How to use "goad" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "goad" in popular movie and book plots

  • Sherlock tries to goad Smith into a confession just as Faith arrives, having been called by Sherlock via a text from Smith's phone.  - The Lying Detective
  • As the manifestation tries to goad Emma into lighting the flame, Emma loses her temper and yells at him to stop.  - Birth (Once Upon a Time)
  • Sade tries to goad him to shoot, guessing he only has the one shot and would likely miss given the shotgun's range.  - Standoff (film)
  • When he can't goad Tom into killing him, even by telling him he has mailed the secret memoir to Pip, Wolf leaps off the cliff.  - Purity (novel)
  • Blofeld crawls away from the wreckage and is confronted by Bond, with Blofeld attempting to goad Bond into shooting him.  - Spectre (2015 film)
  • Simmons tries to goad Fusco into killing him, but the two instead engage in a savage fistfight, out of which Fusco is the victor.  - The Devil's Share
  • When Limpinski tries to goad Marc about his relationship with Kay, Marc kisses him and taunts him, leading Limpinski to assault him.  - Free Fall (2013 film)
  • Edge tries to goad Fowler with racial slurs and Austen warns the steward to stay clear of him, recognizing that both he and Fowler are nearing the limits of their tolerance.  - The Deep Six (novel)
  • Bill reveals there was no cartel and everything was his elaborate plan – they spied on him, set up the minor car accident, got him drunk in the bar, held him against his will and used certain audio clips to play tricks on him, all to goad Thomas into getting his family to commit the robbery of a drug dealer, something Bill admittedly did to other victims previously.  - The Devil's in the Details
  • Colonel Montoya and Captain Grisham are at the jail trying to goad Anton into confessing, and after the fractious meeting, orders a second scaffold for his mother.  - The Witness (Queen of Swords)
  • Unfortunately, disreputable pool hustler Eddie Davies has purchased the note for Violet's loan from the loan shark and is using it to goad Magic into a series of games of pool, threatening to take over the nightclub if Magic refuses.  - Pool Hall Blues
  • This leads to misunderstandings, disappointment, jealousy and the duo further goad him to take revenge for a perceived rejection which leads to a terrible tragedy.  - Punnaram Cholli Cholli
  • Kacak, the conceited nephew of a rich village leader in Padang, is jealous of Midun, the religious and popular son of a poor farmer; Kacak often attempts to goad Midun into fighting him.  - Sengsara Membawa Nikmat
  • Eliana tries to goad Will to turn her into a werewolf, but he manages to restrain himself.  - The Howling: Reborn
  • He repeatedly tries to goad her to marry him, but she doesn't comply.  - Manushyamrugam
  • After he personally eliminates Duke's gluttonous rival, Big Dutch, at a restaurant, Lily continues to goad Joe into going after his own boss.  - Joe MacBeth
  • Sabrina is Byron's baby momma, and she likes calling Byron a drug dealer, since he was one when he was young and got arrested because of it, and she loudly extends his name, just to annoy him and his family (she also lies, and uses her son's child support money, and supplies for herself, and is also trying to goad Byron back into selling drugs, so she can get more money for herself).  - Madea's Big Happy Family (film)
  • Adelle seems to be trying to goad Ballard into saying what he and Echo got up to during their three-month absence.  - A Love Supreme (Dollhouse)
  • Noticing that Rei is a Reiblood just like him, Belial continues to goad Reimon into joining him as they are both "brothers".  - Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy
  • Alipang starts sending fanatical juramentados to assassinate the officers and goad them into attacking before the natives are fully trained.  - The Real Glory
  • This set-up supplies the opportunity for a criminal gang master-minded by Madame Dauvray's maid, with their eyes on the widow's jewellery collection, to engineer an introduction for one of their number, Adele Tacé ("Rossignol") whose taunts of disbelief goad the old lady into allowing a seance to be held which, unsuspected by either Celia or her patron, will be the cover for murder and robbery.  - At the Villa Rose (novel)
  • The United States is pulled into the conflict when Kao Shen launches a sneak attack against Japan in an effort to goad the nation into war.  - Titanium Rain
  • Emil also attempts at this point to display his own self-sacrificial tendencies, trying to goad his friends into slaying him to shore up the demon gate, as well as atone for Ratatosk's murder of Aster.  - Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
  • They goad him into answering his own questions, realizing that Aurora killed the Summer Knight and transferred his mantle to Lily, who she then turned to stone.  - Summer Knight
  • He begins to goad Jaris into a fight, explaining that no-one will see a thing.  - Regrets... I've Had a Few
  • The next day, Soo-hyeon tries to have sex with Ji-hyeon's ex, but Ji-hyeon picks her up and the two drive home in silence, until Soo-hyeon begins to goad her.  - The Wig
  • Outside, James meets Danny, who tries to goad James into attacking him by assaulting Gemma.  - The Sleepwalker (novel)
  • Rappo tries to goad Callahan into killing him, but Callahan decides to "stand down," shooting over Rappo's head.  - The Walk (The X-Files)
  • Moncavage's cool response prompts Imil to goad him, revealing a competitive friction between the two commanders.  - The Hunters (novel)
  • Chocktaw tries to goad Sweet into a shootout, but Sweet spots Chocktaw's friends, aiming at him with their rifles.  - The Sheepman
  • Cota then tries to goad McCoy into killing him, knowing he is wanted alive.  - Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection
  • In Ann Arbor, the civilians listen to Julian (Julian Rad), a nihilistic dee-jay whose frustration and lingering optimism goad him to find the truth by cutting through blind idealism, pop culture, and politically correct bumper stickers.  - The Four Corners of Nowhere
  • When Mulder and Scully arrive at the motel, the girls falsely claim that both Eve 7 and Eve 8 were trying to goad them into a mass suicide.  - Eve (The X-Files)
