Mona poked one finger in either nostril as Helen fed her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clumps of weedy grass poked through the surface here and there, but it still looked like a serviceable road. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around her legs, then poked her own chinbone down into her knees. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She poked her finger into my elbow and grinned. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A breath of air entered the tent as Aggo poked his head through the silk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He clicks his tongue and leans over to poke my shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She did not, and suffered their pinching and poking and spitting in silence, lest her resistance inspire them to greater torments. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The person who must have made Erin laugh poked her head out the door. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He stops, reaches one arm out, and pokes Gabriel Witter on the left shoulder with his index finger. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I poked my finger along under the fold that was fastened down, spread it open, and read it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Baseball cap already on backwards, shaggy blond hair already poking from under the rim, the kid who danced in the living room with his mom grinned up at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The door was propped open with a cinder brick, so he poked his head inside. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Christina has no reservations about poking around—she already discovered two textbooks wedged between the dresser and the wall, evidence of Caleb’s Erudite leanings. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Miles whispered, his neck cranked toward me so the shrubs didn’t poke his eyes out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Danny the K poked Ellis, but Ellis pretended not to feel it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As Matthias contorted himself to negotiate the tree root, he poked the point of the blade at his enemy’s head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He poked a finger through the slender bars, trying to touch the orange-gold feathers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Jetta poked her curly-haired head through the doorway and looked around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on Dimple’s right, dressed in a suit with a red handkerchief poking out from his pocket. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He poked his arm through and signaled for the guard. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then that enormous tongue poked out and spun clockwise around his face, squeegeeing the icing and cake away in one sloppy swipe. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Pop and poke,” she sang in an off-key, slightly panicked voice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Carlisle spoke, I could feel more pressure on my head, something poking and pulling at my scalp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’d just taken another step when a man reached out and poked his shoulder with a finger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He poked and prodded a bit around the back room, looking in the cookstove and under the table. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mrs. Beale would poke her head in and stare: one little black girl, one little black boy, one medium white boy. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, tiny fingers of sunlight poke at my eyes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Kidwell got suspicious the moment he heard that someone was poking around Hopkins using the title “Dr. Sir Lord,” so he did some quick background research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Anya poked her archer again, and he turned with a raised eyebrow. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She pokes my exposed nerves, exploring whether she’ll take up residence in my skull. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"I am grateful you saved my life. But you did poke me kind of hard." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They could make little fondant pencils, and maybe even some fondant apples, with little worms poking out. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The book I poked open the most was Francis’ copy of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

‘Hullo!’ said Pippin, poking his head round the curtain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have been to Alaska some twenty times during the past twenty years—to climb mountains, to work as a carpenter and a commercial salmon fisherman and a journalist, to goof off, to poke around. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loo ran forward to poke at it with a finger, and nobody stopped him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She don’t poke her nose up at you, Momma. Honest.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He figured it was some smart aleck poking fun at the man running along the road with a bike over his shoulders. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Although they were only around a foot away, there was something immensely satisfying about seeing them zoom toward him, at least until they poked him in the eye. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He remembers poking his head into Sonia’s room years ago, telling her about his decision to change his name to Nikhil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He indicates the mast-like pole that pokes out at the front of the ship, like Pinocchio’s nose after the second or third lie. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter chuckled and said, “What do you get if you poke a bear with a stick?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He poked them into the puncture wounds, like rosemary into a chicken. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He used the tip of his knife to poke Derek’s hand, again watching the man’s eyes and there was, simply, nothing—even when he poked hard enough to draw a small drop of blood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed walking on the beautiful street, and I loved poking around inside the building, with its fascinating secrets. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juan poked the simmering egg and yucca mix with a spatula. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I poked my finger down into the mouth of my volcano, and it toppled, dispersing the golden grains into little swirls. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like before, I crawl through Voxy’s sleep cell, poking the rolled baseball card into the hole so the door slides shut behind me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama’s flowers were poked into every corner and onto every surface—bachelor’s buttons, snapdragons, asters, Shasta daisies, and huge buckets of sunflowers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Heavily weighed down by the wood on my back, branches poking maddeningly, I had burned almost all of the fuel not to waste strength lugging it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his cheeks and forehead with his fingers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The lady poked her head through the door after my first knock. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She runs her fingers over the jewelry, tracing her fingertip across the tiny places where needles poke out, and the hidden chambers tucked inside the crested jewels. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She vaulted off her own donkey and poked him in the gut as he tried to get up,and he sat back down with a grunt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His head pokes through, because the clouds let him; they don’t wrap him up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his head into the doorway and began to gabble good-naturedly about something or other, and after a few minutes we picked up our drinks and followed him back to the living room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’d been told to look for a woman with a magazine poking out of her purse. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Drink with me," he says, and I shake my head, but then Jane pokes me in the back, and I realize that I have to take a bullet for Tiny. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to be careful,” he said, putting his finger over the open end of the box so there was just enough room for Chester to poke his head out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Cora stood alone, barely whispering that her husband had recently died when the inspectors reached her and poked her with their questions. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Just then Officer Mac poked his head into the room. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poke the end of my chopstick into the wasabi so there’s just a tiny hint of green on the tip and then stir that into my soy sauce. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hestia stood by the hearth, poking the flames with a stick. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s time to draw some blood, honey. Just a little poke.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There's a glob of paste poking out from Max's cap. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I unzipped the duffel a couple of inches and felt Beau’s sniffing nose poke wetly out. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The dagger had poked Sigurd’s hand, and just like the woman said, it killed him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Closed,” they said to a man who poked his face in the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to poke a few times at it, and I finally picked it up and put it in his hand. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would poke and peck about, perhaps circling the box, perhaps even ambling over to the spectators, who would laugh and shoo it back to the field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The kids laughed and poked and punched each other, and headed off down the block. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretend we’re playing pool. We got to punch the rowboat free. Hit its back end, so the front pokes free. Ready?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Bo poked his fingers under the lid, but Prosper pulled his arm back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, the Old-Green-Grasshopper poked his huge green head over the side of the peach, alongside the Centipede’s. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the bus came to a stop at the intersection, Roy poked his head out the window and checked up and down the street. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, shuck thing wasn’t dead. Alby poked at it with his foot like an idiot and that bad boy suddenly sprang to life, spikes flaring, its fat body rollin’ all over him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I roll my tomato between my hands, the prickly stem poking into my palm. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would give them an excuse to poke around during lunch. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Annabella stopped and poked at a clumped plant with stiff stems and small oval leaves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She surveys the mess of toys littered all over the patio, poking some game pieces with her painted toes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The butterfly poked its tiny proboscis down into her hair, probing for nurture, then flew away unsatisfied. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crystals also poked downward and glowed with a gentle blue light. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A white boy pokes his head in and shouts, “Fight!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had heard a story of a witch who had her eyes poked out with a sharpened stick. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poked the soil with her knife until she found the dirty, thick root of the plant. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I poked my head in the door and said, “I’m going to Miss Maggie’s before I dig clams. Do you want to come along?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful in the early morning when he first poked his head out of the burrow. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poking nose had more sense than that. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over dinner she kept her eyes down, poking at her food, subdued to the point of silence. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging to its rusted hull, just our heads poking out of the water, we stared at the lighthouse and the barren little island that anchored it, but saw no sign of my wayward therapist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She poked her head in the room, looked at me, then at my hand and saw it was wrapped, shook her head, closed the door, and headed off to job number two. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I bet Charlie’s terrible at that game,” she said, giving me a poke. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He hardly poked his head out of his shell when Prosper and Hornet bent over his box. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m poking a wound, not healing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I can annoy you in the hills and also the dales,” I say, poking her in the arm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She would have just finished pulling together the proposal, poking the holes on the left-hand side of the pages, and binding the paper with a black plastic spiral. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The boy had shiny black hair that poked up at the back of his head as if he’d slept on it funny. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His horns had grown so much they poked an inch above his curly hair. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Would Trudy rather have them poking about her property than us?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a curve of blond hair poking out from behind a tree just ahead and smiled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Shayleen pokes her head out of the room that used to be mine. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Getting up, I poked the shuttered window open a little way, then glanced down upon the street. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

James poked his head out and looked around. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The grass was tall and turning brown, but a few wildflowers still poked their heads up above the meadow. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grandfather poked himself in the chest with two fingers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Stanley poked his finger through a hole in the vinyl couch and pulled out some of the stuffing. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But Pascal is always more interested in poking through the flour sacks, and he sometimes takes small handfuls of Carnation milk powder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Travis laughed and poked at the pot while we unloaded and took up seats around the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I poke my head out and clear my throat to catch Officer Khan's attention. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Abel flicked his flashlight on again and poked his head into the engine compartment. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take one and lean across the table and poke Josh in the back with it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny added the leaves to the steaming water and poked them under with a quick finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jimmy poked the roasting meat with his fingers and nudged the coals, prowling around the fire as if sizing up a grappling partner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was tired of studying the play sheets that filled a thick notebook, tired of being picked at and probed and poked for every detail. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If not for the tightness of Booth’s boot, which forms an immediate splint, the bone would be poking through the skin. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A sleepy head poked round the door opening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She began poking at the tiles aimlessly, producing strange musical sounds. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some girls were giggling, there were some gasps and pokes and whispers, and some of the bigger boys were elbowing to get in closer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But striding into fencing practice would be like poking a bear. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Except instead of demolished buildings and disintegrated bricks, there are books open face-first on the floor, their damaged spines poking up, while others are piled on one another. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Black pebbles and the ancient gray cinders the mountain had thrown poked into his backbone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed it against her head while he filled out papers at a desk, followed by a period of poking around for keys in a file drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When no one commented on her going back to work, she sighed again and poked her potatoes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Audrey poked her head in, pulled it back out, and looked around. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then she was poking her head out the door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s all that stirring up. Sending men into space and hurling them back down. Poking holes where they need not poke holes.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At one point Willum and two strange doctors appeared and proceeded to poke Matts stomach and take his blood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved on to a rhododendron bush, which she was poking and prodding when a car pulled into her driveway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And she poked the fire with a stick, so it leapt up. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pokes the fire one last time, and sparks rise up the chimney. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom poked her head out of the kitchen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He spends an hour with Ruby, poking and prodding. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you search that room over there? I’ll go poke through his desk.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ben looks at me, his finger poking his glasses higher on his nose. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dennis kept poking around till he found an empty building that was cheap near Red Hook. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl turned and poked out a red tongue at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Crane-man reached out with his crutch and poked the dying embers of the fire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Hear he done throwed one axe a hundred feet up into a tree and throwed the next one so high it poke the man in the moon in the eye.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Shelly used the rake handle to poke at the unconscious man on the sofa. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cruel words like No one wants and There will never be poke at her bruises. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pokes her finger at us when she says “YOU.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Mom knocked on the door and poked her head in. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He unzipped the side flap and poked around. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mom poked her head into Chess’s room just then. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The weirdest thing happened,” Tab said, poking the crusts of her sandwich into her thermos. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtis poked his head out of his classroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I have tolerated the sharp claws of squirrels and the nagging pokes of woodpeckers. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some groups have fashioned shelters with rugs and sheets of plastic draped over sticks poked in the ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather poke my eyes out with dull forks. But we have to do what we have to do, right?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jimmy took a long stick and poked around in the grasses before he sat down. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I remember the exact moment the doctor pulled the needle through the skin, dragged the line behind it, poked it into the skin on the other side of the wound and pulled again. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His head poked from the cloud as he struggled to free himself, and Ayanna gasped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Fern poked her back, but asked, “Uncle D, did you buy a quart of milk?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He poked the eyelash into the water droplet and stirred it, separating the slices from one another. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was poking the idea for weaknesses, and so frightened of finding them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He poked her in the sides to show her where she was soft. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I used a stick to poke at the contents and saw that they were finished cooking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama poked her head around him and glared at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar pang of guilt poked at my stomach whenever I looked at Charlie. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Right before Katherine gets off the pony, she pokes me in the side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The jagged remains of shipwrecks poke through the walls of the whirlpool. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He frowned and kicked at a stone poking up from the half- frozen mud. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen different Noises come poking at me like sticks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even if it means they reprogram me like Suma, I will not let these people poke and prod him like this. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A tiny bill poked through the eggshell, peeped once, and then continued crunching away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She spends about seven or eight minutes up there and then pokes her little head around to make sure I don’t see her come down again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’d been followed around stores, and stared at on buses by women who clutched their purses tight enough to poke holes in the leather. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The stick was in my side again, poking for my attention, but still I looked up, ignoring the ugly shouts. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Harry poked a few Owl Treats through the bars of Pigwidgeon’s cage, then turned to his trunk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He needs glasses to read his text; I can see them poking out of his breast pocket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mother told Huang Taitai I had made this dumpling especially for her, even though I had only poked its steamy sides with my finger when the cook poured it onto the serving plate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the sun suddenly poked through a stormy sky Everything changed color and tone and intensity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Uneven bony growths made the dino’s head look like a clenched fist with a snout poking out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I wake to his poking me in the stomach with the foot of his boot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He would have to open it more, much more so he could poke down inside and see what he could find. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Maurice was poking his head back inside to check out the noise, the zebra leaped over him and into the street. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Max chases the ball while Helena waits, her nose poking through, and when he rolls the ball beneath the wire, I see the crumpled paper slip from her hand to his. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The visual image congealed; he saw at once a famous landscape, the old, brown, barren ascent, with tufts of dried-out bonelike weeds poking slantedly into a dim and sunless sky. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Simmon returned to his seat and poked idly at his food. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jackboots and Flops came through the lines, screaming into the people’s faces, poking them with clubs and rifles, spitting in their faces. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When she poked her head into the light, she had long, light hair, much more similar to Pixie than Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two headlights poked from the black shadow of a cargo container and a government saloon screeched along the quay. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He yawned and went back to poking at the inside of a toaster with a fork with a very sheepish expression on his face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one speaks up until the last lady-of-honor pokes her head out from behind a high-backed chair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ruby pokes her trunk between the bars and makes a circle in the air. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Granny’s head poked around the edge of the closet door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Always poking their noses where they shouldn’t be. Grabbing things with those little paws of theirs.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the only thing running through her head was the tagline of a commercial for acne cream: Don’t pop and poke! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The door to the house opened, and Grandpa’s head poked out. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was looking at her closely through his half-moon spectacles, his long fingers gently prodding and poking. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Anemones sending out a tiny jet of seawater when she pokes them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They poked and prodded my body to try to find out if all my internal organs were where they should be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Eleven hundred kids took in the sight of a genuine middle school hippie—this tall, skinny, longhaired boy in tie-dye, toes poking out of those homemade sandals. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She opened the oven door, poked a fork in the ham and watched the clear juices run down its side, and then closed it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked around for a beet root and squeezed out the juice with his bare hand. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

