Example Sentences

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Trump claims his White House designs spring from his character as a builder; on Tuesday, he was poking around on the West Wing roof.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

He had just finished the fall play of his senior year, Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” when he heard the casting director for a new movie from Oscar winner Alexander Payne was poking around campus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Suddenly, on the final half-lap at the Martinsville short track, Chastain’s car looked as if it was turned up to hyper-speed while everyone else was poking along.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023

If anything, he said, he was poking fun at himself, because he doesn’t aesthetically fit the bill of a posh Gangnam local.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022

She moved on to a rhododendron bush, which she was poking and prodding when a car pulled into her driveway.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech