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

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

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

And Alton does feel remarkably like an earthbound version of E.T., right down to the way he huddles under a blanket as his human protectors chivvy him from place to place.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 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