Example Sentences

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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

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

“So yes, it is mostly just falling down, falling in love or farting, but from a wider angle, clown is poking fun at the human condition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2022

While the clip doesn’t reveal how the snake slithered its way into the tire’s barrel, its head is poking out from the rear right wheel.

From Fox News • Nov. 26, 2021

Or that Mr. Krajewska is poking his head out his door, frightened of what’s going on.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron