goad

[US]/ɡəʊd/
[UK]/ɡoʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. kij z ostrym końcem używany do napędzania bydła; stymulacja; motywacja
vt. stymulować; motywować; przepędzać za pomocą ostrego kija; podżegać
Word Forms
Past Participlegoaded
Third Person Singulargoads
Past Tensegoaded
Present Participlegoading
Pluralgoads

Example Sentences

to goad someone to do something

skłonić kogoś do zrobienia czegoś

They goaded him on to break the window.

Prowokowali go, żeby rozbił okno.

she was goaded beyond control.

Została sprowokowana do utraty panowania.

for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort.

Dla niego wizyta była impulsem do podjęcia nowych wysiłków.

The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd.

Boksiery byli prowokowani przez wrzeszczący tłum.

he goaded her on to more daring revelations.

podsycał ją do jeszcze odważniejszych objawień.

They goaded him into entering the pitch dark basement by saying he was a coward.

Podżegali go do wejścia do ciemnej jak smoła piwnicy, mówiąc, że jest tchórzem.

The play is bound to fail; the plot excites little interest or curiosity. Tostimulate is to excite to activity or to renewed vigor of action as if by spurring or goading:

Sztuka jest skazana na porażkę; fabuła nie wzbudza większego zainteresowania ani ciekawości. Pobudzać oznacza wzbudzać do działania lub do odnowionego zapału do działania, jakby poprzez popęd lub prowokację:

Real-world Examples

" YOU-KNOW-WHO, then! " Harry shouted, goaded past endurance.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Are you trying to goad me, Lachlan?

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

The warm taste of it in his mouth goaded him to greater fierceness.

Source: The Call of the Wild

I goaded you guys into a fight to prove a point.

Source: Modern Family - Season 04

You can goad me all you like, Lynette. I did not come here to fight.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

And maybe it goads you on to do better. But it is very painful I know.

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Oh, that fear of his self-abandonment—far worse than my abandonment—how it goaded me!

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

And she knew she was being goaded into this anger deliberately.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

They did a goad job but they hurt him too much.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part 1)

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