poke
verb (used with object)
to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, such as a finger, elbow, stick, etc..
is poking
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present progressiveof poke (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But instead of navigating society balls and dowries, Pickett's modern Emma is poking her nose into her friends' online dating profiles, having returned home after failing her exams at Oxford University.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
As a choreographer, Lidberg is poking at the way desire is entangled with parts of the psyche formed in childhood.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
“Not very comfortable to sit when a needle is poking you,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The animal is poking her head through an aperture in her enclosure, nosing a thin computer monitor that’s displaying a livestock version of the “which one doesn’t belong?” game.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
But what’s inside is poking out, just a little.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
