How to Use goad in a Sentence

goad

verb

• The threat of legal action should goad them into complying.
• Toward the end of the tour, Sharon and I tried to goad him into coming over to our side of the stage.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
• Gibbs gets there first and pulls a gun, and Samuels tries to goad Gibbs into shooting him.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• The goal: avoid anything that might goad the other team’s shooters.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
• Some countries have no desire to goad the Russian bear.
  — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• The Ghoulie leader tries to goad Archie into hitting him.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 10 May 2018
• Roman’s nihilism is on full display when Kendall strides in to goad him back to work.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 30 May 2023
• That’s led them to threats and bribes to try and goad people in, only to yield predictable outcomes.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
• The fact that the media will be up in arms about the whole thing will goad Trump further, and Putin will be more than happy to go along for the troll.
  — Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 July 2018
• In the video, Greene and her companions continue to goad the staff while chuckling from outside the door.
  — Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN, 14 May 2021
• Some intense ambitions may goad you to burn the candle at both ends.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
• The only live question in this case is whether the Supreme Court can be goaded into wanting it as well.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
• Nor could the stage goad Diplo to dip further into his own credits.
  — Jon M. Gilbertson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2018
• James, goaded by Dillon Brooks after Game 2, attacked the basket for the first two points.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
• On my third run up and down the track, an instructor goaded me into hitting 25 miles per hour.
  — oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2019
• Then Chris goads Hannah into speaking about a few guys who have made this straining process worth it.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 18 June 2019
• After every game, reporters would hound him and goad him; under the pressure, Maris lost clumps of hair, or so the legend goes.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2022
• But the indictment goaded him to stand up for the former president.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• All in all, things aren't great for Dany, even before Cersei has Missandei killed seemingly to goad her.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2019
• Pacquiao's camp sure seems to be pushing for a rematch, or at the very least goad Mayweather into one.
  — Matt Bonesteel, courant.com, 24 July 2019
• Broncos star Von Miller goading Rivers into a mental mistake was a big play in that team not winning the West.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
• Her friends goaded her to record her resilience in a self-help book, complete with recipes, which made her into a local celebrity in the Bay Area.
  — Mayukh Sen, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Sports cars goad you into bursts of exuberance like that.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
• The people have to simply be goaded and herded into obeying the mai-baap sarkar’s* wishes.
  — K.n.c., The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
• This is why Democrats constantly try to one-up each other in goading the president.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 14 June 2019
• For a while, Maddie tries to goad Percy into finding his inner wild boy.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 June 2023
• But now that the Supreme Court has opened the floodgates, the confusion and fear of many online entrepreneurs may goad Congress into action.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
• As Conover steps aside for Altschul's chef to clean the stain with club soda, Kroll tries to goad Patricia into saying the sofa is ruined.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022
• Unsure if anyone inside heard the knock, the boys goaded Joshua into ringing the doorbell.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• Temperature is one of the sharpest sticks to goad a buck into moving (or staying on his belly).
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024