William Ernest climbed up behind the huge woman and lay behind her back like a bolster pillow, poking his head around from time to time to sneak another look at Gilly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I melted into my chair while Roy Lee gleefully poked my ribs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then Mr. Samuels, the gym teacher, poked his head into the room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Someone was poking my head with a broom handle. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fielding was several yards ahead of him, poking in the reeds with a stick. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Just like that, I said, “Ruth May, honey, get up. Let’s go poke around outside awhile.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

How we longed to poke that dune with the sample arm, look for life beneath that rock, see if that distant ridge was a crater rampart. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

An antique four-poster bed threw shadowy spires in the darkness, and a pale sliver of light poked through a gap in the velvet curtains. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He accepted the challenge, poked around in the cars, and figured out how to fix them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was giving her a poke of sweetmeats he had bought for his wife. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is poking me hard in the shoulder. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he walks in the front door to find me pretending to poke my eye out with a protractor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her hair poked out of her kerchief like black straw. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s home for now,” she said, poking her head into each of the doorways. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They spent a few quiet minutes looking through their copies of the new Poe book until Matthew poked his head in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was hidden under her quilt, with only her head poking out, staring at Buddy’s and Lucy’s suitcases sitting on the two empty beds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

David gets scared when people don’t answer him, and the first tiny pinpricks poke me, little guilty jabs whispering, “He’s doing the best he can.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mini poked him with the Death Danda, laughing when his feathers ruffled and he hooted like an angry owl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nathan put the last water bottle into his pocket, where it poked out at an odd angle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sam grinned and poked his head out the deerskin door, expecting to see Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Candice finally gave up when her mother poked her head in her room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Melanie poked the other kids and motioned for them to watch closely. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey sat down beside the fire, her knees drawn up under her chin, poking at the blaze with a long stick and thinking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any closer and that lumpy nose would poke Reynie in the eye. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pokes her tablet with her holotack, and the door slides shut with a thunk. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I look at my brother and sister sleeping, their toes poking out from the blanket that barely covers them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave Joe a look that said he didn’t appreciate him poking fun at the kid Maríachi band. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I waited for my dad to counter, and when he didn’t, I hesitantly picked up my fork and poked it into my rice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In a moment he saw the rat’s sharp nose poke out from underneath the wooden trough. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s mouth was poked out, but she talked to me, saying over and over again that I was too smart for my britches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She insulted and encouraged, pushed and poked, brewed and stewed and remedied. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid from the saddle and lay in the wheat, the itchy stalks poking through my shirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He described the time he had watched a young girl poking through the wreckage of her home, lifting the charred remains of her doll. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The sound grew louder and she poked her head into the night to see a man on the river running beside his sled and team of dogs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a get well card,” said Hermione hastily, trying to poke it out of sight, but Ron was too quick for her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then the water monster’s snout poked out, and his forehead. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he poked his head out of the closet, he saw that the hallway was deserted. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boots looked up at the girl, registered something, and poked her right in the eye. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She crouched down, trying to cover herself with her hands, as her door began to swing open, creaking, the point of the greatsword poking through . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A ragged Kleenex poked from her other hand, which was tucked in front of her, balled into a tight fist. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My father poked at the remnants of his crab. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It poked at her in a way she didn’t care for. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dimple laughed and poked him on the knee with a toe. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then you poke at it sometimes, trying to remember what was there by the shape of the hole. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the first gosling poked its grey-green head through the goose’s feathers and looked around, Charlotte spied it and made the announcement. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

My marker squeaks as I write each huge red letter: D tipping forward, A leaning back, N shivery, C stretched tall, and the lines of E poking out at funny angles, the word itself dancing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand, her fingers poking through the blossoms, touching his; maybe letting him touch hers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the heap of skins that he used for sleeping while he poked the ashes into a red glow and then added a thick piece of oak branch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It feels like he's poking at a bruise. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Betsy had poked holes in the lid, and she had some twigs in there and grass, for it to eat, I guess. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Stood firm as the woman poked her skin and squeezed the ends of her hair while the other seamstresses looked on. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went and got the long, metal nail file and handed it to her, hoping she wouldn’t poke herself with it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Five boys with slicked-down hair, poking each other and clomping too loud in their Sunday shoes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I climb into the too-large bed and let the nurses poke and prod me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mark poked his head out to watch the continuation of the spectacle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, a barrel poked in from the outside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He said nothing tests friendships like high school, and then proceeded to poke fun at the fact that I was reading War and Peace. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The hand tossed the great pearl back in the tray, the forefinger poked and insulted it, and on the dealer’s face there came a sad and contemptuous smile. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

On and on he squawked while she poked at the keys. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Increasingly wide bands of yellow light were poking through the blue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I stepped forward, took a deep breath, and poked her on the shoulder with my plastic scythe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was the man who answered, standing to poke at the branches in the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His Noise still pokes and presses at me, slapping me if it could. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Sounder just couldn’t poke slow enough for your father,” the mother said to the boy as they stood in the doorway, straining and sifting the dark for some movement. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked me and I slid off the chair and did the same. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mystery of the closet poked at Ophie just until she was distracted once more by Mrs. Caruthers’s endless demands, which was not long at all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A little skin remained, stretched across his face, tight and hard as white leather, but even that was fraying, and here and there the brown and yellow bone beneath was poking through. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But when I walked into Mrs. Rouse’s class and sat down at my desk with my huge white box, the first thing that happened was that Sage poked me in my side. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She poked it through X-Ray's dirt pile, to see if anything else might have been buried in there as well. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then she sighed and, stretching out her leg, poked me gently in the ribs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You people sure do a lot of sneaking around in the woods these days. You know,” he said, poking me in the ribs, “I’ve been trying to get ahold of you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I swiveled round and the Pastor started poking through my hair, which was as warm and sticky as my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She poked the fire with a stick, and it seemed to glow more richly red than a normal fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Emily Ward pokes me in the back and hands me a note. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I see her trunk, poking out from the blackness. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Between them the stucco is spiderwebbed, and pipes poke through in two places. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Poppy gave her side a meaningful poke that translated, “Ask no more.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’d checked out classrooms, poked our heads into a dorm room, and chatted with a dean before heading uptown to grab an early lunch and move on to the next tour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No people poked their heads out of their massive homes to investigate the intruders. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I pulled the drawstring at the waist tightly until I could barely poke my thumb through the opening. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment I could have slapped them both for poking fun at me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He poked and prodded Fig’s trembling body, pausing every so often to scribble down notes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dad makes a note on the sheet, then starts poking around again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search for a stick to poke under the fence to see if I can roll the ball my way. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The End And just before we both shut up and fell asleep, Cade reached over and poked his index finger into my sternum and said, “A centipede with ninety-six amputations.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rani pokes at the dying embers of her fire with a stick. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Captain brought in the black tea and the tin of milk, which he had neatly poked open with an ice pick—two holes on one side, one on the other. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inspired by his fun, I poked my head into my tree and whistled. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last word hung in the warm truck air like a rough poke with a sharp finger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A big round gray rock, like the upper half of an egg, poked out of the water about a mile from the stony headland. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Carefully he poked his hand into the front pocket and wrapped his fingers around something matted and fuzzy. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I jabbed an arm into my coat, poking around behind me with the other arm, but I couldn’t find my sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If you say something about how badly I need one,” I say tiredly, “I will poke you in the eye.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The mystery of all ’em things going through my mind chased away any thinking ’bout taking a poke at the cap’n’s head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Needles poked his skin and the spiky points of tree limbs snagged his clothes and scratched his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Coarse hair covered his cheeks and jowls and poked from his ears and nostrils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before leaving the house, Roy poked his head into the kitchen, where his mother stood over the stove. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just poked them with their rifles and threatened to shoot them if they didn’t get in the truck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to poke around and search that basement— and if I had to climb those stairs and break into Bat Lady’s bedroom to get answers, well, I would do that too. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then she poked the edge of my drawing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

That word dummy poked me in the brain, in the stomach, in the chest, every time I heard it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fine spires poked up above them into the rain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He poked a hole beside the line of the river, under the circle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, thanks to you, we now have federal investigators poking their noses in our business,” Khan Sahib said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her condition was kept secret until her belly began to poke through her uniform. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I poked one of them and it rolled on freshly oiled wheels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I stand up, my shoulders poke through the hole. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of the flaps had had enough and caved in after all of that poking and stabbing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“How dare you come poking into my tent and commanding my two friends to leave? How dare you tell the Chinese to leave?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took off the glove, and Mr. Galanter poked and bent the wrist and fingers of the hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would poke at them, swiveling in the mirror to see them from every angle, running her hands down her new body. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