  • Peck tries to goad Arrocas into killing her, but Arrocas accidentally shoots Peck in the foot instead.  - Internal Affairs (film)
  • At the same time he uses Zeebo, and Reba (Jake’s wife who is having an affair with Grady) to goad the boys into a trap.  - Moonrunners
  • To goad him further, Hellbent reveals that he had raped his brother.  - The American Way
  • Antony tries to goad Octavian into single combat, but is finally forced to flee into the city.  - Cleopatra (1963 film)
  • Although Nero Wolfe is, by his own immodest measure, a great detective, and in particular the greatest murder specialist in Manhattan, this allows him to charge outrageous fees, working only when he is short of money or Archie Goodwin, his live-in right-hand man, manages to goad him into it, preferring instead to read books, tend a magnificent orchid conservatory on the roof of his brownstone, or consult (annoy) his live-in world-class chef Fritz Brenner.  - Before Midnight (novel)
  • Despite initially having the upper hand against Bastion, Iceman halts his attack in an attempt to goad Bastion into killing him.  - Operation: Zero Tolerance
  • Superman seemingly returns through a portal and cures Lois, but when bringing her out of the hospital, he realizes this experience is an illusion created by the Phantom Zone when Lois repeated goad him to stay with her and not go after Brainiac.  - Superman: Brainiac Attacks
  • Not his physical equal in any way, Waldo would use his wiles to goad Tyrone into chasing him, leading Tyrone into a trap that would result in Tyrone getting in serious trouble with his owners (either a hot-tempered man or woman, whose faces were never seen), and Tyrone would suffer the consequences, (ie, spanked, locked inside the house, tethered to a tree, etc).  - The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
  • They find the treasure (including a golden elephant goad with a big ruby intact) and leave for the village with as much as they can carry.  - Jungle Book (1942 film)
  • The other prisoners goad Doork into performing for them, but he does not realize he actually is not very good.  - The Day the Clown Cried
  • While the two are away from the house for a friendly shooting competition, Chau Siu-Chee (Wu Hsing-kuo), a Taiwanese gambler and the world's number one contender to Ko Chun's title, arrives and murders his wife and unborn son in order to goad Chun into a gambling match.  - God of Gamblers Returns
  • Once there, Akuma, under the belief that Ryu has come to challenge him at last, attempts to goad him into succumbing to the Dark Hadou, but Ryu refuses, and Akuma orders him to leave.  - Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation
  • Their intention is to do to the same to Bill, but after escaping them and running about the house - seeing his family melding with each other as well - Bill manages to goad Ferguson into a fight.  - Society (film)
  • The following night LV passively remains in her bed and Ray’s futile attempts to goad LV are dashed.  - Little Voice (film)
  • When the Nausicaans lose, they are enraged and goad Zweller.  - Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • The crow acts as both guide and goad for Eric, giving him information that helps him in his quest but also chastising him for dwelling on Shelly's death, seeing his pining as useless self-indulgence that distracts him from his purpose.  - The Crow
  • To goad Mike into the killing, he claims to be having sex with Joyce, and to have known her since her days as a prostitute; in fact, it was Frank who had sex with Joyce (and other women) during his relationship with Wilson.  - The Ruffian on the Stair
  • The public meeting continues, with local members initially outnumbered by Greville's noisy thugs (part of an attempt to goad Nelson into disclosing information harmful to Murray).  - G.B.H. (TV series)
  • Gus' pointed comments goad Lloyd to finally find the guts to stand up to his wife and his mother.  - The Ref
  • Only Frank Crawley, Maxim, and his wife know the full story: that Rebecca told Maxim she was pregnant with another man's child in order to try to goad him into killing her, an indirect means of suicide that would also have ensured her husband's ruination and possible execution.  - Rebecca (1940 film)
  • Lively, an agent provocateur for the coal company who has infiltrated the union, tries to goad the miners towards violence, which Kenehan says will only weaken their cause.  - Matewan
  • The story ends after the detective and his friend underestimate the demon's power, and in seeking to exorcise the machine, instead goad it into ripping free of its moorings and prowling the streets in search of fresh prey.  - The Mangler
  • As the officers goad Jim into a fight, Nash appears with Jim's pistol, disarms the officers, and flees with Jim in their patrol car.  - The Hitcher (1986 film)
  • However, his enemies goad him into taking command of the army to be sent to quash the rebellion.  - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
  • The next day, new girl Anya gives Cordelia an amulet while trying to goad her into wishing something bad would happen to Xander.  - The Wish (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Finally, Moreau manages to goad the Marquis to challenge him to a duel; at last, he can confront the murderer of his childhood friend Vilmorin.  - Scaramouche (novel)
  • Doe tries to goad Mills into vengeance, to become wrath and shoot him.  - Seven (1995 film)
  • Catherine enters and Claire tries to goad her into idle chitchat as Catherine quietly seethes.  - Proof (play)
  • At a press conference, boxing promoter George Washington Duke attempts to goad Rocky into fighting his boxer Union Cane, who is now the top rated American challenger.  - Rocky V
  • Determined to rectify his boxing career's only blemish, Apollo ignores all pleas by his friends and family to forget the fight and move on to other potential opponents, and instead demands his team do whatever necessary to goad Rocky out of his hiatus and have a rematch with him.  - Rocky II
  • mrs Adams uses Alice's distress to finally goad Virgil into setting up a glue factory (which she has long insisted would be the family's ticket to success).  - Alice Adams (novel)
  • He eventually overcomes his phobia but, when he is about to propose to Kyoko, his family begins to goad him into a marriage with the pure and innocent Asuna Kujo.  - Maison Ikkoku

