poke
Example Sentences
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The cookie pokes against my throat the whole way down.
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She knew how to poke fun at pious men in frilly dickeys, and rhapsodize on the pleasures found in everyday life.
She stops scrubbing and pokes her head out of the bathroom.
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He followed Doc and put the bottoms of his feet together with his knees poking out.
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Churro poked his head out of her hoodie and barked, and Natalie looked up in surprise.
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