poke
Example Sentences
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When Glasner bid farewell to Selhurst Park on Sunday following the final Premier League game of the season, the Austrian made sure he had time to poke fun at his past disagreements with Parish.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
“You always hear, ‘Don’t poke the bear, don’t instigate them,’ but that’s not how you deal with a bully,” Soto-Martínez replied.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
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 • Mar. 27, 2026
Aedes aegypti zero in on humans and tend to poke multiples times before taking blood.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
It was the man who answered, standing to poke at the branches in the fire.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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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