How to Use woo in a Sentence

woo

verb
  • The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.
  • The company must find creative ways to woo new employees.
  • But Hester can get dressed up and woo the donor crowd too.
    — Mark Obbie, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • And Kansas is expected to work hard to woo at least one of the teams to their side of the area.
    — Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2025
  • 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, Star Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • But that hasn’t stopped countries from trying to woo back tourists, even from Britain.
    — Nicole Winfield, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021
  • To make up for ditching her all those years ago, Joe recreates their high school prom and tries to woo her.
    — Caroline Blair, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • If this all sounds like a terrible way to be wooed, hold on to your smartphones, friends.
    — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 24 Jan. 2020
  • This isn’t the first time that fans have jumped to the conclusion that Affleck was trying to woo his ex-wife.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
  • That means customers will have less time to shop and retailers will have less time to woo them.
    — Fortune, 29 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Wickers sat on a cooler by the old firehouse waiting to start woo-ing.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Attempts to woo people could suffer from some of the same pitfalls.
    — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Then, the Yankees wangled and wooed it away from the Spanish and Mexicans.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Trump has long sought to use Israel to woo Jewish voters.
    — Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Veja doesn’t woo celebrities with freebies, dole out discounts or fritter away cash on advertising.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In addition to Spain’s strong presence in Cannes’ competition sections this year, the country has numerous high-profile titles looking to woo buyers at the Marché du Film.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 May 2025

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