poke
verb (used with object)
to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, such as a finger, elbow, stick, etc..
had been poking
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past perfect progressiveof poke.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Macgillivray, who has published eight novels, said she had been poking around Amazon’s bookstore and was more perplexed than ever by the pricing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2018
“They probably couldn’t find a vein and had been poking him for two and a half hours,” Mr. Harcourt wrote on Twitter.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
He had been poking around at Columbiana Mall in the state capital.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2015
I had been poking around the Market America website when a phone number popped up telling me my consultant was someone named Jing Gibby.
From BusinessWeek ● Jun. 23, 2011
They tasted of dirt and where he had been poking at his boil.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
