| I find a large spoon helps here, and then you can gently nudge the latke off the spoon into the oil. |
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| If bricks run slightly ahead of the pattern, use a rubber mallet to nudge them into place. |
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| He doesn't nudge and wink his way through, tee-heeing at the conventions of the genre. |
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| The familiar buzz that had rang for the 8 years that she had been at the military academy to nudge her awake did so. |
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| So, you know, nudge nudge, maybe those scratched glasses also have a big crack in the plastic frame? |
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| He managed to nudge his partner, and together they rose, muttering in tones of voice too low and quiet for her to hear. |
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| Douglas Wootton dramatises this bawdily rollicking ditty to perfection, down to the last nudge and wink. |
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| Either way, it is clear he was a writer who preferred hint and understatement, a wink instead of a nudge. |
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| Today monkeypox is not spreading fast, but the slow decline of immunization to smallpox may nudge monkeypox up into the breakout zone. |
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| I was saddened to find sloppiness in the steering, so that at low speeds one has to nudge the wheel rather than turn it. |
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| The cue ball bounced off three cushions and rolled back up the table to nudge the red into the pocket. |
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| The nukes will spur Japanese deployment of ABMs and may nudge Japan toward deploying offensive forces. |
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| We'll start sending out email alerts in a few weeks so subscribe if you'd like a little nudge from us every day or so. |
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| Unlike some other clamshells, the keypad is quite ergonomic and there is a nice tactile feel when you nudge the buttons. |
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| But for anyone taller than a metre, what makes it bearable are the wink-wink, nudge nudge grown-up jokes. |
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| Airen had been lost in deep concentration and contemplation when she felt something nudge her shoulder. |
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| They used the thrusters, over several months, to nudge the satellite into a geosynchronous Earth orbit. |
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| A slight nudge of the boat sent the wooden piles scringing in a long, creaking protest. |
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| The motives revealed throughout the novel are more than plot devices and nudge the book over towards the literary end of genre fiction. |
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| It's best to gently, repeatedly nudge some notions into people's minds, while taking care not to overwhelm or accuse. |
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| It's normally pretty hard to nudge someone when they aren't within arm's reach. |
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| A gentle nudge on the ambidextrous blade stud, and the knife's special design quickly opens the blade. |
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| With that, Kate took to her heels and ran, making sure to nudge Sam a little off-balance before she went. |
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| Captain Bannister told us we would feel a nudge as he engaged the reheats and we also felt something when we looked at the lunch menu. |
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| He turned and grinned at Michaela, promptly receiving a nudge in his shoulder from the ignored Snow. |
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| People stand on your toes, nudge towards the front and just cramp your style underneath the arches. |
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| My thought process was interrupted by a light nudge from Jase as we headed toward the car. |
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| Conlon rose highest at the far post to knock the ball back across the face of the Boro goal to give Duffield a simple nudge home with his head. |
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| Fortunately, no digits got slammed, but I quickly learned that it's necessary to give the slide stop a nudge to make sure it was engaged fully. |
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| If poverty leads to lead exposure, and lead abets crime and poor health, then lead can be said to nudge indigent people toward crimes. |
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| Popov's career was given the nudge it needed when, at the age of 17, he met ace coach Touretsky in St Petersbourg. |
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| The company has been hovering around profitability for a couple of quarters, and the cuts should give it an extra nudge toward the black. |
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| Posting one of the fastest times, she was unlucky to nudge a pole at the penultimate fence to finish eighth overall. |
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| Perhaps Tracy's achievements will give me the nudge that I need to get off my duff and get this thing done? |
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| Think of the effort you would put into pushing a SUV, and compare that to the gentle nudge a toy car needs to get moving. |
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| A slight nudge or unintentional push might well be a prelude to an exchange of oral abuse or fist fights. |
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| His thumbs up, as far as the book trade was concerned, was like a nudge in the local about a dead cert in the 2.30 at Newmarket. |
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| Close your hands over the newly formed hair roll and gently nudge the hair to the right in a rolling motion. |
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| Satana the grass snake managed to nudge the top off her cage and slithered through a hole in the kitchen into a cavity wall. |
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| He was pressing his lips against hers harder and she felt him gently nudge his tongue against her lips. |
