| Word | Goad |
|---|---|
| Meaning | provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction |
| Example 1 | During lunch in the cafeteria today, my rival tried to goad me into a fight so I would get suspended from school. |
| Example 2 | My mother is going to try and goad her dog into getting off the bed by offering him a treat. |
| Example 3 | As a teacher, Joan was constantly looking for positive ways to goad her students into reading more. |
| Example 4 | The mobster used a picture of the bank president’s daughter to goad the official into robbing the bank. |
| Example 5 | If someone is trying to goad you into a verbal conflict, sometimes the best thing you can do is simply walk away from that person. |
| Example 6 | The purpose of the medication is to goad the body into producing its own disease-fighting antibodies. |
| Example 7 | On the ranch, dogs are used to goad the sheep into going in the right direction. |
| Example 8 | Teachers should stand in the hallways during class changes to goad students into promptly going inside their classrooms. |
| Example 9 | During the football game, some of the away team’s players tried to goad members of our team into fumbling the ball. |
| Example 10 | Jordan tried to goad his daughter into doing her chores by freezing her allowance payments. |
