poke

Example Sentences

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Maggie didn’t think she had ever visited it before, but it poked at her heart, as if it were a place she had once called home.

From Literature

Spring pokes its head out and then disappears again, and I spend hours wondering how I got here.

From Literature

Clare turned to find an especially tiny nose poking out from the trash heap.

From Literature

Played at centre-back and poked in what he thought was a late winner before giving away a penalty for Uruguay's equaliser.

From BBC

The former Oracle employee’s comedy—which can poke fun at his previous career in sales, er, the “revenue side of strategic pipeline development”—has struck a chord and is earning him millions.

From The Wall Street Journal