pokey

Example Sentences

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But let’s get real: This giant adult toy is going to be constructed one way or another, whether at reasonable speed or in pokey chug-chug fashion.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2023

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

“Inventing Anna” is a long, pokey road trip with no G.P.S.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

Isabella and I find a spot on the pokey grass, and just as I’m rearranging my beret for the millionth time, I see Julia.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée