door is just one of the digital services to emerge in recent years with the aim of helping small farms woo the Amazon crowd.
    — Elizabeth G. Dunn, WSJ, 7 May 2021
  • He was wooed online by a woman named Penny, who claimed to live in Seattle.
    — TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But the hard part will be wooing over a leftist party from the separatist camp.
    — Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024
  • San Francisco leaders are hoping a 45-foot mesh wire sculpture of a naked woman with open palms is just the thing that will woo weary shoppers back to the city’s famed Union Square district.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025

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