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| When her foot collided with something hard, she gave it a light nudge, and then quickly flicked her eyes up to Josh to see if he'd noticed anything. |
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| Ward got another nudge which Barton blocked and the ball pinged up from their clash and smacked the unfortunate Mills in the face before finally looping into the net. |
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| A quick nudge of the cue and the 4 ball was in, center pocket. |
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| He missed a fine cut on a red into the yellow pocket, but the cue ball bounced off three cushions and rolled back up the table to nudge the red into the pocket. |
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| Shopping centres that nudge the sky-scraping hotels nearly into the sea are neatly divided into designer-label chic and markets full of tourist tat. |
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| Most of the changes applied by the nudge unit are tiny: a text message, rewording a letter, a personalised email. |
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| The administration's attempt to use personal relationships, loans and rhetorical rah-rah to nudge the country toward domestic reform simply has not worked. |
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| At that point, an orange stick should be all it takes to gently nudge it away. |
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| We might have a 24-hour sensation, something to nudge the bellyaching reflections of some disenchanted superstar off the back pages. |
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| If manufacturers do not make the change unprompted, then a nudge from the regulators might be expected. |
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| Australia may even be readying its elbows to nudge a few people off balance. |
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| With the patient looking straight ahead, place you index finger on the patient's lower lid margin and gently nudge the edge of the lens upward. |
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| With a little nudge, the regime was supposed to topple just like the communist governments in Warsaw, Bucharest, and East Berlin. |
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| Unfortunately, that same wink and nudge have extended to how banks are regulated. |
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| We are trying to nudge the government along to act a little faster and maybe to make a few decisions that will benefit the country. |
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| So, I guess the judges need a little nudging from minimum penalties to nudge them toward a little more severity in their sentencing. |
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| Lend a helping hand to those who need a gentle nudge to become regularly active. |
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| How can we support, enable this person or that to get up and stand on their own, giving just the little nudge necessary and nothing more. |
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| Barley, oat and spring wheat production are expected to be down somewhat from last year, while durum production is expected to nudge upwards. |
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| Understanding human nature, with a laugh and a wink, he was able to nudge his fellow citizens toward greatness. |
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| Our assessments should nudge us, as teachers, to look at all our children and their work, and to look at ourselves and our work. |
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| However, it's cleverly located there so you can nudge the lever in order to use the manual mode without taking your right hand off the wheel. |
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| In Manual Mode, you get manual-style control and exceptionally quick shifts with a nudge of the shift lever or a pull of the paddle shifters. |
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| He gave her arm a nudge, causing another flood of color to her cheeks. |
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| If there was time we manoeuvred to the outer edge as instructed, knowing that the slightest misjudgement by the driver might easily nudge us over the side. |
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| Pettitte's departure is one more nudge into the long winter that's been coming for these Yankees for so long, the balloon payment for all the good times. |
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| The canteen was getting more and more cramped by the second and I found myself having to bump and nudge my way through the mass of students crowded in front of the exit. |
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| Marjoline squeaked, trying to brush past her, but Jacquiline barred the way with her arm and put Marjoline back in her place with only a slight nudge. |
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| As I mentioned above, I got started writing Alive in necropolis because my agent gave me a nudge in that direction. |
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| It was another of the nudge, nudge, wink, wink jokes that summed up the entire enterprise. |
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| Soon after, the Navy sought to nudge him out but decided there was not enough clear evidence to warrant it. |
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| They just needed the nudge of higher standards to get their bosses on board. |
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| Cultural conservatives will put up with a certain amount of pandering to more modern mores with a nudge and a wink. |
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| Slight gains on Wall Street, and a smattering of bargain hunters, saw the index nudge ahead 9.2 points to 3490.0 by the close of another nervy day. |
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| Josie made sure to nudge me hard when she caught me looking at Jonny. |
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| He revealed Russia's economic growth this year would nudge six per cent. |
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| But I'm sure she will, when I need that nudge in the right direction! |
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| I pinched Elle's arm as discreetly as could, and got a nudge back. |
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| After that, it only took a simple nudge from Grand to reach victory! |
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| Onam smiled warmly and gave White's shoulder a friendly nudge. |
