chivy
Example Sentences
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He, almost alone, did not spend the final few minutes bellowing and barking and chivying and chiding: There was not a drop of energy left in his body.
From New York Times
He would routinely chivy his friends into the ring in order to engage in tests of strength.
From Washington Post
Progress isn’t as far advanced as it is on the OECD’s parallel project to clamp down on private-banking tax havens, but it is already showing signs of chivying companies into action.
She chivvies the youngest by telling him that a lion is pacing right behind.
From Economist
He had a wonderful phrase, “If the radicals weren’t so busy chivying the bourgeoisie, they’d realize that the best claim for socialism was to go to the public and eliminate, or radically reduce, taxation.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
