Words similar to poked

Example sentences for: poked

How can you use “poked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Published before or during the festivities of Día de los Muertos, these calaveras carried poems that poked fun at socially prominent people such as politicians and the very wealthy.
"He sniffed each ear, poked it and even counted all the kernels," confides an observer.
The original meaning is harsher and more in keeping with traditional Japanese culture: the stick is used to beat the dog, who should not have poked around.
Beloved by working-class audiences, the peladito, using caló (Spanish slang) and pochismos (Americanisms), particularly poked fun at the acculturation of Mexicans who couldn’t speak Spanish and pointed out to them American discrimination against Mexicans.
--who poked him in the ribs whenever he was on camera; his goofy stare would flit from his trough of nachos to the playing field.