So he sits next to the dying man’s head, poking his finger into the blood clot every few minutes, making sure there’s not too much pressure on Lincoln’s brain. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t go poking about where y’all don’t belong. I’ll expect you off this island in short order. And with nothing but what you had when you come.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, I poked into the soil at the base of a trunk. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Autumn stroked my face with her gummy hands, and unexpectedly, she poked her finger in my mouth, which was slightly open. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as I step through the door, Elsie rushes over and pokes her head into the hallway, looking back and forth before closing the door behind me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Deliberately, he opened his crusted bps and poked the grass inside. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“If I can just poke the sword through a handle—but how am I going to get up there?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Like someone is poking me in the throat. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Albert,” I say, poking the side of Keisha’s leg, and she—by some miracle—stops laughing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The cop pokes his head inside the trailer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You could see others poking their heads out of the windows, trying to understand why the track looked like an apocalypse movie. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Nan poked her head in and said, “Well, you’re here early.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She frowns, a slight twist of her mouth, and raises a hand to her neck, her fingers following the whorls of a strange blue tattoo poking out of her collar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After many whackings and mumblings, he circles round me, clicking the still-hungry scissors in the air, pulling, poking, checking his work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and scowled when he saw that she’d already poked her head inside. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He pokes his head up at me and barks, then dips down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She reached out and poked his stomach, making him jump. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor had a blank expression on his face, and with a pencil he was poking holes in the tide page of his case file. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We awoke and dipped our handkerchiefs in the river to refresh ourselves, then poked our way along the bank. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Rosie poked her white head over the door of her stall, flicking her ears and snorting softly. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ten furry faces poked through the gash, eager to see what was inside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pillow struck the wall and burst, scattering stuffing everywhere just as Dolorous Edd Tollett poked his head through the door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The ferry sauropod navigated between huge armored warships and around a steamboat before docking alongside an ancient wooden frigate with cannons poking out of either side. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She points to mine and then pokes her cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion gave him a sharp poke in the ribs with his toe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He holding it up and poking his finger at the word Anonymous. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then Baldwin pokes his head in the front door. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He poked his fork into his potatoes, now gone cold and congealed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cricket poked his head out of the matchbox. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You”—he poked, his finger into me—“are”—he poked again—“dead”—he poked again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

These days Leo spent most of his time poking around until he found trouble. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They trudge up the attic stairs, poke around, and then track dark dust onto the hall carpet when they come down again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce lowered his javelin and poked the coach in the belly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She drew a breath, as if to refuse me out of hand, then shrugged and looked into the bag, poking around. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, crumpling the paper in his fist, he wadded it around the lead ball, poking both into the barrel mouth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was poked more times that she could count, and the X-rays soon numbered about a hundred. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Collapsible chairs were poked into the still-soft ground and a large wooden cross was hung from the center beam at the rear of the tent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked, Valley inspected tree after tree, looking for Nightbeast or cuco hairs and poking at animal droppings and shaking her head at Seven and Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A red gold fox poked its shining snout out from his breastplate through a circle of lapis lazuli flowers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Stop it! Stop it!” cried the manager, poking the walking stick through the bars and knocking the books apart. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I poke around in the bushes, showing her what I want her to do. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Witching Hour poked a talon into her mouth, considering. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing would hush her, he always said, was for him to beat the coal scuttle with a poke and sing ‘Dixie.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I kept feeling something sticking me in my chest, so I reached my hand into the jacket to see what kept poking me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when Amil slept too long in the mornings at home, I used to poke his cheek so I could watch his puffy eyes open for the first time that day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, poking him in the chest with the sharp tip of my stake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Later that night Fadi poked at his chicken stew with his bread as the family sat for dinner. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“We gotta get rid of Michael first thing in the morning,” Genie was saying, giving the red truck up in their bedroom a poke. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He spat, and poked harder with the point of his sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He poked at my legs with his walking stick, prodding me to walk faster. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pig-run filled with shouting boys again, Jack came running back, and poked about in the undergrowth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

How could I tell him about the apple tree, about what I had thought that morning while I picked the flowers and the poke greens? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then Father asked, “What the hell were you doing poking round her garden?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door to the greenhouse opened, and Dale poked his head in. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Jack!” my mom called, and reached forward to poke my kneecap. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hedge poked his head out, scowling as usual, but his eyes were red. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He used to poke fun at me all the time. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He saw an image of El Viejo with his beaklike nose poking out of the casket. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, using the hatchet he sharpened a stick and poked a hole in the egg. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ten minutes,” said the guard, poking his head around the jamb before he shut and locked the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I was just about to slam the door and run when I felt a soft poke in my right shoulder blade. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s because they’re stingy and have funny shaped heads and ugly looking Jew noses,” Ben said, leaning across to poke Sammy in the ribs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poked my head farther through the cushions for a better look. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, I told him how I got sent home from kindergarten the very first day for poking some boy with a pencil. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I poke around briefly, then go on to the bottom of the cascade. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gita, you’ve seen Piscine. He’s at that age when boys run around and poke their noses everywhere.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The story I gave him isn’t like a pullover full of holes, dropped stitches that will easily unravel when you start to poke at them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Danny’s brother, Levi, was forever poking at his food when he sat at the kitchen table, or walking ghostlike around the house, picking his nose. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stray blades of grass poked between the cracks of the footpath. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the disease must have flown from the bodies and into my eyes, making them red as the blood I poke at with my stick. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man whose handkerchiefs were not lightweight cotton poking from his jacket pocket, but red and large and spotted with white dots. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The littles were getting noisy with their lobsters, poking each other with claws and slurping meat out of the legs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“We should be dead,” he marveled, poking his finger into one of the holes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Over the tall wooden fence at the side of her house, a head poked up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Everywhere you look is life; even the little ball of spit on the weed stalk, if you poke it apart, has a green worm inside it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was my turn to poke at the icing. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Do what you want with them, boys. Put them in those old Mason jars over there, poke a few holes in the top. Mind now that they don’t get loose again.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sun’s silver rays poke into my palm. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I poked around in our garage and found an old three-gallon gas can. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

‘What are you doing, anyway? You’ve been poking around inside the hull for days.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bessie was swimming happily around, swishing his serpent tail and poking his head out the sides and bottom of the sphere. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Something pokes out of the Bible—a white envelope. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He poked his finger into the little lopsided cage of twigs and twine that dangled from his rope belt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and poked one square- tipped finger in. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked at the fire with a thin stick, more nerves than anything. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When she climbed all the way up to the highest branch, Arya could see chimneys poking through the trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I hate you,” Jupe says, poking her head out the door while she finishes dressing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Grandma pokes at a lump in the big bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Still, with many meals missed, my bones—like those of a starving animal—are nearly poking through my skin. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nicole and Ana still liked to poke fun at me for choosing to fence, but no one could deny the fencing team was Columbia High School’s most accomplished sports team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I eyed the man, his gun, the dog now poking his nose where dogs always poke their noses on a person. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She poke her head up, smiling big as you please. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So I poke my head inside the tent flap. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I try to put in my contact, and poke myself in the eye. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The baby had poked its claws into my neck. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I poke through the rooms looking for Sheila, the developmentally delayed girl I usually play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He poked his finger into the sandy dirt. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But not before I had seen orange steel poking through thick ground clouds below. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma had poked me in my side after hearing me say that. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He wore fake fangs, and two cardboard horns poked out of slicked-down hair. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Some of them were even poking each other with their elbows to indicate their pleasure. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s the way I do business. When those tax fellows come poking around, canceled checks are your best friend.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the circle of dim gold light cast by the candle, he went up the stairs and, feeling like a prowler, he poked his head into Albert’s bedroom. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the spot where the baby had poked me. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Most of all,” Uri said, poking me in the chest, “don’t look guilty.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She took her cane and poked at something under her chair. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyebrows shot up with each cough like someone was poking him in the ribs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The boy poked holes in the sand with his fingers until he had a circle of them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It still squatted there until Jason poked at it with his toe. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cooky called for the steward as he poked his head out of the galley. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t happy my sisters had made up songs I knew nothing of, but I wasn’t about to poke out my bottom lip and pout. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Tell me if it happens again, the sticks and twigs poking at you.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I poke my hand in the crack and scoop out the sticky sweetness and lick it from my finger. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment Lee poked the gun butt-first through the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned against his book bag and poked his pen into the hair of the girl sitting in front of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t I tell him about the boys at school and the way they poke fun every day? Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Blocks poking out of alignment here and there. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A package of blue American Spirits pokes up from the inside of one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mom looked like she'd just been poked in the heart. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The warden looks like someone has poked a pick in his side. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timothy’s face poked over the bannister from the floor above her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I poke my head out of the bedroom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Instead I felt sorry for him with Crazy Kelvin poking at him. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi’s newspaper rustled, but I didn’t dare poke my head out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She hopped over to Flash and gently poked him with her beak. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Within an hour, the doctor arrived and he went through the same prodding and poking and I did my yelping at what I thought were the proper times. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are crocuses starting to poke through the dark earth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Max pokes her head out to see if anyone from the street has followed us here. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I looked past Cotton, and there was a head full of tight curls poking out the passenger side window, a sly grin on her face. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I started poking my knuckles into my eyes, so he pulled my hands down off my face gently. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It had to be someone important to have the police poking their noses around here so much.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She tosses me an exasperated look and points at the twins, who are poking a fire-ant mound with a stick, practically begging to get swarmed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A scruffy guy with a big mustache poked his head out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She comes back into the kitchen, opens the little door, and pokes around at the roosting chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hoped it might be Percy, but instead Frank Zhang poked his head in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No pressure or anything,” Hena jokes as she pokes me in my side. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Liyana, passing his room with -another cardboard box in her arms, found him poking race cars into his socks. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the way it poke itself and grow. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the east-facing entrance of the hogan, the metal fence posts of the cornfield poked out of the dry earth like splinters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They have a way of communicating that doesn’t need words: a look, a gesture, a poke—mostly from Safaa to Amin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll poke some blessed holes in the side of it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He fiddles with a dial and flips some switches, pokes the pointers down into the guts of the controller, looks at the scope, looks at the diagram, frowns, and then touches something else. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a whole city down there. All kinds of buildings and iron poking up. The depth isn’t anything like that.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like she could go poking about the castle whenever and wherever she pleased, either! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes ma’am,” Lydia said, wiping at her eyes gingerly with her ring fingers, taking care not to poke herself with her fake nails. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In those days, treetops poked behind the walls of every house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom button of his shirt had come undone, and his stomach poked through above his belt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Valley slumped back in her chair, and Seven reached behind Thorn and poked her in the shoulder. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Stella asked, poking at the gathered bits in the basket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Blades of grass poke through the inch-thick blanket of snow on the ground. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had found Kingshaw in the conservatory, poking into the geranium pots with a cane. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Exotic crimson flowers and birds poked their pistils and stamens and bills every which way up and down her torso. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The next day at noon a guard came to his cell and poked a telegram through the bars. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to keep hefting it back up around my shoulders because the straps wouldn’t hold tight, and every time I did that, another fork or knife found a way to poke into my spine. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A teenage girl with long dark wavy hair poked her head inside the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of feeling cheered by it like she usually did, Hyacinth felt as if sewing needles were poking around in her stomach. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He keeps poking his colleague in the side and saying, “You’re not gonna believe this but that number sixty-two has made another tackle.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita asked when I stopped the car and poked my head out the window, trying to hear where the soft sound was coming from. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Man pushes his arrogant self out, poking holes through the sky; God will sling His arrows back down on man through those holes in a mighty rain.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I say don’t go poking in the sky?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He poked one of the braids with his index finger. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Palmer had dumped the toy soldiers onto the bed, poked air holes in the lid and deposited the pigeon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Saleem rode by, ringing his bell loudly, the white handkerchief poking out of his pocket. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a wedge-shaped spit of land which poked out into the river. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prodding him more would be like poking an oyster. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pita sat forward on her seat and poked her head over Abuelita to look at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the hospital, Finn was poked, prodded, X-rayed, plucked free of embedded gravel, rubbed down with stinging antiseptic, and swaddled in bandages. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I poked my head out of the covers and took a good, long look at my brother. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The picture shows a woman knitting on a streetcar, with the ends of her knitting needles poking into the people beside her and her ball of wool unrolling down the aisle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of small, bloody feet poke out from under the sheet and I see that the big toenail on the left foot is chipped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter poked her sister and said, “Slim Jim Trotter and his two wives.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Danny asked, still unsure about poking his nose in but made reckless by curiosity. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued poking around for information about where all the money was going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held up my finger, ready to poke holes in her theory. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Their cat, Rocket—whom they’d totally ignored, ever since arriving at the house—was just poking his head curiously into the doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento replaced the cover and got up with the wing in her arms, its tip still poking out of the wrapping. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been sitting on the wagon seat, taken from a ’23 Chrysler that wrecked near Paraje, and after all those years the springs poked through the faded mouse-fur fabric like devil claws. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the man stoop and poke the shovel into the ashes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she says, poking me in the side. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Behind them, just poking into the picture, was the front wing of a car—certainly not theirs, and further off, an oasthouse looming over a brick wall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His chubby legs and bare feet poke from beneath his wrinkled shirt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Farid picked up a stick and poked at the dead leaves that lay everywhere under the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I start to nod off in my chair when Andrés pokes me in the shoulder and tells me we’re going to ride horses. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even cringe when the man pokes his translucent nose to hers, glaring into her eyes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

