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Meanings of prodding in English
Usage of prodding in English
1
Without much prodding, Dendera and Nessa agree to remain in their room.
2
SandRidge has made changes in recent months after some prodding by Icahn.
3
But the Rube kept on digging and prodding in the upper berths.
4
But business leaders and some politicians have been prodding him to stay.
5
Olsson, totally unmarked, had the simple task of prodding over the line.
6
With a long prodding rod he lifted one end of the canvas.
7
Rank-and-file employees were already prodding executives to go further over the weekend.
8
More probing and prodding went on in the middle of her back.
9
It takes a good deal of prodding to put up a gun-bullock.
10
By which I mean he was prodding me with a riding crop.
11
He turned and bolted for the stairs, prodding Della ahead of him.
12
Neewa stopped and began prodding with his nose under a rotten log.
13
After some not-so-gentle prodding, they offered up the name Jennifer Rothschild Robinson.
14
The kid loves books and rarely needs prodding to browse the aisles.
15
Then they both felt the prodding feet of the orderlies against them.
16
We agreed that together we would keep prodding them if they wavered.
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Frequent collocations
Prodding through the time
Prodding across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common