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Definition of goad:

  • (noun) a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
  • (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
  • (verb) give heart or courage to
  • (verb) urge with or as if with a goad
  • (verb) stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  • (verb) goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

Sentence Examples:

The spur is of the goad form.

The spurs are of the goad shape.

Cried Adam, goaded to end this situation.

They goaded him on and justified him.

The thought goaded him to desperate speed.

Goaded by remorse, he still hurried on.

Terror goaded him to supreme physical effort.

It goaded the whale, and nothing more.

Little dreads had goaded away their brightness.

She had goaded this man to rage.

A terrible idea was goading her on.

The goad is sometimes straight, sometimes curved.

For a stubborn ass a hard goad.

The temptation to goad him was irresistible.

That evening Merton was goaded to desperation.

King, goaded on by the relentless Cotton.

What sentimental impulse goaded them about town?

"I did not," Rose was goaded to speak.

They goaded one proud man into active protest.

We get pretty goad money as it is.

These slaps are the goad I promised you.

And you do well to apply your goad.

The challenge seemed to goad them to desperation.

Look and bearing alike goaded Karl to fury.

Exploded McQueen, goaded once more into angry outburst.

Rossi because he did not use a goad.

His composure goaded her beyond all endurance.

Blessed be the man who invented goads!

Pointed goads with which elephants are driven.

The thought had goaded her for days.

Both seals show the plain goad spur.

Said the man who held the goad.

She had goaded him into saying even that.

They were not sensible even to the goad.

"I wonder what you mean by properly goaded?"

Robert turned on him, goaded to sudden fury.

He was goaded into trying a more stinging topic.

Yet she could not help goading him.

The name seemed to prick her like a goad.

The hind had to be goaded to an answer.

This idea was like a white-hot goad to him.

He could not be goaded into a public match.

A road officer goaded them on if they lagged.

You have goaded me to slay my own son.

We take up arms when we are goaded to it.

His own thought drove him like a goad.

I stood looking after her, goaded with self-contempt.

Such goading as this brought back a roar.

As she did so she lifted the goad.

The horror had goaded him into clearer consciousness.

Thus goaded into it, many commenced the investigation.

That torturing thought goaded him to renewed efforts.

You will only be kicking against the goad.

The goad to her pride served its purpose.

If only the boy would use his goad.

He was blind, and they were goading him.

They were goaded to madness by a wicked administration.

You whip and goad until they heed your call?

The sight seemed to goad Hartley Benson to madness.

Said Robert, goaded at last beyond caution and fear.

He was goaded by his condition to immediate effort.

The goad fired him to a fever of revenge.

It was like a goad, pricking her to action.

I asked, goaded on by I know not what.

Amos turned half about, the goad over his shoulder.

It will be at once a canal and a goad.

Her last words had goaded Balder past bearing.

I see you wish to goad me beyond endurance, Harold.

May our consciences goad us when we are in peril.

Then shall they longer lash and goad us?

The gentle Phyllis was being goaded beyond endurance.

They use goads for the oxen, not whips.

She seemed to goad him deeper and deeper into life.

The article had goaded them into a senseless fury.

And there was now a new goad of remorse.

He was goaded to desperation by wrong and injustice.

These things quickly goaded her to a fuller consciousness.

He saw the girl pick up the iron goad.

Hissed Grey, goaded to the last extremity of patience.

It was not that he was goaded by remorse.

I feel it stick into me like a kind of goad.

Men are goaded sometimes, till they lose their heads.

I roared, goaded to madness by this last insult.

Jack by this time had been goaded pretty far.

He tried to goad her enthusiasm; she scarcely spoke.

Yes, all his life long he had been goaded.

"All right," said Violet, suddenly goaded into an unusual firmness.

The courage of despair goaded me to the utmost effort.

He realized that he might be goading her too far.

Townsend's calmness seemed to goad him to a perfect frenzy.

I know David is jealous, and I am goading him.

Goaded to desperation, he acted on this hint at once.

Worthy Sire, I wish to goad you to the combat.

It goaded him to submit; but he had no alternative.

His one hope was to goad the Dauphin to action.

It goaded him to madness to see Clive grinning still.

The poor lady had in truth been goaded into it.

That goad me sometimes to the very verge of suicide!

Men seemed to goad the rivers to increase their speed.

"Don't goad me too far, or you will regret it."