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

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

Boys holding sticks chivvy their water buffaloes onward.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2017

And Alton does feel remarkably like an earthbound version of E.T., right down to the way he huddles under a blanket as his human protectors chivvy him from place to place.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 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