Sentence examples similar to sustained prodding from inspiring English sources
A few states are bucking the trend, thanks to court rulings that have prodded governors and legislators to make and sustain investments in quality preschool.
There's not a whole lot for the loser to say about that, but at the Olympics the loser is expected, upon sustained poking and prodding from the network's interviewer, to come up with a bit of profundity, an iota of poetry, something.
Rumors have swirled for years that they had some kind of falling out (sustained mostly by prodding from TMZ), and it's tempting to think this appearance on a kids' show might turn into some kind of gak-fueled showdown.
The 767 plan is just one of several major Pentagon programs that Boeing is prodding Congress to sustain, expand or accelerate.
From then on, Irish leaders worked closely with British officials, notably Prime Minister Tony Blair, to prod the two sides to a power-sharing government that largely sustained the peace.
Chinese rule is sustained by a huge Chinese garrison and the policemen's cattle-prods.
The former rugby league star arrived at Bath with a broken cheekbone sustained in a heroic NRL Grand Final performance and there was a worrying moment when he got back to his feet prodding at his face, but after sustained poking about he concluded all was well.
Prodding the ground is the only way the Moules can see if the soil is deep enough to sustain whatever it is they want to plant.
"Prodding, then?" "Yes, prodding.
Prodding forward defence.
Perhaps publishers need prodding.