From there, I poke my head up like a periscope coming out of the water, to see if Liz or her mother are anywhere in sight. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We poked through the remains of hospital foundations, undermined by erosion channels. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

By poking the bull hook in and around her underarms and legs, he persuades her to make a tour of sorts around the hippodrome. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I reluctantly took her my sewing bag, and she poked through it for a minute. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He pokes his head out of the open window. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A contributor to Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser who went by the initials “A. B.” could be seen poking around rainwater barrels in his neighborhood. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The Station Inspector walked around the room, dragging Hugo after him, poking his head into doors and cabinets. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She pokes her fingers all over my head. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I sit at the island, poking at my cereal and promising myself that when she comes downstairs, I’ll say it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of them was knitting, but the other two were standing near the bars shouting at the animals and poking at them with their umbrellas. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was his first day on the job, his telephone piece poking uncomfortably in his ear while he half hoped that the people he was calling would not be home to pick up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The doctor, a man old enough to be someone's grandfather, reads my information in the computer system and pokes at the bump on my head. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She gently pokes her broom around the table leg propped up by the Bible. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He got wasted,” Mom interjected, poking her head out the stage door. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reparo,” he said hastily, poking the pieces with his wand, and the bowl sprang back together again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, right before she finally stopped, she poked her tongue out at me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It scare me just to see it And the way it poke itself and grow. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door stood open, and Anya poked her head inside, surveying the mess that marred Widow Medvedeva’s usually pristine living room. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, Hannah poked him in the side, but he shifted away. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he poked at them hopefully with a stick that he kept propped up in the corner to defend himself against visiting snakes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poke through the rooms looking for Sheila, the developmentally delayed girl I usually play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The whole room smelled like the rubber from the eraser and I was winking and blinking my left eye because it felt like something had poked the back of my eyeball. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the next sector some of our men were found whose noses were cut off and their eyes poked out with their own sawbayonets. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poked Mariam in her ticklish spot, under the ribs, and got a loud giggle. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she says, poking me in the side. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She saw the Giant straighten up again and she saw him poke the trumpet in through the open upstairs window of the room where the Goochey children were sleeping. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rat poking through a pile of trash. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Confused and worried, he sat reading the subject lists with his tongue poking out, asking people whether they thought Arithmancy sounded more difficult than Study of Ancient Runes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There was only the slightest effort made at a united appearance when Maurice poked his head into our lab to say they had come. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Old Chao, asking me to come work,” he volunteered when Helen poked her head in the door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his head out past the edge, just enough to look around with one eye. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Garcia knocked on the door and poked her head inside. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She popped me into her handbag with Bruno, and at once I took up my usual perch in the small side-pocket so that I could poke my head out and see what was going on. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Since when did you start reading Shakespeare?” she asks, after poking through the books on my desk. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

One housing official roughly poked a young woman’s abdomen to determine if she was pregnant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The vixen poked her pointed snout in to sniff him more closely and bristled again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I go to the window, poke my head out into the hot, damp air. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The dog poked his head out of the door as if it knew it had been her land and wanted to signal his indifference. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She poked at it with a finger, then began kneading it again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed on the motorcycle to go get a haircut, when his dad poked his head outside. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In her hurry, the woman’s thigh had poked through a tear in her gown. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mark my words, young’ns. You poke a hole past this earth, you get something back.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There is just drying grass with a few dandelions poking up on a summer evening. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ma had the cover o’er most her head, only a knob of gray-and-brown hair was poking out at the top. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He slowed his digging rate, poking the soft clay gently until his fingers breached the tunnel wall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

After an agonizing hour of doctors poking and prodding, eight men carried Garfield on the mattress through the train station to the exit. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few days after the mill was running, Alice poked her head in the door of my tree while I was writing. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon she grew impatient and poked her twig rhythmically and intensely into the earth, making a small neat hole that grew deeper and wider with the least manipulation of her twig. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She poked Hibiscus’s arm, and he groaned, rolling his head up and toward them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Finally she turned around and picked up a long wooden spoon and went to poking at the stew kettle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found the field cress and dandelions, and beyond, where the woods began, the poke, just out of the ground, young and edible. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His round red face poked through the space he’d made at the top of the rubble. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Brown stubble poked through the white blanket covering the garden. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The smell of azaleas and the creeping loneliness that climbed over me as I poked around Suffolk had begun to suffocate me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poked the panga around inside to drive out anything that might be lurking. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway of a second-hand store he could see feet, toes poking through holes in the socks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s face went fifty shades of red and, as if she had a sixth sense for that kind of thing, her mother poked her head over her daughter’s shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A toddler gnome poked his head out of an aqueduct only a few feet from the hut. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s head pokes up over the side and I can see him clear as day. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She folds her arms across her chest, and her elbows nearly poke through her velour housecoat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t be poking around in his data. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Short black-and-gray hair poked out from under his brown cowboy hat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, that little kitchen was filled with boys pushing and poking and grabbing at that cake. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The second and third plants grew in boxes, one with holes poked on the left side, the other with holes on the right. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I got a savage poke in that bone that's the stump of a tail. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He played with is little ball in the noonday sun, drank enormous quantities of unsweetened melon juice, and delicately poked around Blanca’s ceramics. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poked him in his skinny, sunken chest. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Slowly, sullenly, Carla wrapped herself around the kitchen door, only her head poking out and into the hallway. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

With everybody smooshed together, poking into your business all the time? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Pale sunshine poked through a break in the clouds as we walked back to the graveyard. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tamika’s hand touched my shoulder, her voice no longer poking at my wounds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As I lift Alan to the ground, a mild vibration shudders the twists of rusting steel poking from the massive slabs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph poked his head into the dining room, where Albert was running in circles, chasing Frankie’s little white stray. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought I had poked my nose into every bit of conceivable business in the neighborhood; if something was being sold next door, then I certainly wanted to know about it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the old woman merely poked gently at the earth around the alien plant. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He’d ducked his head so that was all that was poking out of the hole. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They poked and prodded me all through the afternoon and evening until finally the doctors shook their heads in amazement and told me I was totally okay. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He poked the leaves with his stick and heard something—this time, from the ground. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Some attempt had been made to smooth the sides of the wall itself, but here and there the twisting fingers of roots poked through. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, even though it was Bugs who’d come real close to getting his heart poked, I was the one who was still having trouble catching my breath. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Dyer’s greenweed,” the woman announced, poking with her cane at a shrub with small flowers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ornate opal necklace was visible, poking out of the paper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I poked the tail of the rocket at him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She visited the ruins of the Seymour house daily, waiting for them to cool enough so that she could poke through the ash with a hoe, in search of coin or melted silver. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we get the animals back on board, I climb into the stock car and poke my head into the room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His finger circled toward Singer and at last he poked his friend in the stomach. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Such a self-righteous young man,” she cooed, and he poked her leg. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She pokes him gently in his soft middle, and he gives her a tentative smile. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what tickled worse: inhaling dust mites, or Viper’s sharp whiskers poking into my bare leg. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the soggy ground had sunk down and left a whole lot of rocks to poke up into me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just then a door on the second landing opened, and a face poked out wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a very annoyed expression. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I poked my head out the door and saw a nurse at the end of the corridor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Fishing boats were moving across the bay, their sails rippling in the wind, and he could see the masts of larger ships poking up along the shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I am sick of people poking their noses in my business. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t about Negra, it’s about you,” Blanca said, raising her voice and poking a finger at my chest after every syllable. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tayo poked a stick into the coals and watched them lose shape and collapse into white ash. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the song crescendoed, a row of daisies poked up from the dirt and unfurled toward her hands. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

One highly effective campaign recently asked you whether you could poke your finger through the hole, approximately the diameter of a golf ball, cut in the front cover of the leaflet. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the door, and Mrs. Donnelly poked her head into the room. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When I get home, I poke around my bedroom closet first thing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vivi pokes at her venison and then licks blood from her knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Donna pokes her head out from the bathroom. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She turns up her nose and pokes out her lips as if pretending to be fancy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It poked up straight from the water and then went under and poked up again a few yards farther off, and then it sank fast. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his tongue poked out be-tween his lips, searching out the droplets. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then the activity gathered momentum, and before I was aware of the change, there were the skunk cabbages poking their funny blooms above the snow in the marsh. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said Noodles looked so scared, and that his lips were poking out and puckered so tight that it looked like he was slurping spaghetti. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared to try it,” Oliver replied, poking at a piece of blackened vegetable. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He frowns down at his stomach that’s just starting to poke out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The boys poking each other and grabbing for the last biscuit. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He poked around for another hour or two, trying to decide just how to leave. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached the metal tongs down into the pan and poked at a chicken breast. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He put two fingers together and poked Bran in the forehead, hard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, after my parents left for work, I poked my head into the living room, where Grandma was reading a book on the couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

From our hiding spot, we could only see his knees poking up as his long legs butted against another grave marker in front. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dad unplugged the microwave and poked inside the slow cooker. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Look! It’s ” The man’s voice trailed off and he stooped again and poked the shovel deeper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The guards would poke in rifles the way Yoyo sometimes pokes Felicidad with sticks when no one in the big house is looking. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I felt it poke painfully at my bones. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She poked the papers to make them burn faster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought Hodor to carry for them, but he had wandered away, and when they found him some boys had him backed into an alley, poking him with sticks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t poke me! And we won’t get caught. I”—we both froze as the wickedly sharp tips of three spears were leveled at our faces—“promise.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The spiky skin of a durian poked through the fabric. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She heard the click of her door being unlocked, and then Jerome Paisley poked his large head into the room. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He poked my temple with his index finger as he got up to get himself a Diet Coke. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In vain Amy telegraphed the word ‘talk’, tried to draw her out, and administered covert pokes with her foot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I’d poke my head around the corner of a building and wait until I could squirt someone, then quickly duck back away, unseen. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I hear and I turn to see the cassor starting to poke its beak into my rucksack. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The foreman said he would, winked, poked Johnny in the ribs and said, “Good for you, Mac.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ears still poke through my hair, and my nose still seems too wide for my face, but I don't see the ugly version of myself I normally do. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

On his way he pokes his head into the room down the hall where Moushumi had stayed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

You try to poke your nose through the chain links, but you can’t reach, you can only watch . . . only watch . Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those swarms of small planes looked to me like wasps whose nest has been poked by a stick. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, Mrs. Williams is way too perky—humming to herself and talking with silent nods to Ms. Newberry, who’s been poking her head into our room one too many times today. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He tore out the stem and began to poke about in the water, while the brilliant fish flicked away on this side and that. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Kweku knocked and waited for her to say “Come in” before he poked his head in. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I shoveled stale-smelling chili onto my plate and poked my fork at the lumpy chunks of beef, kidney beans, and vegetables. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When his eyes fell on her own second-grade school picture with two missing front teeth poked into the corner of Sitti’s picture frame, he pointed and made a question mark with his hand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joyce poked her head out and said in a sugary, white- woman-in-the-movies voice, “Baby, you go get some wood. Daddy and I going to light a fire, then I’m going to make you some cake.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ucho poked at it to show his courage to the others. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I blow out an angry breath and go to stand next to Ida, who is poking at her burned porridge piece in dismay. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Martin bursts in, and within sixty seconds, he changes his drink order twice, burps, and manages to level Abby s sugar house with an overly enthusiastic finger poke. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Black spot—about the size of a dime,” Mom said, poking her index finger at his chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me where it is and I’ll get it,” I growl, poking my finger into Earl’s chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Liyana had had a hard time sewing the thing so the hen's legs could poke out where they needed to. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She even thinks it’s important to poke me with a stick. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

