Sentences with phrase «little prod»

But unlike the foot warmers for street signs and cuffs for statues popping up around Saarbrücken, Germany, for example, Herrera's «Projet Nid de Poule» (Pothole Project)-- while still more playful and humorous than practical — also serves as a little prod to local officials that the city needs a bit of sprucing up.

Robert strove to be the type of teacher that «gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.»

Just a little prod of encouragement and a necessary re-shuffle of formation and

It's hard to convince others to «go green» a little prodding doesn't hurt, right?

to help me unload the dishwasher, he helps set the table, and he cleans up his toys with little prodding on my part.

So it may take a little prodding from you and some friends visiting before playing an outdoor game occurs to them.

After losing the GOP's top contender, Harry Wilson, Cox specifically mentioned Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who went on not 24 hours later to announce he's no longer considering a run; Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco; and — with a little prodding — Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.

After spending some time thinking about how I could help those around me, and a little prodding from my brother Steven, I realized that I could make a difference where it matters most, my hometown.

They come apart easily with a little prodding.

It wasn't the best night of sleep ever, but it certainly wasn't the worst, and I was up with only a little prodding from my alarm at 5 am and did all the normal things — earl grey, english muffin with sun butter and honey, and two caff jelly beans.

My client (with a little prodding) decided to do the talk anyway and it was a big success for her career... the same could be true for you.

Yet, he doesn't hesitate committing vandalism with a chainsaw with little prodding.

With a little prodding, Ames can don the same get - up and return Frankenstein to the Death Race circuit.

It's as good a place as any for them to bury the hatchet — with a little prodding from Jack (Freddie Highmore), an MI5 plant masquerading as a driver.

With a little prodding, and after what in a normal classroom would have seemed an eternity, the student blurted out the answer and the whole class broke into applause.

However, each student should receive teacher attention, whether it is somewhat passive or highly interactive — some students require a little prodding during check - ins, while others might over-share.

• I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but just in case anybody needs a little prodding... Library Card Sign - up Month isn't until September, but why not make the plunge in April if you don't already have a card?

They rattle off the demographics and likes and dislikes of their ideal readers in about 30 seconds, sometimes with a little prodding from me.

But trust sometimes needs a little prodding, Lady Kathryn decides, and so she arranges a...

I think that very little prodding to do what they have done continuously almost for four or five years and....»

Dogs are also great at getting what they want, whether it requires begging, a little prodding, or even bringing their toys to you and putting them in your lap until you agree to some playtime.

While both players would probably need little prodding to test their strength against each other, this exhibition match actually came about when GO1 called out SonicFox after his tournament win, grabbing a mike and simply saying «SonicFox, you're next».

She filed a venomous, ill - thought - out charge against TREB (ORE in general) in support of Realtysellers» et al highjacking attempts, but, with a little prodding from interested outsiders, her bosses realized the scope of her misguided Realtor - hating vengeance, and lowered the boom, in order to save themselves from the fallout that her undemocratic / biased officially mandated actions / behaviour had given rise to.

Not exact matches

The Times also reported that Uber has «experimented with video game techniques, graphics and non-cash rewards of little value that can prod drivers into working longer and harder — and sometimes at hours and locations that are less lucrative for them.»

You can't always choose everyone you work with, and that means a little strategic prodding may be necessary

-LSB-...] I remember once telling a pastor he couldn't herd sheep with a cattle prod... something tells me David Hayward gets it, according to his cartoon: get along little doggies -LSB-...]

That little bit of negativity in all of us was prodded, but eventually subdued.

Depending on the quality of the remote, the buttons could come off, or the battery compartment (and then the batteries) could come out with a little poking and prodding.

We arrived in the NICU and they start poking and prodding and shining blue lights on my little girl.

Commonly they are made of mesh, and after your little one poking and prodding at it enough, holes can form and your little one can ultimately get trapped and tangled within it.

Children are naturally curious and their little fingers are quick to poke and prod at things in their reach, and electrical outlets are almost always within an infant and toddler's sight.

Outlet covers are intended to keep little fingers from prodding into the outlet and getting electrocuted or burned.

Don't expect little princes and princesses to rule before they're ready If your preschooler struggles with getting himself dressed, don't waste valuable time each morning prodding him to put on his clothes.

around 7 am, after getting poked, prodded, stuck and generally made to feel like laboratory animal, the nurse tells the gothmommy to push a little, just to see what happens.

The idea is to prod voters to start jabbing away at Albany, to make its invulnerable legislators a little less so.

And Cuomo has benefitted from the help of the Committee to Save New York — a coalition of real estate and business interests that has been compared to a Super PAC on the state level (though the comparisons are little off, considering CSNY registered, after some prodding, as a lobbying organization).

Ever wonder what your doctor is looking for when she pokes and prods during a physical exam, then blinds you with that little flashlight?

In most cases, Mom gets little more than a night of «rest» in the hospital (while being poked and prodded), a pack of Tucks, and a quick pelvic check six weeks later.

Penny Dreadful, Season 3, Episode 2: Dr. Seward prods a little too deeply into Vanessa's past and discovers some information that she might not be ready to learn.

Admittedly, my Maysles experience is severely limited: I've yet to see Salesman, which frequent readers of this site will know is held in high regard by my co-editor; Gim me Shelter made little impression in the moment, and has since been colored by the disapproving insights of several friends and colleagues; and I've only seen snippets of Grey Gardens, though enough that I feel a severe discomfort at what appears to be a prod - on - the - freaks sideshow.

With little more than a few basic pointers, you're prodded in the direction of a hulking robotic construct, pounding its way through an urban wasteland.

Although he mostly shows it with snippy dialogue and rigidly controlled schedules, Daniel Day - Lewis» Reynolds Woodcock is a fussy little dude, something made especially clear in a deleted scene that Anderson recently released to promote the film's upcoming home release, showing the Woodcock siblings descend from prodding at each other into a full - on food fight.

Also, at times, you may have to guide a child or prod them a little to get the correct answer.

For the most part, though, RTTT just prodded states to promise to plan to make reforms, and even things like lifting charter caps do little good when the problems go much deeper.

Terra firma meeting my little Alaskan Air twin - prop prodded me out of nap land.

Either a little lift or prod of the throttle depending on the situation can have the rear of the car moving, and such is the beautiful poise of the V8 Vantage with its engine tucked all the way back up under the dash that it feels like an easy, fluid transition of the load from front to rear.

Even so, the shortage of cornering stick from the five - link, independent rear suspension means you use a gentle prod of the throttle can counter the car's tendency to run wide in high - speed corners, initiating a little oversteer to better balance the car.

They call them mules and, while these mash - ups usually give little outward clue to what's coming up, their swollen and mutated shells are as perversely fascinating as any prod - spec test car hidden under false panelwork.

This takes a little getting used - to and some unsteady prodding while on the move, but once you've lived with it for a week or so it's simple enough to use and responds fairly quickly to inputs.

While some menus offer a little too much choice, it's responsive to prodding and its size means major functions are easy enough to find.