Example Sentences

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Poked the middle finger of his other hand through the circle.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

"Every scuttle should be shut;" And with a malignant snort Poked his head out through the port.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various

Poked up here, carrying plates and cups, and cleaning knives, wouldn't help him to that longed-for place, Tode said, and drummed crossly on the window pane.

From Three People by Pansy

Poked my head in at the writin' room—same.

From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Ferber, Edna