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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attempting to woo" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone's efforts to gain the affection or favor of another person, often in a romantic context.
Example: "He has been attempting to woo her with thoughtful gifts and romantic gestures."
Alternatives: "trying to win over" or "seeking to charm."
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Glen's since been wooing -- or attempting to woo -- Sally (Kiernan Shipka) and in the most recent episode, he snuck out of boarding school to spend the day with her at the Museum of Natural History.
Heavily criticised for attempting to woo Jack Warner, then a Fifa executive committee member.
But the HDP also successfully sought to reach beyond Turkey's roughly 20% Kurdish population, attempting to woo centre-left and secular voters disillusioned with Erdoğan.
Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the social democrat bloc, is attempting to woo the 20 senators he needs to form a majority government.
In interviews she has recalled identifying with the leading men in the movies she went to watch while growing up, not the woman he was attempting to woo.
The HDP had looked to reach beyond Turkey's roughly 20% Kurdish population, attempting to woo centre-left and secular voters disillusioned with Erdoğan.
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In particular, the city has attempted to woo private investors.
The Phoenix Suns will attempt to woo Bryant, and Atlanta, Denver and San Antonio may also try.
But as Cloten, who idiotically attempts to woo Imogen, he was pure clown.
Thorn, whom Katz had attempted to woo into the organization last summer, asked if the Nets had decided on a president.
Frost will soon appear in a spinoff series called The Bachelorette in which 14 men will attempt to woo her.
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