wooed; wooing; woos
1
: to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with : court
2
: to solicit or entreat especially with importunity
woo new customers
3
: to seek to gain or bring about
: to court a woman
wooer
noun
Examples of woo in a Sentence
The store had a sale in an effort to woo new customers.
The company must find creative ways to woo new employees.
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Trump appears uninterested in a modest rightward adjustment, while the most powerful right-wing outlet in America, Fox News, has greeted CBS’ attempt to woo its audience with gleeful hostility.
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Marissa Roy, a deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who leads the race with ballots still being counted, wooed voters with shoe leather and social media savvy, promising to use the office to fight for wage workers and tenants.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Supertramp should even be able to woo over some existing adventure van lifers and those cross-shopping 4x4 camper vans like the $208,800+ Winnebago Revel or $219K+ Vanspeed Album.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2026
The backlash was so extensive, Gutierrez ended up backtracking on the lucrative gig entirely, in one of the clearest signs yet that AI has become toxic sludge to much of the audience Amazon is trying to woo.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 June 2026
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
Marissa Roy, a deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who leads the race with ballots still being counted, wooed voters with shoe leather and social media savvy, promising to use the office to fight for wage workers and tenants.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Supertramp should even be able to woo over some existing adventure van lifers and those cross-shopping 4x4 camper vans like the $208,800+ Winnebago Revel or $219K+ Vanspeed Album.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2026
The backlash was so extensive, Gutierrez ended up backtracking on the lucrative gig entirely, in one of the clearest signs yet that AI has become toxic sludge to much of the audience Amazon is trying to woo.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for woo
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“Woo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woo. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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