Citations:winning


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Now, as for his complying with the temper of his people, by dissenting, to serve them, some of his principles, this argueth, That he is of a self-denying, temper; (2) Of a sweet and winning deportment; and so (3) more fit for the ministerial function.


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * She wept when she quitted our house; she was much altered since the death of my aunt; grief had given softness and a winning mildness to her manners, which had before been remarkable for vivacity.