goading

They will be on hand to essentially coach contestants along, goading their best performance(s) out of them.

Indeed, they may play important roles in goading the men to action.

Which is precisely why Obama is goading the Republicans to do it.

The threats may be goading Iran to pour greater effort into its nuclear program, to rush toward creating a weapon more quickly.

You are saved from a grilling, goading, or grounding for some overtly selfish actions.

And when the realization did come it had the effect of goading them on to more furious effort.

In spite of his reassuring words, the woman caught the full meaning of the goading sharpness in his voice.

Trymore and Pringle, goading their horses frantically, were doing their utmost to get away from their vengeful comrades.

Lass went without any flicking with a switch, or mirthful goading of hard young heels that afternoon.

I saw through his game of getting satisfaction out of John Paul thro' goading me, and determined he should have his fill of it.