Sentence examples for prodding it into from inspiring English sources

Crawley's fourth was another untidy effort, Brown failing to gather a bouncing ball under challenge and Dannie Bulman prodding it into the empty net.

For once, it was Inter's defending that took a turn for the grotesque – Jeison Murillo failing to get a proper clearance on Lorenzo Insigne's cross from the left and instead prodding it into the path of José Callejón.

The feds ultimately joined him, filing civil and criminal charges against TAP and prodding it into paying the government $885 million to settle the case six times as much as the claimed overcharges.

Stonehouse's "Devils and the Dead" series of paintings on old black-and-white studio portraits, many with internal captions, similarly skews the familiar, playfully prodding it into the realm of the odd or grotesque.

Treasury and the Fed in particular seem quite pleased with their success in patching up the financial system with duct tape and baling wire and prodding it into a semblance of operation via massive support, most notably via super low interest rates..

But the hostage-taking on its soil may prod it into endorsing the anti-jihadist campaign in Mali more keenly.

But the hostage-taking on its soil may prod it into joining the anti-jihadist fray in Mali more ethusiastically.The Malian army, estimated last year at 7,700 men, is feeble.

For its part, the EU termed Russia's stance "unacceptable".Russia is making increasing efforts to deter the biggest country in its former empire from looking west and to prod it into joining the rival, Kremlin-led Eurasian Customs Union instead.

Jabbing the irritable snake, he prods it into charging his face.

For the carafes, she asked one blower to make a bubble of molten glass while another pulled and prodded it into extreme shapes, with surreal waves and hollows.

Joos Valgaeren and Emmanuel Dorado challenged for Jackie McNamara's cross and the ball broke kindly for Hartson, who was able to prod it into the net.