Words similar to poking

Example sentences for: poking

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Operators are standing by, presumably poking one another in the ribs and smirking.
Was director Peter Weir poking gentle fun at Seaside, Fla., when he set The Truman Show there?
The second scene occurs during Kristallnacht , the night of broken glass when the Nazis destroyed most of the synagogues and many of the Jewish-owned stores in Germany: Oskar discovers that the Jew who sells him his tin drums has committed suicide in his store, while storm troopers rampage around his corpse, poking it with puppets and dropping their pants to shit on the floor.
Erected in the 16th century, it guarded the bay against pirate ships — you can still see the ancient cannons poking through the crenellated walls.
The WP runs a story inside poking fun at the list of top 100 most important news stories of all time released yesterday by a panel of journalists.