Example Sentences

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That’s not very comforting to folks stuck in a long line on an entrance ramp, waiting for the privilege of heading down the highway more pokily than they could jog.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

But the overall story is inflated; elaborate and unlikely, and the picture tells its story as doggedly, and pokily, as if it were worth such serious attention.

From Time Magazine Archive