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

I could tell by the way the drawstring was pulled that the Amoses had been poking through this too.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis