poke

Example Sentences

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Earlier this month, Punch's situation began looking up when zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo, posted that he was gradually integrating with a troop of monkeys -- "playfully poking others and getting scolded".

From Barron's

Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a good thing that he’d destroyed the evidence so quickly, because a few moments later his mom poked her head in his door.

From Literature

Matthews, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain, doubled the advantage 3:25 into the second period, poking the rebound of a Quinn Hughes’ shot by Franzreb for his second power-play goal of the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times

It was basically a mock recruitment song for the CIA, poking fun at the damage the CIA has done around the world.

From Los Angeles Times