poke

Example Sentences

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Aedes aegypti zero in on humans and tend to poke multiples times before taking blood.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Brushes - some stuck fast - poke out of paint pots piled across the floorboards, table and chairs.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

"You can poke big holes in them, and we showed that even if you severely damage the tubes with as many holes as you can punch, they still float."

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Leipzig were strong early and broke through after 20 minutes when Romulo snuck past Bayern's Tah to poke in an Antonio Nusa pass from close range.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

How could I tell him about the apple tree, about what I had thought that morning while I picked the flowers and the poke greens?

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien