Pedro had prodded and clubbed him this spring until his body was sore.
And, more insistent than any of these, the bellowing of the sacred cattle from India, and the belling and bleating of strange deer, not to mention the cavernous trumpeting of elephants when their keepers prodded them into obedience.
They pounded his paws and prodded him to make him desist, but he did not mind their blows any more than he would those of a child.
Pedro, on the other hand, felt that the bear was becoming morose and that his spirit must be broken, so he prodded and beat him until his life was almost unbearable.
He was a wild beast whose home was the wilderness, and this cruel creature, who tyrannized over him, and prodded him, for whom he did tricks day after day, had stolen away his freedom.
But with a start Pedro awoke and pulled savagely upon his collar, while with his stick he prodded him back into his nest.
The hunter got a long pole and prodded about in the tree-top until he satisfied himself that there was nothing formidable inside.
Ken and Sandy were prodded up the ladder which led to the deck of the barge they had hurriedly left not long ago.
He crossed the room to the desk and cautiously prodded among its cubbyholes.
Ken and Sandy were proddedafter him down the rough uneven stairs into a damp, dank-smelling basement.
Ranny looked at him and thought how he would go in like a pillow if you prodded him, and of the jelly, the jelly on the floor, he would make if you pounded.
They were prodded and pinched and pushed, and their hair and whiskers were pulled.
He prodded himself on with this thought as he fumbled his way through darkness down into town.
Then the stranger headed for him, and this time there was no escape, for the moment he struck the shelving slope of the valley, he prodded his horse into a canter, swiftly diminishing the distance between them.
Then, striding in front, Finnerty prodded the fallen monarch with his gun muzzle.
A Webley revolver that hung from a belt Foley wore was emptied of its shells; even its barrel was prodded for a hidden roll of thin paper.
Unless I've got him all wrong, he sat beside me in that auction house and prodded me in the ribs, telling me to bid on a package I had no notion of buying.
As he did this he prodded the driver in the ribs with an automatic and whispered, "You will drive as I say and where I say, or you are a dead man!
He felt the water pouring down his back and forced himself not to go limp, prodded his mind into alertness.
VII His spears taken from him, his arms bound securely behind his back by the thongs of his own knapsack, Eric was pushed and prodded into the great central burrow of Mankind.
Sam, arter the doctor 'ad listened to his lungs and his 'art and prodded 'im all over.
For ten minutes he prodded and puzzled over the insensible form in the bed; then he turned to the couple at the door.
It seemed hardly a fair recognition of the service he had rendered the Dog-Wolf when he prodded the Bear from his throat.
The Skipper could not keep up the quick march which was forced upon me by those in the rear, and I was prodded in the legs and pricked in the calves until I could almost have prodded the Skipper in turn.
The men half laughed, half scowled, shook their heads, and prodded the beast on which I sat.
They came to Mukna from each side, andprodded him in the ribs with their tusks.
So the two bulls on the sides prodded him again, and forced him to arise.
Oscar, anxious to take his own part in the conversation, prodded Zmai in the ribs with a pistol barrel, and the big fellow growled and nodded his head.
The imperturbable Durand shivered in the night air and prodded Chauvenet with ironies.
Perhaps they thought that unless they beat, shoved, prodded and kicked me all the way along those corridors and up the gilded stairs I might forget who held the upper hand for the moment; but I think not.
He prodded it again-regarding it closely this time.
Still half asleep, he raised his fist and prodded at it in astonishment--a feeling which gave way to one of stupefaction as the ceiling took another shape and swore distinctly.
Then returning to the prince, he prodded gently the prostrate figure.
And Mr. Mackintosh prodded the bony ribs of their steed.
Then he took out his big jack-knife and prodded with it clear across the width of the stairway.
All we need--" she prodded the ground with a sharp stick.
Once more she prodded away at the moss and charcoal.
After several calls and shakes, accompanied by some artistic profanity, one of them prodded him gently with his sword.
At roll-call the guards made the prisoners stand out in line, and Moore was frequently prodded with a sword for hanging back and delaying matters.
He climbed upon my lap and prodded with crowbar and with garden spade, to see that I was not defrauded of all the agony that's made.
He prodded at the sod in the other world, digging up small tufts.
He nodded casually and walked over to the second thing, prodded it with his toe.
He was the harmless sort, so with a long stick she prodded him until he decided to seek more peaceful quarters on the path leading to the stream.
Mabel finally prodded Ned Owens with her foot, turning him over.
Three or four yoke of oxen strained and pulled weakly at each wagon, and beside them, in the deep sand, walked men with ox-goads, who prodded the unwilling beasts along.
He prodded one of the servants and ordered him to take two cushions to a place he pointed out, up near the window close to Abdul Ali.
By the light of the electric torch we dragged and prodded the prisoners back whence they had come, and presently Grim or somebody found a lantern and lit it.
At any rate, by naked luck I prodded Abdul Ali where he kept his supply of mistakes.
Yet, after giving his word to Lord Levellier, he had prodded himself to think the burden of this wild young woman might be absurdly tolerable and a laugh at the world.
He, as he felt horribly in pencilling her address, acted under compulsion; and a woman prodded the goad.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prodded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
