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:

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.
Scheck, commentators agree, poked huge holes in the prosecution's claim that Woodward shook the baby and then dashed his head against a hard object.
Henry Mitchell, the late, great, and I think, conservative garden writer (he smoked cigarettes in his garden, an act incomprehensible to liberals), poked fun at those who think they garden in "a natural way."
As other reporters poked holes in the CNN expose, Van Buskirk confessed that he had "recovered the memory."
"He sniffed each ear, poked it and even counted all the kernels," confides an observer.