Sentence examples for poke out from inspiring English sources

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poke out

verb

To be barely visible past obstructions.

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Meanwhile, small suckers poke out from the plant's roots.

Sometimes he'll let a little hair poke out for an "abstract expressionist" flourish, he said.

Flags poke out above the terminals, to denote which country's financial instruments are changing hands.

Pale cadaverous limbs slowly poke out from beneath it like pincers from a seashell.

Chrysanthemum bouquets poke out from the holes, and red, white and blue leis drape the top.

I poke out a hand to break the silence as we both rise.

Punk muhajabat occasionally bleach their bangs, so that wisps of strangely flaxen hair poke out from underneath the veil.

Guinea worms grow up to a yard long inside the body and finally poke out through the skin.

In places, glass panels are missing and the gaps have been boarded up; elsewhere satellite dishes poke out like toadstools.

(Most of us, for instance, would be reluctant to poke out the eyes on a photograph of our mother).

The heads of two young common seals poke out and shiny liquorice button eyes watch us with curiosity.

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