pokey

Example Sentences

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One person’s methodical structuring is what another might deem pokey or too much effort for a piece of entertainment.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024

Family and adult-only fun include roller disco night and open skate hours with the hokey pokey, limbo and partner skate events.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

It opens with an unfunny protracted bit in which Barry, who’s late for work, orders a sandwich from a pokey server.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

While Proud Boys yelled and shoved outside the entrance, the children inside Loyalty Bookstores laughed, did the hokey pokey and danced as drag queen Charlemagne Chateau, dressed as a princess, read stories, they said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

When the hokey pokey is done, I slip out to the back patio to see if Ray is around and if he got anything off Mom’s run-over phone.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko