Example Sentences

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Goaded by his chief flunky, he flies into a rage, assuming the woman is laughing at him.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2020

Goaded by Dick Young, a reactionary columnist for The Daily News, Grant sent Seaver into exile in Cincinnati.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2019

Goaded by victory, some excited supporters of Manifest Destiny demanded that the United States press forward until it could annex “all Mexico.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Goaded by the city’s “golden triangle” of ultra-luxe businesses, the city a year ago launched the $500,000 Ambassador Program.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2016

If one should fetch it to the fire And stir the milk to separate the water, The milk, exulting in the heat, boils over— Goaded by separation pangs, it leaps into the fire!

From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura