Example Sentences

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Note, for instance, how this kerfuffle is goading his critics into defending the indefensible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Maisie, who just turned 7, continues her pursuit of fashion and is goading all of us into elevating our holiday sweater game.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

He is goading us into fighting among ourselves about what is a real crisis and what is manufactured.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020

The new campaign slogan is goading your opponent into saying something deliciously mean.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2016

It is the restraint only that is killing him—that is goading him to madness!

From The Crusade of the Excelsior by Harte, Bret