No sluggers greeted me; none poked at me or prodded my body with their strange alien instruments. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A door squeaked open, and the vet’s assistant poked her head out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The tourist kids would poke Grandpa Kenneth in the ribs and pinch his nose and yank on his floppy ears, but he wasn’t allowed to say a word. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But-” Bill opened the door and poked his head in. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred poked his head out to see who was making the noise. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I say, poking the lump of red Jell-O. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I took hold of the knife and, hoping to goad it, poked a front flipper. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny gray birds poked around their feet for crumbs and pecked at a paper wrapper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

People will be asking things, well meaning but nevertheless poking their fingers where it still hurts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scipio examined his mask and poked a finger into one of its hollow eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped me with the end of his club, poked into my chest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma poked her head in our room to see what the sniffling was about and found us sobbing on the two beds pushed into one. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He poked his head inside the window, elevated his eyebrows, and said in a decorous voice: “I was once an exceedingly odd young lady— Suffering much from spleen and vapors. ” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Traced the turned-up nose, poked the glassy blue eyeballs, twisted the yellow hair. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was poking tissues into her bosom for safekeeping. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he wants to poke it up yours too—too—too! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, I gave him a sharp poke in the side. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The smells were spicy and warm and they poked at my stomach with delicious fingers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Grace poked around at the tissue paper, ignoring her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They grinned and nodded and said how much they’d like to go to Raleigh, and I felt jealousy poking at me so hard it made me squirm as I sat there on the porch steps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I searched the entire western half of the Col for more than an hour, peering behind boulders and poking under shredded, long- abandoned tents, but found no trace of Harris. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Corncobs poke out everywhere, ripe and wrapped in green, ready to be picked and opened up and grilled. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On it, the tip of a red bridge poking through thick fog. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

What did they see as they poked their heads out of windows and doorways? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When he turned his back on them, Harry saw a curly pig’s tail poking through a hole in his trousers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mom poked her head out the door, sparing us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once he came down to the library while Francis and I were playing cards, but he refused our invitation to join in and poked listlessly through the shelves, finally meandering upstairs without choosing a book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As I was getting ready for school, my mother poked her head into my doorway. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

No beer bottles or ice cream cones poked from the open windows. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask how she’s so sure, but I have a feeling that telling Tressa she may be wrong about something is like poking a bear with a fork. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That night, sitting at the foot of my bed, poking her face in so that the gauzy net was molded to her features like an awful death mask, was the black mother cat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon by the time Judy poked her head into my room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My handstand would have lasted longer if Irene hadn’t poked at my belly button, hard. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Even so, they squawked the whole way, poking their heads out of the cracks to complain. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I poked my head in, but he shooed me out quickly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I poke my head out of the tent, look left and right, and then streak across to the stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was no place, really, that he could poke his head out and not be conspicuous. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting bolt upright, he heard the rasp of the curtains being pulled back: The dazzling sunlight seemed to poke him hard in both eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They’d probably go poking around, and it’d only be a matter of time before they found the hidden door to the Hideout. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We passed a couple people on the road, but nobody said a word, and Quinby, thankfully, was fairly quiet, although she poked her nose out a couple times to take in the exciting new smells. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In front of her, the corner of a warped floorboard is poking up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He could see the splintered bone poking through his calf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a barf bag in the seat pocket in front of me, so I poked holes in it with a pen, put my fingers through them, and turned the bag into a puppet. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He carried a three-foot wooden pole with him and used it to poke at the ceiling. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had thick whiskers that poked out from his face like uncooked spaghetti. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He tucked the branch under his arm and poked around through the sparse undergrowth, looking for more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Anya let him rest for a moment and poked the ball with one finger. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” says my mom, poking my foot again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“You’d better collect a few more like that: then you can make a notice board and frighten Fiver. You might have poked the lendri’s eye out for us, if you’d only known.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, classes were cancelled, and the whole school was overrun by guards poking through all our bedrooms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the White Harbor lads poked each other and laughed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I give him a poke on the shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I have always wanted to poke them to see if my finger would go all the way through the skin. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We traced our fingers over the patterns of the ornamental wood railings and poked our faces through openings to see the water below. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the performance was over, the human beings crowded around and put their faces down close to the bars and poked their fingers through. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pink snout and white fuzz poked out and looked around. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The face that poked out had a goatee. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Evan was pretty happy, his full tummy poking out like a bullfrog, so Ivy set him in the bouncy seat and scooped up Aaron. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But she just poked him painfully in the side with the end of the broomstick, laughing at him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I seated myself in a little side-pocket inside the bag, near the clasp, and from there I was able to poke my head out whenever I wanted to. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then she poked me in the back, like I was a cockroach, and I hissed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I poke the comers of the clothes in between the wringers and they are grabbed and dragged through, the arms of the shirts ballooning with trapped air, suds dripping from the cuffs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I poked my head over the edge of the roof and waved. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like the hair on my arm, the grass pokes easily out of my skin like needles through paper, growing taller and taller. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice poked her head into her mother’s office to tell her what they were up to. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They are both intoxicated with happiness, Mother with a relaxed smile, Dad with a grin so large it pokes out from under the corners of his mustache. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She poked Gus, and he nodded while he chewed on a toothpick. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A needle pokes my arm and my head hurts so badly I stop fighting and simply wail in a horrible, dying-animal way, until my voice gives out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Horace inserted a razor into one of his scalpels and poked it into the deceased’s head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Through the porch window where I was working, I could see Grandma, poking anxiously about the living room. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a dog poked its head out from behind the bushes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And if you don’t have a weak spot, he’ll invent one and poke you anyway. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Calvin pokes one finger into a hole in the chair cover. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Jay’s head pokes out from under the comforter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The bird poked her head out into the sunlight and blinked. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Petey was sitting cross-legged on a blanket, poking at the fire with a stick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We searched all over him, poking our fingers into his socks, looking up the inside back of his coat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question, however, would have caused at least ten of them to stop poking at each other; six to forget about eating and three others to find the need for drink suddenly less urgent. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and poke it, hoping I won’t find a rat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Christina laughs a little, which feels like a hard poke to the stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept up my shiftless poking about the place, wandering up and down from time to time by the longbeds. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The door swung open and a grinning face poked out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And Books, the clever Volantene swordsman who always seemed to have his nose poked in some crumbly scroll, thought the dragon queen both murderous and mad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Near my heel, a few blades of grass poke up through the cement. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He hopped up on his chair and began poking at Thome's chest with the tiny fork. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Shelly poked her blond head out the window and hollered my name. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tabitha was so skinny then that her bones poked up through her skin. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heading to the kitchen, I poke my head into my bedroom and spy Keav shoving clothes into a brown plastic bag. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his head out, to make sure no one had followed us, I guess, and then leaned back against the wall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bull poked Jasper Jr. “Get it over with, dude.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But every once in a while, if you looked very closely, you could see a bushy head of hair poking through the ground. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She looked at them all and they were just sleeping humans, so vulnerable with their slack mouths and their long pale toes poking out from under the covers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Who starts walking around in a circle, poking her head in and out, flapping her elbows behind her, and bawk-bawk-bawk-BAKAWKing. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He brought his fist up to his face and poked his cheek out with his tongue. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A woman poked her head through the doorway from the kitchen. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw poked his finger into the centre of one, and the fine strands clung to it and came away, cold and slightly sticky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Air conditioners poked out from the windows in the white section, but back here there was nothing but electric fans moving the hot air from one place to another. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not so long ago, the woods must have extended further, because you could see here and there ghostly dead trunks poking out of the soil, most of them broken off only a few feet up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were poked up high in either sleeve. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a net—and now I’m getting poked with a stick. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter how thorough I had been about poking for clues—and make no mistake, I was thorough. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She had her hands in her pockets, but the edges of the purple mittens poked out around her wrists. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In my memory, the stick poked into my side over and over again, and I grew angry once more. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Sierra stood up and poked her head through the glass doors. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And my tongue surprised me every time it poked in one of the empty spaces left by the teeth I had swallowed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Research? What kind of research? We ain’t in school, boy. It’s summertime,” she poked. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Can’t hurt to have a poke around,” said Harry, dropping his bag and getting to his hands and knees so that he could crawl along, searching for clues. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, they stayed inside and poked their arms through the bars for their food, just out of reach. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And the way his flesh would flinch and quiver when Mama poked the needle through, it must have hurt. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Vincent walks on the familiar heath, stars poke out from behind the clouds, lighting his way. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Now the child is saying, ‘Stop poking me.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya sat at the table, poking at her stew with a spoon but not eating any. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I said when it poked its head from a plastic bag. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They came round and poked at the monster's head with their muzzles. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the path, we take turns poking our heads out past the edge of the hedge’s leaves. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two or three people who were not there during the fracas poked their heads in at the door to sympathize but that made Mrs. Turner madder. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Which would mean she poked around up there without his permission as well. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Tiny wires poked Chess’s fingers, but as far as he could tell, Emma had handed him nothing but junk. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Annie and I poked our heads through the fence and peered down at the cars below. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed what she meant and poked out his lips at her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My arms reflexively wrap around Golly’s head, and I’m pretty sure I poke him in the eye. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And poking out of each square was the black muzzle of a cannon. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She poked my nose, like she used to do when I was a little kid, and I smiled for a second. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had bandages poking out from under his shirt collar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

About ten minutes later an exhausted-looking doctor in a scrub shirt poked his head into the waiting room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He felt a rib poke into his back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the doors of the railcar slid open and Seabiscuit’s head poked out, Smith was down on the platform waiting for him, standing in a sea of hostile reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so pathetic, crammed in behind the counter with the board of keys poking into his back, that for a second I actually felt for him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A foot poked out from under the pile. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Softly, he poked his legs from beneath the blanket, then waited. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This time, she was in a group of people, standing at the water’s edge, looking at a dorsal fin poking out from the flat calm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He poked his head back in before he closed it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he’d point to a small plain rock poking through the earth and say it was a cousin or an aunt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The vibe was so weird that I didn’t poke her like I normally would if I thought she was distracted. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was making him poke his head out of his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bags of sassafras and licorice root and birdeye vine sat open for bargaining, and by the time we poked around those a minute, Constantine’s whole body’d be rambling and loose in the joints. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then she poked his belly with so many greats, Frank rolled onto the floor to escape the tickling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed a bunch of loose wires poking out from the edges of the button plate. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A goat poked its head out of the barn door; then another joined it, and another. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mark poked his head around the man and saw that there was a large spot where the bushes had been trampled and crushed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For a psychology teacher, she didn't have much of an eye for spotting trouble when it poked her in the nose. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Matt poked a crumb of hamburger into the bag and got a bite that drew blood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning in 1934, he was perched atop a ladder, testing the electrical tuning coil of Sloan’s X-ray machine by poking at it with a wooden yardstick fitted with a nail at the end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We moved along the corridor, opening doors and poking our heads in. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Dovid rolled back under the covers, I poked through my grocery box’s contents. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for me to answer, Judy poked her head into the room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Leah’s also into slash fanfiction, which got me curious enough to poke around the internet and find some last summer. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the bookcase stopped moving, Finn popped up and poked his head around the side of the bookcase. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For monotonous months I had circled the mail on the hall table like a buzzard, poking through endless boring letters and bills before turning away each day in blank disappointment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But when Mama pulled a long sewing needle from her dress front and poked the small end of the tail hair through the eye, I knew then. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me uncertainly, and then leant forward, and poked me in the chest. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But gradually we warmed to one another again and spent several hours poking about a stagnant pond and playing a game of nineholes with stones, and in other pursuits too trivial to recount. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could still see the edge of her striped dress poking out from under the pile of her skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I poked at the logs in the kitchen hearth, trying to summon back the bees so they would chase out the thoughts invading my brainpan. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that poking his thumb at me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I poked at a shelf crammed with fossils and old bits of bone. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to see this because she sticks out her chest, she wears sweaters, pulling them down tightly so the breasts poke out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Police might start poking around, looking for someone black to take the fall. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Me, Rock, and Mrs. Rock all turn around and see a lady in the back poking her head out from underneath a hair dryer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Now he pokes at the ashes with a stick, shaking his head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids in church had poked each other when I’d walked in. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds familiar,” Ynez said, poking her husband in the side. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She got a skinny little brown nub that poke out the left sleeve. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I nearly cry at the thought of someone poking at her body, but I push the tears down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unicorn hair’s nearly poking out. Anyway —” He had just raised his wand when the compartment door slid open again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Knots of all sorts poked beneath the bottom edge of the giant’s gray suit jacket. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were tables set up there, and they were covered with various clumps of that rust-colored mud so greasy it’s mostly just clay, and poking from some of those clumps were the fossils. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I poked my head between the front seats. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I get poked and prodded like this every morning. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Usually we start with five hundred years ago, when the Portuguese came poking the nose of their little wooden ship into the mouth of the Congo River. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ucho said, and he poked a finger into Sumac’s beautiful red belly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He was hardly ever in the cave without James—Alfred squeezed against the back, James up front, poking out his head to see if the coast was clear. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dump everything out on the tables and poke gingerly at the parts as if at trinkets imported from some future age. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when I poke my head into the den, I see her slumped on the loveseat looking like she’s lost her last friend. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Or when we poked at the moldering lunch remnants. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned over me with a light, poking my shoulder with his pistol. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Theo, upset over his Skid Row snooping, took out his anger on the up button, poking it, jabbing it, until the elevator finally made its way down to the lobby. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his cheeks to show me where. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Thirty dollars each?” remarked Aarfy slowly, poking and patting each of the three strapping girls skeptically with the air of a grudging connoisseur. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, before you go poking around these parts any more, I think we need a little more information.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

