How to Use cattle prod in a Sentence

cattle prod

noun
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  • Hawkins shocked the boyfriend on his abdomen with an electric cattle prod, hit him in the head with the gun and kicked him in the face twice, the girlfriend told police.
    — Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Smith says the couple allegedly used a cattle prod to shock the boys on their genitals.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • They were armed with flags, steel pipes, table legs, chemical weapons, guns — even a cattle prod.
    — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 28 July 2021
  • Behind the scenes, a trainer is waving his electric cattle prod or leather whip to make clear what will happen if the animals fail to obey.
    — Frans De Waal, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2019
  • And although the red button within the flip-open gear shifter is present, there isn't an ejector seat on the passenger side, not even an under-seat cattle prod.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The inmates are clean and their interrogations polite, nary a cattle prod in sight.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • Another drawback is the scary elements: fearful wolves and an awful villain with a whip and a cattle prod.
    — Mark Kennedy, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2019
  • The people are sad and muddy, their faces bloated and mottled, wearing what look like gardening outfits while Aunts and Guardians on horseback stick them with cattle prods.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Or maybe your sciatica will make your leg feel like someone’s poking it with a cattle prod, delivering electric jolts each time.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Aug. 2018
  • The workers got her back on her feet, tying a rope to each of her hind legs and leashing her head, pushing and pulling, making judicious use of a cattle prod to maneuver her toward the metal container.
    — Jason Florio, Smithsonian, 22 May 2018
  • Many times, the tactics, including near-suffocation by plastic bags, shocks by cattle prods and beatings by flashlights, were used to elicit false confessions.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2020
  • At the time, some researchers favored using cattle prods and electric shock to discourage unwanted behavior.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The young person/cattle prod who got Jackson moving toward new music — even writing new songs — was Wanda’s granddaughter and new manager, Jordan Simpson.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The department issued nine denials, according to Mr. Ross’s response, including applications for cattle prods, pepper spray and voice-print software to Chinese security agencies and other firms.
    — Natasha Khan, WSJ, 26 July 2018
  • There are certainly occasions when complex verbiage is called for, but in general, writers are encouraged — through gentle, collegial encouragement, and the occasional cattle prod — to make their points clearly and simply.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020

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