chivvy
Example Sentences
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Officials say the state visit created an impetus for both sides in recent months to chivvy commercial deals along so both sides had wins they could announce to their domestic audiences during the visit.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Mr Graves, who recently became chairman of a House subcommittee that oversees the Corps of Engineers, will also chivvy it relentlessly.
From Economist ● Aug. 24, 2017
Boys holding sticks chivvy their water buffaloes onward.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2017
Hull provided a pleasant surprise at the start of the season when, with a team that gave ‘hodge-podge’ a bad name, managed to beat the defending champions and chivvy out a few respectable results.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2016
By eight o’clock, Madam Pince had extinguished all the lamps and came to chivvy Harry out of the library.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
