1. She prodded me sharply in the ribs.

2. I'm sick of being poked and prodded by doctors.

3. Later Bradlaugh himself was prodded with a truncheon.

4. She prodded the force field that kept the cold out.

5. 20 The woman prodded her neighbour and whispered urgently in his ear.

6. The surgeon prodded the shivery flesh, searching for the tumour that must be removed.

7. She prodded, quizzed, needled, and unsettled me for about an hour until finally she stopped, satisfied.

8. A minute later, they were being prodded into a truck like animals to be taken to a detention camp.

9. I prodded a pretty young marshmallow cretin girl with my crop and made her sprawl on the ground.

10. 5 St Peter had opened the pearly gates and St John Ogilvie had prodded home the penalty.

11. 13 I prodded a pretty young marshmallow cretin girl with my crop and made her sprawl on the ground.

12. A veterinarian examined Mary after the hanging and determined that she had a severely infected tooth in the precise spot where Red Eldridge had prodded her.

13. One, recounted by W.H. Coleman, who claimed to be a witness, is that he prodded her behind the ear with a hook after she reached down to nibble on a watermelon rind.

14. 6 After years of waiting fruitlessly for the housing market to cool, Zhu and Jia decided to get married this year, prodded by their friends and parents and conscious of passing time.