Example Sentences

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Callender was gleeful about what he had goaded Hamilton into.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2016

The comedian Tim Heidecker, of Tim & Eric, contacted various members of the Bush campaign, pretending to be Berger’s father, furious that they had goaded his mentally unstable son into ruining his body.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 7, 2016

That once meant that trolls were fooled into thinking they had goaded a man further and further into paranoid schizophrenia.

From The Verge • Feb. 24, 2015

Alomar later claimed that reporters had goaded him into mentioning the boy’s death.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2015

She had goaded him for years to learn to summon and aim lightning, with dismal results.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor