egged on
Example Sentences
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As a first-year computer science student in Hanoi, Hoang Le started trading crypto from his university dorm room, egged on by his gamer friends who were making a killing.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
The newspapers were egged on by the American Maj.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
On this sunny day, however, the goats are streaming down the hill to a new grazing area, egged on by the indefatigable herding dog Bernie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was egged on several occasions.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2023
He held his stick in the air and egged on the crowd again.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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