How to Use nudge in a Sentence

nudge

verb

• The dog nudged the ball with his nose.
• He nudged me and pointed to the deer.
• I nudged the plate closer to him.
• The price of gold has nudged a little higher.
• The guard nudged the prisoner forward.
• The salesman nudged her into testing out the car.
• Album sales are nudging the one million mark.
• If it was nudged, the whole shot would have to be done again.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Light south winds nudge highs into the mid-50s to near 60.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• Once, in the 1930s, as part of an Iowa State Fair stunt, folks nudged a Guernsey cow onto the plane.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
• The San Diego group pulled even with Las Vegas last fall, then nudged ahead over the winter.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2023
• For her, the option to work part of her job remotely nudged her to return to the world of work.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
• At 300 miles per hour, Captain Pardo nudged his plane’s glass windshield against the tip of the pole.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• For the last decade or so, Amelia Mathison’s friends have been nudging her.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• The approach taken in the USA has been to try to nudge their motives, to align them with that interest.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• Richie even chimed in a time or two, nudging Lawson to stay on tempo or pitch.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 20 Mar. 2023
• When a woman next to him in the jury box starts snoring, Gladden nudges her.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
• The killer whales are also seen nudging the boat's rudders.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 23 June 2023
• The two men may not know it, but they were made to nudge and harass each other out of their isolation.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 June 2023
• With its winking jokes and nudging asides, the film insists on its self-awareness.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
• Richler would read his work, fix a word or a sentence, or nudge him to explore a moment more deeply.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• Step 2: Open the Oyster Once the oyster knife is wedged into the hinge, gently nudge and twist until the oyster pops open.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
• But many say the door remains open for the Fed to possibly nudge rates higher later this year, maybe even two more times.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
• Slide the tortilla onto a plate, using the spatula to nudge it along if needed.
  — Katie Button, Bon Appétit, 12 Sep. 2023
• Compared to prices from the year before, US home prices nudged higher in December, but the pace of that growth slowed from prior months.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
• Run a butter knife around the inside edge of the skillet, and gently nudge the layer underneath to loosen.
  — Ronni Lundy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
• If Biden succeeds, his critics will say that their alarms nudged him to victory.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Her parents nudged her to follow in her cousin’s footsteps instead.
  — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
• It’s listed not once, but three times, nudging guests to order it from breakfast-time to late-night snacking.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
• But it’s nudged out by a different image: the Census Cowboy.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024