poke

She uses her boot to stomp a stray nail that pokes out from the wooden rectangular boards.

Now graceful whorls of green leaves poked through the damp soil, and the stalks had begun to rise, with only a tender green swelling where the flower buds would very soon be.

Lady Constance poked at the tulip bulbs with her parasol’s sharp tip.

Alexander idly poked his sister with the sextant, and Cassiopeia clutched her abacus in a way that suggested it might soon be hurled across the room.

Only the hank of sleep-mussed hair poking through the blankets revealed his presence.