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He turned over, still asleep, to avoid it, and the nudging stopped.
The nudging is most often done in terms of objects that, though as a rule quite small, speak directly to us.
After months of increasingly annoyed nudging, her husband made an appointment.
I heard a small puppy-moan that must mean sleep, maybe the nudging of a dream.
The impact had been slight, no more than a nudging of the jeep's bumper.
There was a long silence, broken only by the perpetual nudging of the wind, which seemed to be getting stronger all the time.
"We worked through gentle nudging, rather than using a mallet and crushing their dignity."
Their nudging has grown more confident, almost violent, like a boxer's jab.
I added my own bits of subtle nudging, of course."
There was a moment of absolute stillness, followed by whispered commands and parental nudging.
With her constant nudging, you'll never overmix or beat chilled egg whites again.
"Boutros-Ghali has made some forays into this issue before, but his nudging doesn't have a big impact on what's done.
Parental nudging is the least of it.
The gentle nudging of Trent Lott to just go.
End caption: The doggies' nudging has become an advantage.
His mouth relaxed over hers, and she allowed her lips to part at his gentle nudging.
Despite his generalized nudging, Mr. Clinton himself has not given the panel any clear direction.
Its apparent nudging of banks and insurance companies to prop up the market reflects a much stronger influence in such matters than Washington commands.
But the subtle nudging of the Federal Reserve continued as Administration officials said they saw no need to raise interest rates now.
Their words and, in his ribs, the sharp nudging of elbows, broke through his unawareness.
Their belief was contagious; it didn't even require the mental nudging of the dyheli, which had been his private, emergency plan.
There was very delicate work ahead, a nudging at the workings of fate and chance to ensure that events fell as they willed.
Every morning at our hotel's pleasant but standard buffet breakfast, she would feast, and no gentle nudging would stop her.
Her enthusiastic nudging has paid off.
Careful genetic and cultural nudging produced a population each of whom had an equal but large slice of a very huge pie.