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Examples of goad
goad
Its leaders suspected the Chancellor was trying to goad them into attacking him.
From the independent.co.uk
Creating reasonable motives for unreasonable people only serves to goad them on.
From the time.com
He had no problems using the back pages of New York tabloids to goad his players.
From the bostonherald.com
The energy crisis could serve as a goad to reinstate ingenuity and selfdiscipline.
From the time.com
His life as a moral goad was organized around the harsh facts of imprisonment.
From the time.com
Lamedh is believed to have come from a pictogram of an ox goad or cattle prod.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I suspect that Mr Cameron was trying to goad the enfeebled Right wing of his party.
From the dailymail.co.uk
A group wanted to goad Rick Snyder as a chicken, but only a duck was at hand.
From the freep.com
Lee lets her writerly ambition goad her into using some fancy but unwieldy devices.
From the bloomberg.com
- Prod: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- Spur: give heart or courage to
- A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- Urge with or as if with a goad
- Needle: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
- (goaded) driven: compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"
- The goad is a traditional farming implement, used to spur or guide lifestock, usually oxen, which are pulling a plough or a cart; used also to round up cattle. It is a type of a long stick with a pointed end, also known as the cattle prod. ...
- A long, pointed stick used to prod animals; To prod with a goad; To encourage or stimulate; To incite or provoke
- (goaded) driven by a strong impulse.
