How to Use prod in a Sentence

prod

1 of 2 verb
Definition of prodnext
Synonyms for prodnext
  • She prodded him in the ribs to get his attention.
  • She was prodded into joining the team.
  • For years, lawyers prodded at the rule on how buyers’ and sellers’ agents share fees.
    — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Many bosses have longed for some leverage to prod more workers back to the office.
    — Matthew Boyle, Fortune, 4 June 2022
  • Then, the mosquito uses one stylet—the labrum—to prod around, seeking a blood vessel to pierce.
    — John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
  • George and Martha proceed to taunt and prod each other in front of the unwitting young people.
    — Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Maybe the war in Ukraine and scarcity of Russian natural gas will be enough to prod this project forward.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Schirtzinger told the Tribune one of her attorneys had to prod the state agency to take action.
    — Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • More important, the bands and app will prod guests to play the games that dot Super Nintendo World, which will be broad in scope.
    — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Brilliant Corners woke me up and prodded me as a teenager to think outside of the music box.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But over the last decade, Davis’ group has refined a way to prod the glue around individual atoms.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Around the start of 2023, Perry reminded herself to prod Presley once more.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2023
  • And few more such surprises and Japan could prod Son to deploy more of his giant Vision Fund at home.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • For all of the compassion the Terps might have for the Cavaliers, both teams will poke and prod each other for soft spots to earn a much-coveted win.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But this is also a movie that, like a lot of conspiracy thrillers, prods you to look a little deeper at a few things.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
  • The crowd seemed to have a tough time deciding for whom to cheer, prodding both players at various points of the often even matchup.
    — Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Having your teeth poked and prodded with scary-sounding and pointy tools can make even the bravest people squirm in their seats (or in this case, a dentist’s chair).
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Newsom had been prodding DeSantis to debate since last fall, and the pair have been tangling from afar for even longer.
    — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • More often, monuments fail to achieve their goal of prodding us to reflect.
    — John Adams, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The researchers also used a puff of air to prod the rats’ whiskers, then observed how the human neurons responded.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • There’s not much of a plot to speak of: Three people find each other, and their brief time together prods each in a new life direction.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 June 2023
  • But Donald Trump, running once again to challenge Biden, is prodding them to move ahead quickly.
    — Stephen Groves, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • On an early morning walk, the sound of hollow bells guided my eyes to a shepherd and two dogs, prodding a herd of Brigasque sheep straight up the hillside.
    — Kimberley Lovato, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
  • Used car prices are also starting to come down a bit, something that could prod new car shoppers back into the market, said Drury.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Baker also prodded the Times-Picayune to cover the story.
    — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • That could prod the Fed to react more aggressively by raising rates higher down the road.
    — Ben Casselman, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Abbott began sending bus loads of migrants to the nation’s capital in April to prod Biden to pay more attention to the spike.
    — Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The hope, says Fisher, is that the new partnership can prod media outlets to be more in tune with what advertisers need.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Younger students still have recess, ride the buses and may not remember to hydrate or get out of the sun without prodding by an adult.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Many times we’ve been poked and prodded in the inner corners of our eyes by uncomfortable lash bands, but that’s no problem for this soft pair.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
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prod

2 of 2 noun
  • She gave him a sharp prod in the back.
  • He picked up a stick and used it as a prod to get the donkey moving.
  • She called me and gave me a prod about finishing the report.
  • He needed a few prods to remember his lines.
  • But the procedures, the protocols, the check-ins, the pokes, the prods—these are all new things.
    — Cat Jaffee, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Hence, the goal of the new rules: prod more people to declare all of their income.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
  • Flesh thick and tender, detaching from the shell with the slight prod of a spoon.
    — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Do not pick, prod, poke, pop, or squeeze your blind pimples!
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Who needs a gentle prod to put themselves 'out there' and trust their strengths?
    — Dr Margie Warrell, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The artist prods and mottles it into a living thing, plagued with grays, rimmed with breaths of paler blue.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The entire package boosts the driver's confidence with every turn of the wheel and prod of the pedals.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023
  • After Lauren moved away, the phrase was a prod to compel her to come back at least once every year.
    — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The bottom line is, there needs to be lots more prod production, and that's most available to the strongest countries.
    — CBS News, 26 June 2022
  • Their haste suggested that all the French needed to get the vaccine was a powerful prod of a kind not seen up to now.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • The service, which costs individuals $75 a year, prods users to do more.
    — Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Plus, some retailers will even email you a discount code as an extra prod to make the purchase.
    — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 25 Oct. 2021
  • At best, third parties serve as prods to force the major parties to adjust their agenda.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The groups claim workers use electric prods and sharp sticks to agitate the bulls before releasing them for the race.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
  • When older people lose patience with younger ones, the prod can be reports such as Tapper’s on CNN.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 29 Mar. 2020
  • On occasion, a little prod is needed when there seems to be a project that’s hitting a delay.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2021
  • In each of the videos, Kim prods and pokes, trying to coerce each sister into flattering words about her weight.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Chen Zhiqiang, a young man giving a chunk of pork a discerning prod, concedes that some children claim to dislike meat.
    — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Yet in many cases, the sonic prod of choice appears to be classical music.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • Shara felt something behind her—more substantial than a breeze, less forceful than a prod.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • During the event, caught on film, a living dolphin circles and prods a smaller dead female, while emitting clicks.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 June 2018
  • The court records indicate that Coker allegedly used a livestock prod on his daughters, ages 11 and 13.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • This may sound like it has been lifted from the brochure, but a prod of the accelerator out of a low-speed corner really does make the car feel rear-driven.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • With her sarcastic, you-know-better world-weariness, Glaser serves as a prod to the women to exercise good judgment.
    — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
  • Lord and Miller use this episode’s films-within-a-show to prod at the neuroses of their characters, along with their own cinematic obsessions.
    — Paul Schrodt, Vulture, 23 May 2023
  • And so began a long campaign of microwaving eggs, setting them under a microphone and giving them a prod.
    — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017

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