prod

Example Sentences

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Then we had several days of wondering if Marc Kennedy was prone to leaving a lingering finger or guilty of administering an intentional prod?

From BBC

Its activist investing honcho, James Chadwick, once told a podcast his fund often gets involved at the prodding of a former insider or other person knowledgeable about a particular target company.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Swedes believed Kennedy was repeatedly double-touching some of his stones - releasing the handle at the appropriate time but then giving the stone another little prod with his finger to correct its course.

From BBC

Sweden believed one of the Canadians was repeatedly double-touching, giving the stone another little prod with his finger to correct its course during Friday's round robin match.

From Barron's

Except Lily, who is prodding at a ladybug with a large stick.

From Literature