From her seat on the bed, Dorothy stared at the poking finger. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Auntie Maysa pokes her head out of the kitchen, glass of water in hand. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I poke my head forward, just enough to spot Liz looking over the armrest of her seat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But he had no sooner taken off his cloak than Dannel poked his head through the door to announce that Clydas had brought a message. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She poked him in the leg for emphasis, and they both froze at the contact. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pumice rock minefield was dotted with stubborn weeds armed with sharp thistles, which poked up through the cheap layer of thin black plastic under the brick- colored lava bits. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I could poke this stick right through it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

With one finger, she had poked the taut, shiny skin just below his left knee. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A middle-aged man poked his pudgy face out the front door. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I whisper, "My dad's poking around with these wires that are hooked to the machine I found in the basement. He's testing the electrical parts of my electric blanket control." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have looked all serious because June poked me in the side. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ulysses poked his head out and looked around the restaurant. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I poked my head through the curtain and there they were, Mom and Mr. Stokely, wrapped around each other like a couple of tangled-up vines. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a white coat, and I could see a stethoscope poking out of his pocket. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“If you must know,” he says, poking me in the arm, “Alicia is so very yesterday! I’m working up the courage to ask Monique to the dance next week.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It got sunny and warm and there were wildflowers poking up through every crack in the cement. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain drizzled around me, poking at the puddles in the gravel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He could not resist poking me with the toe of his sandal and ordering me to get about the duties of a woman. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood and poked his head up into it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That first day, after girding up his coinage for horns, Tyrion had lain flat on his stomach and squirmed to the edge, to poke out his head and look down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Flatnose knelt down, pushed the hanging edge of the sheet aside, and poked around under the bed with the barrel of his gun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want Tom poking around while he was talking to Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He himself did not want to poke in it, for fear that some part of Mary was still there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They are so slow, and so deaf and so heavy; they trample over the house, poking and peering and rough. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out the glowing ball and poked it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I startled and straightened as Macy poked her head into my room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair poked out from under a black beanie, and she smiled her wild Twig grin. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He flopped down on his mattress, letting its itchy stuffing feathers poke into his back as he glared at the ceiling and tried to figure out how it had all gone wrong so fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Rachel adores to poke fun at everything in Creation, but chiefly our family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mademoiselle was poking at a rusty stove that smoked a little and wanned the room indifferently. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something poked up in the middle of the debris but then disappeared. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cole poked a raw hot dog onto the stick and held it over the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Faces poke through the haze, linger, fade away. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He also thinks it helps to poke his fingers into the Italians’ faces and speak in broken sentences. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Imogen didn’t turn around, but her boyfriend poked her in the shoulder. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then in the center of my vision a small head pokes out from behind the nearest pod. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Your friend is quite right, Agha. You might as well poke a rabid dog with a stick,” someone said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The branches scraped and poked my feet through my socks, but I made myself keep on. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And black eels poke their heads out of crevices and wait for prey. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse pokes her head out of the door and motions me in. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He poked at Edward with the toe of his boot. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Let me look at that,” he said, and poked at my wound. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bruno said, poking his head up out of the handbag. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

At this point I wasn’t doing anything more than poking around. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Back in school with people watching or poking at her, Biddy would have thrown some kind of fit, or get her feelings hurt and run off crying. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Bless his heart. Good as gold, that boy is. Don’t bat an eye when kids poke fun at him, calling him names like Pogo.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was when Carlos poked his head around Chandra that Moss lit up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Z was ambling along, poking a stick at various stones. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pokes my arm, and my stomach sort of lurches. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The midwife poked her head out the door. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at one point, got his bearings, poked around a bit, then pointed down a slope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He poked me quite hard in the middle of my chest. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He went on poking, and then with the tip of the broom handle, he shoved the basket away—and out it came. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Hel pokes at the mash and takes a tentative sniff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pokes his bottom lip out, like he's a child on the edge of a tantrum. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But Ged stooped and plucked a blade of wild grass that poked up dry and frail out of the snow where the otak had lain dead. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant they were all looking the other way when one of the second- story windows opened and the muzzle of a rifle poked out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were guards posted at the trash heaps to make sure no one poked around. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He poked me in the ribs, causing me to squirm beside him. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He pokes his elbow nervously and lowers his voice. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

By now, Nhamo was standing with her nose poked between the window bars. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop poking me!” they would roar, except for the girl with the cold hands and feet. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then there was another crack of thunder and Winn-Dixie rose straight up in the air like somebody had poked him with something hot. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Forrest lets me poke around his law office,” he said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poked my head out into the hallway and saw Air. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the memory, his old man stood before the hall mirror, the stubble on his cheeks poking through his white face makeup like beach scrub. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He smiles again, his teeth poking out the side of his face, and in a wash of shimmer he’s right in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As I watched, he picked a blade of grass, poked it into a tunnel in the mound, and then withdrew it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I poked around in the pantry and came out cradling a bag of Doritos. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Tubes seemed to be poked into him in many places and they rattled when he moved. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phones were raised up high, too, poking up above the crowd, their owners desperate to get a good shot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He poked Marshall in the stomach and said, “Hi there, King Tut.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucked inside her bodice was the small makeshift hairpin dagger, though it poked mercilessly at her chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My almost-black hair is flat against my head, and the tips of my ears poke through all the heavy straightness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Abby flings her arms around me, and then pokes me in the cheeks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“We came into this jungle looking for a monster,” she said, poking holes into the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was when one of the kids poked me in the back of my neck with a pencil and the tip of the lead broke off in my skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want no one poking up their nose at my family.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He point at the crib and I go over and poke through the blanket and sho nuff, there’s a hair roller, a measuring spoon, and a dinner napkin. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I pull into the parking lot on Tuesday, and Nora hops out—but when I don’t follow, she pokes her head back inside. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She tugged at their sleeves and poked their shoulders and stomachs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teeth like porcupine spikes poked out of its lower jaw. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maman asks without turning around but instead ventures deeper into the forest, dodging massive roots poking out of the dark soil. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She quickly poked her finger up his sleeve and fulfilled her part of the bargain. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Biddy poke her big face in the back door. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

While I’m adding to my stock of arrows, she pokes around until she comes up with a pair of lethal-looking axes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the bag poked one of Constance’s tiny feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw my dress poked through with holes, all rimmed with rusty-looking blood. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone almost all the way down, and the streetlights were flickering, when my mother poked her head out the window to call me up for dinner. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She quickly poked around the dark floor of the hut with a long stick. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leg of his khakis is poking out the top. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But Beowulf stood firm, holding the monster in a grip so tight that it almost made his own big fingers crack and the bones poke out of the straining flesh. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poked my head into the twins’ room, humoring my sisters as they sorted through a pile of unfolded laundry in the middle of the full-size bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the distance, Barry saw the rooftop of a house poking through the water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hesitated for a moment on the front walk, poking at the peach tree, where the blossoms were shriveling and turning brown. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I got my tool kit and started poking around. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poked holes in a calabash and padded it with dry grass to make a sieve, because unfiltered mutsangidza ashes were slightly poisonous. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby pokes with annoyance at her roped foot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

