pokey

Example Sentences

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They were bright green with pokey stinger-looking things on their butts, and they were as long as my index finger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

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

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

She was all by herself, a skinny girl with a sour look on her face and pokey elbows to match.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez