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Examples of prodding
prodding
I know which classes are challenging and which classes don't need much prodding.
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Prodding an article via Twinkle will automatically inform the article's creator.
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Oh wells, I see no point prodding him any more they don't seem worth the effort.
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I probably wouldn't have ventured in the music's direction without some prodding.
From the post-gazette.com
High school students have parents, teachers and counselors prodding them forward.
From the washingtonpost.com
With Daley's prodding, Nelson could no longer hold back, and spilled the beans.
From the abcnews.go.com
The fans aren't the only outside force to feel Krzyzewski's prodding this season.
From the newsobserver.com
He is also prodding companies to elevate temporary workers to full-time status.
From the nytimes.com
Prodding the door with his shoulder came an odd collection of lines and angles.
From the denverpost.com
- Goad: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
- Nudge: to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
- A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
- Jab: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
- In mathematics, an empty product, or nullary product, is the result of multiplying no factors. It is equal to the multiplicative identity 1, given that it exists for the multiplication operation in question, just as the empty sum--the result of adding no numbers--is zero, or the additive identity.
- A device (often electric) used to goad livestock into moving; To poke, to push, to touch; To encourage, to prompt
- (Prods) An offensive nickname for Protestants, often used by Catholics.
- (P-Rods) Paul Rodriguez Pro model by Nike SB.
