poke

Example Sentences

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The former Oracle employee’s comedy—which can poke fun at his previous career in sales, er, the “revenue side of strategic pipeline development”—has struck a chord and is earning him millions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Aedes aegypti zero in on humans and tend to poke multiples times before taking blood.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Brushes - some stuck fast - poke out of paint pots piled across the floorboards, table and chairs.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

"You can poke big holes in them, and we showed that even if you severely damage the tubes with as many holes as you can punch, they still float."

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

She saw the Giant straighten up again and she saw him poke the trumpet in through the open upstairs window of the room where the Goochey children were sleeping.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl