"This is what I am thinking of; and that is what I might have been thinking of," was the bitter incessant murmur within him, making every difficulty a double goad to impatience.
Runners aim to feel the breath of the bulls on their backs, and some even goad the animals by swatting them with rolled up newspapers--all while trying to avoid being gored or trampled.
"It's a goad scientific puzzle, how they conserve energy when walking.
" Sick of her importunities, these words will goad me to fury.