Sentence examples for poking them from inspiring English sources

Poking someone on Facebook is great, but "poking" them when you're in the same bar as them can result in much more immediate social gratification.

"Why are we poking them in the eye?

"You need some fresh air!" I'd say, poking them gently and feeling like a kindergarten teacher.

Instead, it is poking them in the eye with a cattle prod.

First there is Luigi Galvani, who made frog legs twitch by poking them with electrodes.

One's eyes can't glaze over while reading Abbey, because he's forever poking them — sometimes for fun, sometimes for purpose.

So flip them once, and don't poke them.

You'd poke them and they didn't run away.

As termites scurry, poke them with stick (C).

"They poked them in the ribs and said, 'You're just like that,' " Mr. Lauria said.

"You can poke them, shine lights on them, and they won't do anything.