Words similar to poking

Example sentences for: poking

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

It was also a way of gently poking fun at Chicano culture, reminding the readers of the uniqueness of the Chicano culture.
All the poking and prodding rouses the irritated victim herself to a joke, an unusual display of wit at her and his expense.
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.
You--sitting in a well-upholstered recliner, casually sipping something top-shelf and free of little umbrellas, poking lackadaisically at a morsel of takeout--have only to dance your fingertips across the keyboard to condemn us as we fall prey to writing "things prohibited in high schools" or "new ways to pick up interns."
Meanwhile, the editor has wasted far too much time poking around the many byways and cul-de-sacs of Microsoft Word, looking for some quick and dirty solution to this dilemma.