The ceaseless prodding got on his nerves. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : I prodded him with my elbow. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a cattle prod. From Dictionary.com.
And then, he finally called it genocide ... after the prodding from the international community for years. From Wordnik.com. [Congress overwhelmingly approves Iran resolutions] Reference
Well, you know what the response to that kind of prodding is. From Wordnik.com. [THE HEROIC MUST BECOME THINKABLE (AGAIN)] Reference
Tarrant hoped that the right kind of prodding would do the trick. From Wordnik.com. [Modesty Blaise]
What we restrained from doing was using the camera as a kind of prodding device. From Wordnik.com. [Extended Film Discussion With Hue Rhodes, Director of St. John of Las Vegas | /Film] Reference
This kind of prodding is too labor-intensive for physicians to take on alone. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
AP Photo/DISH Network L.L.C.) (AP) -- After prodding from the Japanese government, Apple Inc. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
At the same time I think they need a little prodding. From Wordnik.com. [Sputtering Ahead] Reference
It may take considerable prodding to move the top brass. From Wordnik.com. [Dropping The Bomb] Reference
It's time to stop poking and prodding him, seeing if he will break. From Wordnik.com. [On first day of Redskins training camp, Albert Haynesworth learns who is boss] Reference
And after prodding hisexecs last fall, budget cutting has accelerated. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Ford's Rainy Days] Reference
These days the EU is prodding farmers toward the real-world marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [PLANTING THE SEEDS] Reference
"If there's this many secrets, there have to be more," she says, prodding them. From Wordnik.com. [The School Of Hard Knocks] Reference
Only after papal prodding did he permit the open celebration of Christmas last year. From Wordnik.com. [God's Man In Havana] Reference
But the Republicans needed little prodding to give up the fight on reducing spending. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Gop Revolution] Reference
Democrats who hadn't ditched Clinton were prodding him to tack right to save his presidency. From Wordnik.com. [How Kennedy Helped Save Clinton] Reference
In reality, neither of them appeared to need much prodding from a lowly driver or anyone else. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wives Club] Reference
Unlike the usual art-house hit, audiences are flocking to it-even without prodding from critics. From Wordnik.com. [Big Fat Word Of Mouth] Reference
At Martin's prodding, Mitsubishi has launched 34 detailed reforms, with strict deadlines for each. From Wordnik.com. [More Than A Tune-Up] Reference
It almost seems like an admonition from Gerardi himself, prodding his country down the road to redemption. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Of A Bishop] Reference
With Hooker's further prodding, Perot accepted a date on "Larry King Live," prepared to offer himself again. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero] Reference
The Pentagon has consistently declined to send a permanent auditing team to Iraq despite prodding from Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking the Silence] Reference
"I saw a few stones in there," she told the court after prodding from Hollis, "a few small, dirty-looking stones.". From Wordnik.com. [Naomi Campbell testimony to war crimes tribunal: not clear gift was diamonds] Reference
There will be other questions; Gore aides are already prodding reporters about Lynne Cheney's ultraconservative ties. From Wordnik.com. ['I Have Strong Opinions'] Reference
Thanks to the prodding of their determined parents, Asians score highest in science and math in worldwide comparisons. From Wordnik.com. [Learning To Think] Reference
Under the prodding of SEC chairman Arthur Levitt, the industry is considering ways of linking brokers to no-load plans. From Wordnik.com. [The New Trading Game] Reference
Depending on what happens in El Salvador, the small Central American countries may not need much prodding to dollarize. From Wordnik.com. [Color My Money Green] Reference
Under prodding from local right-to-life groups, the clinic opened its own adoption agency, which now places 35 children a year. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Adoption] Reference
With the doc's prodding, patients not only invited me into the depths of their despair but waved me into their exam rooms, too. From Wordnik.com. [In Boston, Banishing Blame And Shame] Reference
Instead of prodding the immune system to make A-beta antibodies on its own, the new formula will deliver ready-made antibodies. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference
These bot programs churn away all day and night, prodding at millions of random IP addresses looking for holes to crawl through. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Get Burned!] Reference
Bachelet didn't need prodding to talk about, as she put it, "the difficulties and challenges of being a woman in a man's world.". From Wordnik.com. [Leadership Meets Machismo] Reference
Under Yeltsin's prodding, he also read the minutes of the Monday night cabinet meeting at which most ministers supported the coup. From Wordnik.com. [Now Comes The Witch Hunt] Reference
But they also question whether the government should be prodding companies to borrow and favoring businesses that heavily rely on debt. From Wordnik.com. [Look at Macy's: U.S. tax code encourages companies to rack up huge debt] Reference
After prodding from Tutu, she eventually apologized -- though she accepted no responsibility -- for things that "" went horribly wrong. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Limitations Of The Truth] Reference
Now they're in a new mode, focused on turning those voters out, prodding them with direct mail, phone calls and visits to their doorsteps. From Wordnik.com. [THE SWING VOTE: COMING OF AGE] Reference
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