Example sentences for "goad" in interesting articles

  • thought was attractive would pop up on FaceTime, and he had a kind of pattern: He would compliment the young lady, ask to see more of her, then goad her to take off a piece of clothing.  - Dispatches from the Rap Wars
  • Of the two commiting perjury might give you the lesser jail time (if I remember correctly the longest imprisonment in the US was over 17 years and based purely on hearsay evidence from an ex-wife). It is because the Lavabit owner shut down his service the authorities are probably going to go after him for contempt (which is what I predicted in my response to @Figureitout when he first posted about the shutdown). The only legal option is to not say anything not even "no comment" and as some journalists know this they may well try to goad a response out of a person.  - The NSA is Commandeering the Internet
  • Basically we were told, when you're done talking, stop, and don't let that pause goad you into say something stupid.  - "When you're done talking, stop"
  • The original study social worker, Lewise Gregory Davies, helped him goad the subjects to stay in touch, but it wasn’t a hard sell.  - What Makes Us Happy?
  • The original study social worker, Lewise Gregory Davies, helped him goad the subjects to stay in touch, but it wasn’t a hard sell.  - What Makes Us Happy
  • The original study social worker, Lewise Gregory Davies, helped him goad the subjects to stay in touch, but it wasn’t a hard sell.  - What Makes Us Happy? (2009)

Meaning of "goad" in English

  • a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
  • a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
  • goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
  • stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  • urge with or as if with a goad
  • give heart or courage to

Meaning of "goad" in Hindi

  • अंकुश ( Ankush)
  • आंकुस ( Aankus)
  • कोजक ( Kojak, kozak)
  • आर ( Aar)
  • प्रेरक ( Prerak)
  • जो प्रेरित करती है ( Jo prerit karati hai, jo prerit karatee hai, zo prerit karati hai)
  • गोदना ( Godana, godanaa)
  • अंकुस मारना ( Ankus marana, ankus maaranaa)
  • उकसाना ( Ukasana, ukasanaa)

Synonyms of "goad"

  • spurring
  • urging
  • needle
  • prod
  • prick
  • spur
  • prodding
  • goading

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