Sentence examples for were poking from inspiring English sources

A few curious white New Orleans residents were poking around as well, and one black woman in sweats was neither curious nor poking: she lives nearby, she said, and was there on her regular run for collard greens ($1 a bunch).

Police were poking me with baton sticks.

"They were poking umbrellas through the ropes trying to trip people going from tee to green.

When he woke up, in the dirt, several teeth were poking through his cheek.

They were wearing traditional shalwar kameez, and their AK-47s were poking out between the folds.

Some retirees were poking around, along with an overextended mother and the children who overextend her.

Some were poked to death.

Bureaucrats were poked fun at.

The plates were sealed with adhesive plate seals and holes were poked for every well to allow sufficient aeration.

That's what was poking out.

It's poking fun at Marvel.