Sentence examples for prod for from inspiring English sources

And competition can be a useful prod for making people work and think harder.

Exciting it was: the undeviating straight bat, the calculated prod for a single, the utter calm.

The December report by the president's commission on deficit reduction may become a prod for bipartisan action.

And each step is a further prod for Google to make concessions to reach a settlement before going to court.

If officials have no particular prod for action, they will generally prefer to play it safe and do nothing.

A prod for God! Few British prime ministers have offered their advice to such a tremendous authority.

Fans prodded for signs of regret.

Besides Edwards, most players shrugged when prodded for disappointment.

Gov. Bill Richardson will likely be prodded for an endorsement.

Prodded for a vivid portrait of how he would demolish ISIS, he demurred.

It took some prodding for her to go back and collect our sandwich.