Sentence examples for stopped poking from inspiring English sources

But the economy really started coming alive when the government gradually stopped poking so many fingers into it.

"There's a healthy percentage of gay people who if the Republican Party stopped poking them in the eye, some of them would vote Republican".

You can also direct your browser toward the museum's website, where some intern hopefully stopped "poking" their friends on Facebook -- whatever that means -- long enough to update the official calendar.

She dismisses him as a "great lump," yet can't stop poking him.

I could well imagine a world in which, with nothing able to get inside my shell, the next step might be to stop poking my head out at all.

Smartdate announced a €2 million round in February of this year so that you could stop poking and start actually dating the friends of your Facebook friends.

United States policy should stop poking and provoking Russia and China along their frontiers, and instead seek negotiated peaceful coexistence.

A fairytale "I can't live without you message," or the "I miss you" or maybe the "Can you please stop poking me on Facebook?" text.

Weinstein, too, had an interest in burying the report ― he wanted Ajamie to stop poking around in allegations of his sexual misconduct.

The voice on the other end of the line told them they'd better stop poking around up in the hills, or else.

Then I resolve to stop poking meat, my hand, or my nose to decide when dinner is done so I will never again have to apologize for serving overcooked food or risk the lives of my guests by serving undercooked food.