My brother and some of his boy cousins had found a long bamboo stick and were poking the water as if they could make the boat go faster. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elbows of the brown flannel shirt were worn thin, as if his elbow bone might poke through anytime. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded when Jelly poked him and said, "Some hook Chico's got, huh?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s still-pale face was poking out from the lower bunk; Harry climbed into the one above him, lay down, and looked up at the dark canvas ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The trio scoured the lower slopes, poking and probing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The lamp was switched off, and he gingerly poked his head out from under the covers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My mother poked a shell in the garbage can. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the saucer in one hand and the cigarette in the other, he pressed on the stub until it bent, then broke, and squiggles of tobacco poked out of the paper wrapper. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around ten forty-five that night, JimmyTrotter poked me in the shoulder. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It makes you want to poke him to see if he is alive. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mom pokes her head into our room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dad pokes his head back into the room. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I poke my head in and find him gathering silverware by the handful, thrusting it into his bag. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d first gotten to Colby, most of that garden had been just rows of tiny green plants poking out of the ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She picked up a stick and poked at the flames. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a minute, the teacher from the classroom next door, Mr. Harrison, poked his head inside and said, “Everything okay in here? It sounds like a stampede of yaks.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She settled for carrying the cat like a baby as she poked in the cabinets. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That evening, Macy knocked on my door and poked her head into my room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Every time I said something, she scowled at me, as if I’d just poked her between the eyes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Two short, stubby legs poked out from the bottom, and the weird creature stomped indignantly out to the middle of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase, so that she had a free hand for the knob. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I walk away but he keeps following me and poking me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I came up to the sunlight, which I did by simply poking my head into the soft snow and standing up, I laughed at my dark fears. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have no right to go poking around my drawers, stealing my stuff.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far ahead there were tanks crossing the tracks, guns poking out of their turrets, jeeps with swastikas driving along by their side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Can I come in?” she asked, poking her head in the entrance to our tent. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I can see of the ship is the mainmast and the crow’s nest poking through the fog, but the sky above it is clear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I came poking around on this side of town the night before I took that whipping. I recognized a couple of the families that just arrived. They were at Mayor Carr’s dinner.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The sun pokes at my eyes and wakes me up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He poked at the fire with a stick, “I was eighteen when I began at the University,” he said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Golden pins poke out of a pink velvet cushion. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The major turned and poked his forefinger into Mace’s chest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And there would wend Mitt, the child of ceaseless movement, leafy stick in hand, poking beneath the shady skirts of the trees for the smallest signs of life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sharp eyes seem to poke into me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was poking at Barrone’s drive, her firewall was re-upping with new patches, and I had to get out of there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“It could be anywhere. We can’t just appear at the Erudite compound and start poking around.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She poked her fingers into a gap beneath to get a better grip. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally goes inside to grab drinks, but then he hears voices on the stairs, and he pokes his head around the corner to see Grace and Maya sitting on the stairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I poke him in the forehead with my finger. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Dark as night, soft and crumbly, with tender green shoots poking through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She poked at Ivy’s ankle and moved her foot around until Ivy sucked in a sharp breath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Clarissa’s voice came from behind the door, just before she poked her head in like usual. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was poking around brush clumps and foundation chunks looking for something else. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys poked Mapper, who stood completely enthralled by the play even though he couldn’t see either. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then slyly, the fife music slid into a playful tune, poking, plucking at their brittle senses. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And, “That’s why you don’t poke your nose in other people’s business.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Gilly willed the woman not to look, not to stare at the funny little brown face poked up above the faded quilt, the mouth gaped and trembling with each noisy breath. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, the burned-out city became a magnet for the curious who clogged the streets to see the ruins and poke through the rubble for souvenirs. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the grassless section in front of the house, a baby is crawling on top of a dog with black matted fur, and a boy of about six is poking a stick in the dirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Not like mine, which poke out at all the wrong angles in places. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Christina’s smile falls, and she pokes at her potato with her fork. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The old doorkeeper leapt up from his desk and poked his head out. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The mist was lifting now, as the sun poked up above the trees, and the water sparkled. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And eight will be left when we count up the dead. Well, one down and three to go,” said Ripred, poking the spider with the end of his tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, this one is the one,” said August, pointing to a picture on the screen of a bunch of potatoes with wires poking out of them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He still wore his new coveralls, his pajamas poking out underneath. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bulldozed right over, as if we had been nothing more than two daisies poking up through the cracks in the tile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We joked and poked at each other and talked about nothing in particular. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the dinner table I poked at my food and stared into space like I was in a trance. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to say he looked all right to me, but she poked me in the ribs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Soon, Nokomis came out and took over, poking the coals this way and that to evenly set them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’d slept most of the journey to Boston, the conductor poking him awake once they’d reached South Station, and he was the only person left in the compartment, the last to get off. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had poked it, and jumped back every time its claws reached out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma’s eyes wandered between the bare knees poking beneath the dress and the device attached to Caroline’s forearm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When he heard Pollard’s deep voice coming down the shed row, he would poke his head over the half door to greet him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Man, as soon as I said that, they got even more serious, chests all poked out, hands reaching under their shirts, thinking I came to bring the heat. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I look into Tam’s Noise but he’s as expert as anyone I’ve met at hiding stuff away when someone starts poking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A cold finger, rubber-clad and jellied, slides into me, I am poked and prodded. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed straight to his former hollow and settled there, his tiny head poking out. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Deliberately causing mayhem in Snape’s Potions class was about as safe as poking a sleeping dragon in the eye. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It is nothing but an awful spasm of fear, a simple animal fear of poking out my head and crawling on farther. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was through the door, Finn poked his head around the corner and looked around. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jason poked his head out from behind his improvised bomb shelter of a plastic horse. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Right on cue, Duuzuu poked his head out of my pocket and cooed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I could hear her poking around, but I just kept staring at the wall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Strange furry knobs poke out from the top of her triangular head, above her large ears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t so bad, having your business poked into just a little bit. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Did I swallow them, so now plastic nails were poking the inside of my neck? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Matt gave the fire one last poke before he retired for the night. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a stick and began to poke at the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Like if you poked their cheeks, their skin would ripple forever. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on his door, and Jason poked his head in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tucked into her bodice, the makeshift knife poked her skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s saying be a good friend without expecting something in return,” James said as he poked a stick under a trash can. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“For two bits I’d shove out of here. If we can get jus’ a few dollars in the poke we’ll shove off and go up the American River and pan gold. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

About Art and the fact that even though he could kill a small man with a poke to the chest, he still acted like a complete teddy bear. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s saying be a good friend without expecting something in return,” James said as he poked a stick under a trash can. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The king's men were clearly looking for the vanished prince, but when a bear poked its head out the door window, the soldiers stepped back and quickly waved the coach on. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Eyes on your own paper, Mr. Ogle,” Mrs. Winstead says, poking her finger on my desk. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Maxwell Smitherman strolled over and poked Mr. Spencer in the side. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt the sharp pokes of elbows in my side and the crush of other people’s feet treading on my feet. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I poke my head through the bars and shout, “My feet are too big. Do you still want me to come down?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A murmuring intensifies, the room buzzing like a beehive poked with a stick. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His wife sat beside him on the driver’s box, pink face and neck poking out of a plaid blanket. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Around them were skeins of thread, scissors, and little fabric squares poked full of needles. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looks at me in a funny direct way, poking me awake with his eyes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stare at her, wanting her bread, but more than that wanting to poke the arrogance out of her eyes and smash the pride of ownership that curls her chewing mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once that was done, he told Fabian to poke holes in the sheep’s flesh. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

All Scoob knows is the officer who asked the questions disappeared for a few minutes after getting Scoob’s answers, then poked his head back in the room and said: You can stay. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

So another doctor will poke and prod and then send me to someone else. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The white man had poked in the shovel to clear the air passage and had raked them out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch the next day, the boys wandered through town, joshing one another, poking into shops, taking pictures with their new cameras, buying a few souvenirs, exploring corners of Kopenick they hadn’t yet seen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I poked my head out from under the covers, my heart thundering. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m in big trouble,” I say, and I lie there, getting up only to munch through lunch, until Dr. Minerva comes by at three o’clock and pokes her head into my room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Is your map glowing brighter? Maybe it works like a homing device...” said Mini, poking at the “sprig of youth” design on her wrist. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In this cause, or service, Zooey had been, of all the Glasses, hands down, the most voraciously examined, interviewed, and poked at. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bare trees poked their bony arms into the sky. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and almost screamed out loud—a beetle blade was only a few inches from him, its spindly legs poking through the ivy and somehow sticking to the stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Gasping for air, he looked up into the bright sky and he saw Alec’s head poke out of the house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He put out a finger and gently poked a rather large and oddly mobile-looking bulge under the afghan. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mark poked around more, hoping to find some kind of weapon for when that door finally came open. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You got the right color skin,” I said, poking her fat tan face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I step into the apartment building, Emilika pokes her head out of her door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But no one, not even vagabonds and homeless teens, dared criticize or poke fun at their leaders. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He poked his finger into the boy’s face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The men were silent, bent over, poking into the pile of grey ashes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I poke around in the pile, about to settle on some cod chowder, when Peeta holds out a can to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She poked a needle into Cole’s left arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Marlene pokes her head around one of the bunks and smiles toothily at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a big maroon Harvard sweatshirt and jeans that were covered with marker stains and little holes, like she spent her free time poking them with a fork. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It had been ingrained in me by my mother to never poke my nose into anybody’s business. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I poked a stick in the hole at the base of the rock trying to provoke him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skyscrapers poked at the gray sky with skeletal fingers, and politicians promised big things coming to the Steel City. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

During the next half hour they tapped, they studied, they pressed, they poked, they leaned, they tugged, they opened, they closed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the way the drawstring was pulled that the Amoses had been poking through this too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She had brilliant gold hair braided into a circle at her crown, with wisps catching on the cowl and poking wildly out of the plait. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dulcet wrinkled her nose and poked Boots gently in the tummy. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he had a pistol because I'd poked around the cabin and found it under his mattress. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I glance up from poking at my sausage. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the rough cotton pokes were filled, our hands clawed raw and our hair and shoulders tufted with white, we believed we’d done our part. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the tip of the branch, she poked a round hole in each of her own toeprints, then laughed and scribbled the footprints away with the stick. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas quickly scrambled to the edge of the abyss, poking his head over to see the falling Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the fog is so thick in the morning, all you see is the tip of the two towers poking through.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hole poked in the bottom of the eggshell was not to keep the witches from going to sea, as Cordelia said. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other tributes are poking around in the mess, looking for anything to salvage, but there's nothing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, her dad opened the front door and poked his head out. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mama laughs and pokes me in the belly. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I remembered the huge white monuments poking up above the heads around me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A yellow cab eases up to our building, and I see Janae poke her head out the back window. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Vonetta and Fern stood across from me and poked out their lips. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

You see them and suddenly they don’t have a face that pokes out. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you could just find another job. One where you don’t have to deal with that Connor always poking his nose into our business.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was under the blanket in the morning when Rasheed poked his head in and said he was going to the barber. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just then Ms. Fender poked her head into the band room. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tufts of grass and weeds poke through broken slabs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she spied her cap upon the floor, she picked it up and poked her fingers through its rents. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’d wondered if his cowlick would be slicked down with gel for school, but Steve poked up in all his glory. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There’s one who says “mutton, mutton,” over and over again like a song, another who pokes at our legs with her umbrella and says “bare naked.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My head jerks up, poking out from its furry yellow hood, my elbows barely reaching the table. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their face pokes in, their nose and so on, and there is nothing inside them. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she opened the Baggy and took a sniff and poked her finger in and tasted a pinch and had Primitiva do the same, they were flabbergasted. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was in his raggedy gray sweatpants, his belly poking out as usual. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next to it stood a bed table with a pitcher and a water glass and the silver twig of a thermometer poking up from a jar of pink disinfectant. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He dragged out the suspense, poking around at the bottom of his bag until we yelled, “Uncle D!” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She danced around him in the snow, poking his chest, his stomach, his side. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move at all, but they poked him with their nightsticks and kicked him a few more times. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Using a paddle to poke against the walls, Doon guided the boat around the edge of the pool. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We tied one edge of the new tarp to the rods poking out of the wall of the bridge, right alongside their tarp. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Does she remember the rat that poked its head out in the alley and the look on Dr. Shabani's face when we saw her in the marathon? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Maybe you could go online this afternoon, Bobby. You could go to the website of the journal Science and do some poking around, search their database for articles on light, do some reading— okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shuddered as he ran up to one and poked it in the face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I poked my head behind every lane, every shop. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Byron poked his head out of the door, still in his underpants and still doing his morning scratches. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

George was already sitting down, poking at mushy strands of vegetable with her spork. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His head bobs in the water each time the girl pokes him with her wood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door at the end of the hall opened, and the woman in beige poked her head out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Soon he gave up trying to locate an entry point and elbowed his way into the pepper trees, which scraped his arms and poked his cheeks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The needles poked into my arms and shoved into my armpits, making me tear up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Her hands are wrapped in white bandages with only her fingers poking through. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The crocodile rose gently until its eyes poked out of the water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Constance poked an angry snout down at the insulting young fox. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He’s not even going to poke his head out to make sure everybody’s okay? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Earl’s large bald head pokes around the edge of the doorframe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She poked me again, hard this time, but her eyes were twinkling. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“No peeking,” she warns with a sharp poke to my shoulder. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Don’t poke it with sticks or kick it or anything like that. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Pedalian, not waiting for a response, poked his head into their room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s other ways to pay for graveyard dirt, but until you show you got a little bit more between your ears”—he poked a finger at each of our foreheads—“I’ll keep them to myself.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The campaign volunteer who drove me in from the airport pokes her head into the room. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I poked through its contents until I found my father’s pocket watch and traced my thumb over the case’s familiar dings and scratches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then Edmund ran up and began to poke it with a stick. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The two kittens poked their heads out of Victor's coat pockets. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence, Cooky poked his head out of the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Restless, Jon squatted by the fire and poked at it with a stick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A short, squat man poked his head inside Cole’s room. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I wiggle around, trying to find a place that doesn't have twigs poking into my back. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They tasted of dirt and where he had been poking at his boil. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached over and poked Tayo gently in the ribs when he said “war heroes.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper was poking the end of a twig about, in the leaves. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The grease popped every time she poked the bacon, but she never flinched. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She wished she had a stick or something to poke him with: she had no wish to get any closer to the shadowy man at the end of the room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She looks like a turtle, her head poking out of her purple shell. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a trunk—or the edge of one, at least—poking out from under the second bed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He pokes me again, and this time I slap his hand away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She's about to poke a hole in my story, so I grab Max's phone out of the backpack. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He crept up the stairs and poked his head into Eleanora’s room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He and I could have a really beautiful relationship, so why are the old folks poking their noses into our business again? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the Jackboots poking them with rifles and the dogs lunging and snapping. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Immediately, something sharp poked her in the pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The marker is straight ahead—a wooden stake poking up out of the ground in the middle of a pile of stones, no wider or higher than a pitcher’s mound. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He landed on his bottom with his legs poking up in the air. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan looked at the ground and saw solitary blades of grass poking upward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For a minute, we just sit there, listening to Nick hum as he pokes around his storage closet. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Marly stood by the telephone, poking Mother with her elbow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The little boy was poking at the tomato again and glancing at Danny from the tops of his dark eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He needs rest, though, not a human poking him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bull slid the hat over Edward’s head and pulled it down and poked his arms through the smaller holes. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

