poke
Example Sentences
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Aedes aegypti zero in on humans and tend to poke multiples times before taking blood.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Brushes - some stuck fast - poke out of paint pots piled across the floorboards, table and chairs.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
"You can poke big holes in them, and we showed that even if you severely damage the tubes with as many holes as you can punch, they still float."
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
She knew how to poke fun at pious men in frilly dickeys, and rhapsodize on the pleasures found in everyday life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Every few steps she would poke Rowdy in his rump with the broom and he seemed to be liking it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing poke
Because of Winn-Dixie
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"On the Menu" and "Find the Adaptations"
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