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
• Schenker would nudge him on which parts to step it up and cut loose more on the bass.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 11 June 2022
• 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
• Nooyi soon nudged her to take her career to the next level.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 May 2024
• Changing the venue to a more private place might at least nudge you out of your rut.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
• 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
• When that didn't work, a nearby customer used their cart to nudge it out the door, Palmer said.
  — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2022
• In a bright spot, sales in Latin America nudged up just 0.3%.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 31 July 2024
• 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
• Wander too far off of the playable path and a gentle breeze will nudge you backwards.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• That nudged down the annual increase from 5.3% to 5.1%, a more than two-year low.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
• This will, in turn, prompt your daughter to nudge him to say something nice at the next meal — for her sake, at least.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• The bandmembers then nudged the fan back toward the stage exit.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 July 2024
• For the last decade or so, Amelia Mathison’s friends have been nudging her.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• Even Lux, whose move to second base nudged Betts to shortstop, still can bounce throws from there.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• 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
• This election is so, so close that anything that can nudge a voter to show up counts for something.
  — Brady Dale, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
• Services inflation also nudged higher to 4% in October, from 3.8% in the previous month.
  — Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024