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. |