Sentence examples for being prodded with from inspiring English sources

This weapon we were being prodded with.

We've been married for 13 years and I know the signs: think of a grumpy bear in a cage, being prodded with sticks.

Even though they weren't really being prodded with needles, Mermikides says the trainees said that "seeing the 'nurses' from the perspective of lying down – being vulnerable and passive – was daunting.

While scanning participants' brains using MRI, the scientists gently poked the feet of 10 infants and 10 adults and watched which areas of the brain were activated by the stimulus described as similar to being prodded with a pencil.

She didn't have toothache, but he thought it was about time she got acquainted with the routine of sitting in the big reclining chair and being prodded with pointy objects.

Those who switched plans after being prodded with information were half as likely to adjust their behaviors in the end, and those given the $60 bonus were also less likely.

Bull riders ride bareback with one hand in a light rein and the other in the air; often the bulls are prodded with an electric cattle prod or steel barbs before they are let out into the arena.

Now the Tory leader has been prodded with an unhelpful reminder of yesteryear, courtesy of an article he penned for The Guardian back in 2002 when he was residing very much on the other side of the economic fence.

And again, they really do need to be prodded with a pitchfork, I think, to get them out there and start lending again.

And yet, if you've ever happened to watch a video of extreme zit-popping you know, the ones where pores that have been clogged for like 25 years are prodded with a needle till they shoot an unholy rivers of toothpaste-thick white muck—chances are, you watched it on Vikram Yadev's YouTube channel.

Like all 11-year-olds, he has spent much of the last year being prodded and tested with Sats and other blunt tools like a white mouse in a lab.