How to Use cattle prod in a Sentence

cattle prod

noun
  • Each step felt as if a red-hot cattle prod was being driven into my legs and lower back.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
  • They were armed with flags, steel pipes, table legs, chemical weapons, guns — even a cattle prod.
    — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 28 July 2021
  • Smith says the couple allegedly used a cattle prod to shock the boys on their genitals.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Military personnel forced him to stand in a patio of water and shocked him with a cattle prod.
    — Lola Méndez, refinery29.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The inmates are clean and their interrogations polite, nary a cattle prod in sight.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • 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
  • By episode's end, the cattle prod-wielding aunt discovers Janine awake, but wheelchair-bound.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • An Ohio man accused of using an electric cattle prod on his kids as punishment has pleaded guilty, court records show.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • At the time, some researchers favored using cattle prods and electric shock to discourage unwanted behavior.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2019
  • 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 Schmidt's 1961 crossing, a cattle prod was used in the initiation to torment pollywogs.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The cattle prod released up to 4,000 volts of electricity, according to an article by the online publication Ranker.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Many Brandy Melville employees also apparently showed up to late-night parties thrown by Woeltz and Duplessie, which isn’t a crime, but the allegation that one of them shocked Carturan with a cattle prod likely is.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Law enforcement officials said Bates injured his leg and was unable to work, so he was allegedly tied up, kicked, beaten, starved and shocked with an electric cattle prod until his death, according to a 1986 Houston Chronicle article.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2022

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