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| He felt a gentle nudge against his shoulder, and he stood up. |
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| But there is always the nudge nudge wink wink reassurance that when the chips were down these guys simply did not have the necessary backbone to realise their potential. |
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| If any of you are particularly astute, you may notice that the end of this chapter was not originally the end, nudge nudge, wink wink. But I have to keep this family friendly. |
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| It may sound like one of those late night SBS Swedish movies, nudge nudge wink wink, but alas, of all the films bearing this name, this is the bottom of the barrel. |
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| In Holland, talented new generations emerge to nudge out the old guard. |
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| Since then, political strategists have been interested in tools that can help them identify people who are already on their side but are not habitual voters — and discover what exactly can nudge them to the polls. |
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| Moreover, some believed that failure might lead to increased deterioration in East-West relations and could easily nudge the situation even closer to a final Armageddon. |
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| The often-irascible Mr. Young then tries to make unkind remarks about Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader and former speaker, while Ms. Hirono gives him a playful nudge. |
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| What does your country plan to do to nudge the CPLP forward, with an aim to strengthening economic ties and political dialogue between member countries? |
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| To counter this potential effect, MFIs could nudge their members towards sustainable farming practices by providing insurance for crops that are less susceptible to weather conditions like rainfall. |
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| While admirable in its underlying philosophy, this could lead to trouble for Swiss firms as demographics nudge an increasing number of workers out of the workplace. |
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| I should mention that I just flew in from London about three o'clock this afternoon, so if I fall asleep partway through my presentation, you might want to nudge me and wake me up. |
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| Do we not try to nudge or move to the ideal of spending more time with our children instead of just living with it, going with the flow and suppressing the guilt, as he put it? |
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| Your obligation to act honestly did not vanish with a nudge and a wink. |
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| The purpose of the tax is to nudge both businesses and consumers towards greener energy consumption to help France meet its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. |
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| Macroeconomists now advise central banks on monetary policy, and behavioral economists tell political parties and governments how to nudge citizens to do what politicians and economists deem to be right. |
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| A courting male may lick a female's tail, rest his head and neck on her body or nudge her with his horns. |
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| Since the machine was showing two lemons and a cherry, I decided to try a nudge. |
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| He tosses two twenties on the table and with a gentle nudge turns me away from Steve, who sits there, impotent, staring gape-mouthed at the cash. |
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| However, if there is a wide differential between national productivity and sectoral productivity, the latter must be used to nudge the wage claim upwards or downwards. |
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| Even when I gave her a jog with my elbow, she kept staring at her French book. Even when I gave her a nudge with my knee, she kept ignoring me. |
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| This apparent lapse helped nudge the Committee toward the conclusion that there may have been a problem in CSIS internal document control procedures generally. |
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| But no one should mistake a marginal nudge with a substantial achievement. |
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| In other cases, several policy levers may need to be coordinated to nudge markets to respond and to ensure that households receive what they need. |
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| Simon noticed a groundling look intently at Walsingham's purse and nudge his mate. |
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| As a codependent nudge with no personal boundaries, her character Pookie Adams is a motherless coed eager to imprint on an object. |
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| But this was seized upon after the hearing by the activists and their legal team as a deliberate nudge that the judge had been kept in the dark about Kennedy's undercover work. |
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| The main focus of this resolution is to nudge the international community forward, to ensure that Burma is put on the UN Security Council agenda as soon as possible. |
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| When the chocolate is half melted, turn the heat off and nudge the solid parts into the melted parts, letting it continue to melt in the residual heat. |
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| RainCheck, the only Australian app on the list, lets you save items to a wish list then gives you a nudge when you enter a store where you can find the item. |
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| The syntheticism does much to nudge Pederson's project from wispiness to a more trenchant expression of uncertainty, with a surprising degree of staying power. |
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| You're good at this, Taurus, you can nudge like no other nudger nudges. |
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| These upstart standards are usually gratifyingly high, often helping to nudge visiting artists sideways into an unfamiliar aspect of their own repertoire. |
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