Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poked (around)
Verb
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Over the loudspeaker, the captain told the passengers that the Alpine Fault ran down the South Island, right beneath the Milford Sound.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025 -
The Chargers ran down the clock after Herbert gained 2 yards on a sneak.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Creator Paige Hammond found out.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Rob Shuter’s #ShuterScoop reported from a source close to William that the prince only found out the meeting was taking place just before the king headed to Clarence House.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Denver has already landed its first founding partner, CommonSpirit Health, which also secured naming rights for the club’s performance center.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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This year the honor roll student founded The Curious Kid Collective, a community initiative that promotes literacy and creative exploration for children through storytelling and art, and was a recipient of the Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Virgil Abloh Post-Modern scholarship.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But because fetal heart tones were detected, nothing could be done.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Are the birds visible in person if they're radar detected?—
Brandi D. Addison,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Poked (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poked%20%28around%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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