Thesaurus results for WOO

woo

verb

ˈwü

as in to invite

to act so as to make (something) more likely his attempts to woo approval from working-class voters has not met with much success

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Recent Examples of woo Carl is wooed back into the house by Lindsay, of all people. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026 Acquiring sports teams and land For much of his life a partying roustabout who wooed beautiful women, the lean, mustachioed sportsman married three times. —

David Bauder, Fortune, 6 May 2026 Outward expansion is already ramping up as major brands push to build out charging infrastructure and woo customers and partners abroad. —

Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 May 2026 First, there are the big-name athletes to find and woo into competing on the streets of the UK’s capital, then the pace-makers, the notable debutants, and the tantalising head-to-heads to create; there’s the hotel bookings, the visas, the flights, the prize money and even bonuses to ponder over. —

Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for woo

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For perhaps the first time, a president of the United States is not merely protecting Jewish religious practice or praising Jewish contributions, but inviting a distinctly Jewish religious experience itself — Shabbat — into the broader civic conversation of the nation.

— Ari Berman, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
The clear spirit is believed to act as a messenger, inviting ancestral souls for their blessings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 May 2026