chivvy
Example Sentences
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The party's opponents think Nicola Sturgeon leaving will chivvy that along.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Indeed, it can be sedentary, as the characters chivvy us to the edge of our seats without getting up from theirs.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2018
I don’t have to cook, or chivvy, or entertain; I don’t have to do anything.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2018
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
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
