poke along
Example Sentences
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Let’s try one question: Is it right for bicyclists to cut to the head of a line of cars at a stoplight, then poke along, impeding traffic?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2019
They poke along in unpressurized DC-45 at 8,000 ft., doing 220 to 240 m.p.h. v.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the light turns green, they’ll poke along at a snail’s pace, holding up traffic while motorists wait for a chance to pass.
From Washington Post
In Nevada, where the roads are mostly flat, straight and empty, drivers never did like to poke along.
From Time Magazine Archive
You had to poke along with your cylinders spitting, and just whistle and yell—sort of blow them off into the snow-drifts.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
