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The phrase "prodding you" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It means to urge or encourage someone to do something. Example: "Her friends kept prodding her to try out for the school play, but she was too nervous to audition."
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Down here, practically all the support you get is the odd outreach worker prodding you to check you're alive.
The discounting sites shout at you with bold colors and spinning logos, prodding you to jump at the low, low prices.
Yet it serves the purpose of slowing your pace as you move toward the galleries, prodding you to leave outside distractions behind.
If you're governor of the Bank of England, it's best to remain good-humoured even when Jacob Rees-Mogg is prodding you in the ribs.
With a hyperrealistic style imbued with surrealist narratives, Graves' sculptures, installations, and drawings linger in your senses, gently prodding you for recognition.
Your family will say your name to try and get your attention, but you can't hear them because you've deafened yourself thinking about how much you want to maim that man, only being yanked from your pugilistic fantasy trance once they start shouting at and prodding you.
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I've prodded you before about your interest, in your fiction, in rebellious teen-agers.
And "God Is Dead?" in particular, may prod you with its title.
All these men prod you, examine you, shove things up you.
But what are heroes for if not to prod you over the top?
The movie prods you to smirk and maybe gasp at its subversive imagination.
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