Sentence examples for the poking from inspiring English sources

SIDEWALK CAMARADERIE They know the warm spots, Pocketed from the drafts And the poking nightsticks That would jar their sleep.

The poking motion triggered the bigger arm at the back to poke the participants at different positions on their backs, following the movement of their fingers.

Facebook also has the poking feature mentioned in Section 4. The only way of privately contacting another user on Instagram is to use Instagram Direct, a feature that was introduced in December 2013, and disclose a photo or video item only for that particular person.

Much of the poking around was done by Samy Kamkar, who was able to determine that not only was location and identifier data being transmitted, it started even before users had the chance to make their decisions on-screen.

Probably, the poking movements, which serve to search for nectar inside tubular corollae (Krenn, 1998), are not necessary in the narrow corollae of Calathea crotalifera since these flowers are frequented by few visitors and provide liberal amounts of nectar.

"I am scared of needle.. you know, the poking itself, it is painful.. using needle some more, and you poke yourself.. it is painful" (3 years of insulin use/ 6 years of having diabetes).

The antlers poke into the back of my head.

One of the Masai pokes at the dung.

The Atlantic Ocean pokes out over the horizon.

The house invited poking around.

That's just poking the (fanatical) bear.