chivy
Example Sentences
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To chivy itself into this ideal situation, the S.T.L. moon orbiter will have two engines�one firing forward and the other backward.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile Nazis continued locally to close down religious schools and chivy the clergy.
From Time Magazine Archive
His aim: to chivy West Germany and Japan into expanding their domestic economies, while counting on the U.S. currency's drop in value to start reversing the ugly trade figures.
From Time Magazine Archive
He continued to chivy the sausage, his face deep in his book, as the front door let out a loud wha-pop!
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
They are not in a hurry, nor "chivy" over their work either; the tides rise and fall slowly, and they work in correspondence.
From The Open Air by Jefferies, Richard
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
