Sentence examples for prodded from inspiring English sources
The word "prodded" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to mean to poke or prod something with a pointed object, figuratively speaking, to urge or encourage someone to do something. Example sentence: The teacher prodded her students to pay more attention in class.
Matic prodded them level, Jasmin Handanovic did wonderfully well to deny Hazard and Costa before the Belgian was tripped by Viler's planted leg.
It fell to Basanta, who prodded home from close range.
At 10.15pm, Marcelo Larrondo prodded home from close range to bring Torino back level.
In the 52nd minute Ward made headway down the left and sent in a dangerous cross which Derbyshire prodded home at the near post with Andersen stranded.
We prodded and prodded, trying to extract what sparse and juiceless facts we could from the matter.
This weapon we were being prodded with.
Prodded by other management consultants (McKinsey, in this case), Steve Ross, the architect of the original merger between Time and Warner, used to talk effusively of the benefits of cross-promotion.
In the 1990s federal incentives prodded the states to adopt "truth in sentencing", meaning that a court sentence would be completed in full, ending rewards for good behaviour behind bars.
That unlucky sloth would not be touched, let alone prodded or poked to death.
Ms Qin used to perform such duty when she first met Yingying's mother and prodded her about reproductive plans.
The embargo kept Cuba out of international bodies such as the Organisation of American States, where other countries could have prodded the island towards greater openness.
