chivvy

Example Sentences

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That warning was seen as an attempt to chivvy the parties into trying to reach a deal, right up until the vote.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2021

Indeed, it can be sedentary, as the characters chivvy us to the edge of our seats without getting up from theirs.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 29, 2018

Mr Graves, who recently became chairman of a House subcommittee that oversees the Corps of Engineers, will also chivvy it relentlessly.

From Economist • Aug. 24, 2017

Hull provided a pleasant surprise at the start of the season when, with a team that gave ‘hodge-podge’ a bad name, managed to beat the defending champions and chivvy out a few respectable results.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2016

By eight o’clock, Madam Pince had extinguished all the lamps and came to chivvy Harry out of the library.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling