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
• Make a wrong move, and the app will nudge you to take it back and try again.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Dan James crossed to the far post where Raphinha slid ahead of Shaw to nudge the ball over the line.
  — Rob Harris, ajc, 20 Feb. 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
• If her own instincts fail, a staffer is quick to nudge her back on course.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• 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
• At any time, someone might pick up, and Nathaniel would have seconds to nudge him or her to the polls.
  — Mila Koumpilova, USA Today, 1 July 2021
• Moments later, Murray bounced in a paint jumper to nudge the Spurs’ edge to three.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Nov. 2021
• 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
• But just keep nudging him to take on a little bit more vocal of a role.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
• The incident happened shortly before 7 a.m. In the video, a deputy with a shovel and a man with a pool cleaning pole nudge the croc toward the back entrance of the fence and into a nearby canal.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
• Today’s Democrats are arguing over which direction to take to nudge the swing states back into their column: A bold leftward leap or a moderate move.
  — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025