Example Sentences

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The inspectors will be poking around all the time.

From Time Magazine Archive

I shall get roasted all round, and, of course, the Two J.'s will be poking fun at me in the 'Gargoyle Record.'

From The Hero of Garside School by Panting, J. Harwood, (James Harwood)

There's many will be poking their noses into your affairs now you'll find--when it's too late to prevent them.

From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.