prod
verb (used with object)
to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed.
have been prodding
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present perfect progressiveof prod.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The angst over the Deauville’s fate comes at a time when preservationists have been prodding Miami Beach to do more to protect older single-family homes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
People close to Mr. Carson have been prodding him to show more fight with the White House and Congress.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2018
Insurers and pharmacy-benefit managers for years have been prodding consumers with chronic medical conditions to obtain their drugs through mail-order pharmacies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2014
Many of his Democratic advisers have been prodding Mr. Obama to offer a proposal to the special committee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2011
Storch may have been prodding for rancor, but he really had touched the mainspring of all false and empty achievement—vanity.
From Broken to the Plow by Charles Caldwell Dobie
