Sentence examples for a big prod from inspiring English sources

But with a big prod from the federal Export-Import Bank, more are trying to sell goods there.

With a big prod from the Congressional Black Caucus, Congress finally voted to remove the now 90-year-old (and Nobel Prize winner in 1993) Mandela and ANC from the U.S. government's official terrorist watch list.

Personally, I find "Big Mouth" a great prod to getting serious about the parental controls on my television.

There was Live 8, too, of course, a big, loud prod designed to gee up the G8 countries into giving the world's poorest a break.

She's like a big sister, prodding him affectionately to answer my questions, or teasing him about the weight he gained on set.

Then, on Wednesday, he boasted of having "played such a big role" in prodding Obama to release the document.

Perhaps the biggest prod for Mr. Obama to act, however, is the need for Congress to vote to raise the legal limit on the federal debt, now $14.25 trillion.

The notion that a central banker may have prodded a big bank to lie about its numbers rings true.

And a big part of Abenomics consists of prodding companies to become more global and less stuffy.Cross-border acquisitions have picked up.

"We need a big kid at the back," he would prod his writers, meaning a strong comic finish.

A big part of being "pop" anything these days is prodding the masses to participate directly; hence the contest.