A door opened in the hallway above them and Timothy poked his head over the banister. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She went downstairs, poking her head into the kitchen. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The redhead laughed and poked the white boy. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snuck a finger out from under her tablecloth to poke a tiny glob from the bowl. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I poked around the foundations, hoping to uncover some old iron implements that I could use. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had discovered something; still holding it upside down, she poked at its abdomen and then, with her nail, located the tiny control panel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa excitedly poked his head through the shop door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Zaman and I sat down, I saw a gray rat poke its head from a burrow in the wall and flit across the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie sat at the table and poked at the food getting cold on her plate. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I poke his cheek, the same way he did when it came to Curtis. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And the goose raised herself a bit and poked her eggs a little further under her so that they would receive the full heat from her warm body and soft feathers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I knocked, and after a moment, Aileen poked her head out the door, the black curtain curled around her face like a nun’s habit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I notice a blue tattoo poking out of his collar. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Rubbing my eyes so the whites look a little red, slumping my shoulders, hanging my head, and poking my bottom lip out just the slightest bit so I look sad... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She headed back toward the living room, wobbling slightly on her wedge heels, and through the sliding-glass door Pearl watched Trip poke a redheaded girl between the shoulder blades with his plastic pitchfork. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pyp's mouth dropped open when he caught sight of Sam, and Toad poked Grenn in the ribs, but no one dared say a word. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat there numbly watching the naked prisoners with their hands on their heads being lined up in the yard, poked with rifles, and shoved around by troops who behaved like Nazis. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Francie was on her knees trying to poke out some dirt from behind the water pipes under the sink. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the cross and then bowed my head, suddenly afraid that God might punish me for poking around in His business. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

With his forefinger, he began poking Ben’s chin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Centipede poked his head cautiously out of the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

People were unfastening my bindings and collecting my ski poles from where they poked skyward, askew, in their separate snowbanks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It poked me hard, too. Maybe tomorrow I’ll wrap some cloth around my feet before I put my sandals back on.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Hazel put her backpack down, grabbed a thick stick, and poked the mass. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then I poke my head around Darius and say, “Mind your business, Jay.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“How do you know her? Were you poking through my things? Did Richard tell you about her?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Be calm, he told himself as she poked her pencil around. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had a dry sense of humor and liked to poke fun at us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to poke around,” said Brave Orchid, “why don’t you find out what’s in the kitchen drawers so you can help me cook?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scraggly grass poked out between the cracks and in the brown dirt around the tree. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Get out of here!” he said, poking me slightly with his long, slender fingers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The buildings stand empty, row after row of them, the windows broken, the doors gone—probably burned for firewood—and when I poke my head inside, even the floors have been ripped out and salvaged. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was a poke in my other side. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

While Zero was getting himself situated up there, Stanley attached the sack to the shovel by poking a hole through the burlap. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He adjusted a spruce bough poking him in his back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

First thing when I wake up, I poke around online to catch the news. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A moment later, a familiar ruby head poked out of the fast-moving river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Looks more like a sit-out,” David says as he pokes his head out the door. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I poke my head in with more than a little trepidation, but Kinko is gone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’d poke and poke and poke—standing at a distance, of course; he wasn’t stupid—until the snake raised its head and hissed, or whatever snakes did. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His date rolls her eyes, strides into the elevator, and pokes the "L" button until the door closes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Something was wrong with Luke,” Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ernie didn’t seem to care; he was poking around by the stove, seeing what was for dinner. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I poked my head up from the dust. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He expected it to pass over his house on its way elsewhere, but when he poked his head out and looked up he saw that it was hovering over his house, over him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Straw poked from his head like extra hair. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Others were submerged, their upper branches barely poking above the floodwaters, their lower branches swarming with fish instead of birds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

With a stick broken from a nearby willow she searched through the reedy water, poking around and around the spot where the bag had gone down, working in bigger and bigger circles. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed them how the hot syrup went suddenly sticky in the snow, and how they could take a stick and make an all-day-sucker by poking it in and twisting it around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Annabelle pokes through other stuff, she sees a lot of talk about college and next week’s graduation at KeyArena and a summer camping trip. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Most of the plants were stunted or dead, and cigarette butts poked out of the dirt like signposts. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There is a quick knock on the door and then Apa pokes in his head. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I stand five-foot-six, and my head pokes above the crowd so that I am eye level only with other tourists. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long shadow crossed the hold to the galley store, where the ship’s boy unlocked the door and began poking among the barrels, a silhouette of long limbs and curls on the curving timbers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His stubby round legs poke out in front of him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He laughed and Lily poked him in the ribs. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her red sari shows beneath her brown Canadian winter coat, her overshoes poking out beneath it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever Despereaux slowed, one of the two hoods poked him in the shoulder and told him to keep moving. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I reached out to poke her in the arm, but a second before my fingertips reached her, her eyes opened. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The vicar's wife poked her questions rather than asked them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I imagine a mother as a woman who, first and foremost, possesses a great deal of tact, especially toward her adolescent children, and not one who, like Momsy, pokes fun at me when I cry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gogol pokes his head into the pot and sees the vongole, their shells uniformly parted in a quietly foaming broth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What catches Yoyo's eye are their holster belts and the shiny black bulge of their guns poking through. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then, like punctuation, a gunshot poked a hole in the day and all the air ran out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dirty clothes littered the floor, and I could see the butt of a handgun poking out from under a pile of stained T-shirts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Something nagged at him, poked his heart, but he pushed it aside for the moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You were mad,” Elizabeth points out, poking my arm. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“He saved me! Cristo salva!” some brother cried, poking at his eyes as if he was in torment; as if he was Oedipus about to rip his eyes out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

After feeling the air coming in and out of his father’s nostrils, Wes started poking his father in the side with his middle finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A bald doll poked out of the top, sizing me up with blank and beady eyes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa poked his head through the curtain in front of his office door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And two: the person poking the dead ain't always the one paying for it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Like someone is poking it with a stick. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A tiny head, hair going every which way, poked out from the roots. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were accustomed to poking and fixing, unlike the priests and scribes of other nations, who, raised in luxury, were reluctant to dirty their hands. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the memory of shooting him poking at the back of my mind, and try to stifle it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The television crew parked their van near the front door of the monkey house, and the reporter began to poke around, followed by a cameraman. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up and shambles away on swollen feet, old socks poking through the holes in her rubber boots, glancing back over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would anyone bother looking after them?” said Ron, after yet another hour of poking shredded lettuce down the flobberworms’ slimy throats. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The hilt of the great- sword Dawn poked up over his right shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The earth doesn’t take to being poked. Not its sky or beyond its sky. No, sir! The earth doesn’t like it.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her head pokes forward like a turtle before she pulls it back in and says in her Nice Voice, He misses Devon. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he came to a complete halt and started to poke around with his foot a squashed paper cup on the ground. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The falling snow had covered almost all of it, but part of one gargoyle still poked above the drift, its grotesque face snarling sightless at the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And by the way, Padre,” he warned coldly, poking his finger once into the chaplain’s chest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For the next few minutes she pokes and prods, pulling the hair back from my face and smoothing it into submission. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I poke it with a stick, turning it over, and see the maggots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The morning after I left the elves, an ogre woke me by poking me with a stick. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there were also days when her poking and prod-ding led to a small foothold inside him, a tiny ray of light inside an intricate cavern with more depth than anyone could possibly have realized. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jabbing upward, I use the vegetable stake to poke around until I feel it—the iron latch inside the door—and I try to use the stake to swing the latch up into place. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In a trice they were back, moist snouts poking from the excavation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I poke at her with my jackknife and the wood is soft and crumbly. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

María eased open the door and poked her head in. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She poked Pita’s baby fat and pulled on the dress collar’s silk ribbon bow. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Charles had the oven open and was poking at some lamb chops with a fork. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rat poked his head out from under the trough. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The black tips of their shoes poked out from under their cuffs like the snouts of wily animals. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I found him poking through one of his lizard drawers, muttering something about a missing specimen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Dig in,” said the king, poking Milo with his elbow and looking disapprovingly at his plate. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark, but the girls poked their heads around the corner from the porch steps and could see us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She poked sticky cotton into tiny gaps with a sliver of dassie bone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I had seen tall buildings in Freetown, but these were beyond tall, it seemed they were poking the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But then that podcast came around, re-examining all that happened, poking holes in a burnt cake to make sure it’s done. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shriya climbed in first, checked the hall, and then poked her head back out the window. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

What was left was strong, and they couldn't stop the me I would and could become—how I'd poke up from what they'd torn down, rise from it all, and bloom again, wild and free. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pokes my cheek with his index finger, and I struggle against the impulse to slap his hand away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I gave her another poke with my toe. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She could stay in the general store all day, just poking around. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ucho still had his stick, and he poked it at my side — not hard, but also not gently. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Grinning, I tried to picture her with an aviator hat and imagined her still wearing her ginormous flower poking out the side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I whipped my head to face him the bang was full of bounce and poked me in the eye. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

You poured them from your shirt- hammocks into the crater and poked the mess with sticks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

If a German sentry poked his nose in here I don’t know how he’d not notice it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

People—grown-ups—hovered over me constantly, touching me, feeling me, dressing and undressing me, eyeing me, poking me, bathing me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. poked her Afro into the kitchen to offer her help but she looked as green as she had earlier that morning. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She’d wondered if his cowlick would be slicked down with gel for school, but Steve poked up in all his glory. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She poked her head into his office to let him know we were waiting before she left. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The roof of the car was getting hot, and Trip stretched his legs down the windshield, poking the wipers with the toe of his flip-flop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Henry looked about, poking obediently into the closet, Palmer studied Henry. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But at that moment Bo poked his head out from behind Prosper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s there?” he says again, and pokes himself through between two gods, feeling ahead of himself with the cane. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen, her hair is up, and she’s poking at one of her dozens of window plants. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He poked his head out maybe three feet away from where Flora and Ulysses was supposed to be shelved. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the corridor with Orieus’s javelin poking me in the back, I thought about what Luke had said—that the bear twins together were a match for Tysons strength. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They looked scared, but then one of them poked a gun in his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman had a big orange leaf stuck to the bottom of his shoe which was poking out from one side. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he poked a finger into my shoulder blade. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some writers can’t make a point without poking you in the ribs with it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump, I can’t help it, and I don’t like the way Kalinda laughs at me, her head poking through the window. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eventually a young woman poked her head out of an office and pointed us down the hall to another office, where someone pointed us to yet another. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I told him how the tree nymph had seen Quintus poking around the rocks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,” said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nhamo poked around the edge with a stick, but even after she had satisfied herself that no scorpions were lurking, she couldn’t bring herself to carve. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over his plate and poked at a slice of tomato with a thin, stubby finger. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I poked the thumbtack into the top of Momma’s picture and walked to the wall that she’d stuck all the pictures of horses on. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The tongue poked around the room like a periscope, seeming to be testing the air. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Shut up,” he answered, poking his elbow into my gut. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She prods the chicken, flexes a wing, pokes a finger into the cavity, fishes out the giblets. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows of white barbs poking out of the shredded gums, pink like strawberry taffy. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His mother was in the kitchen poking out the clogged holes of a colander with a hairpin, and biting her lower lip with concentration. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo opened her door and poked his head in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If you poke him with a stick he turns black with sparkles and makes a noise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slept, only waking long enough to poke one another if we snored. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I poke him in the arm, and he comes awake instantly, raising his hand as though to ward me off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“By Jove, she’s forgotten her dinner!” cried the unconscious youth, poking the scarlet monster into its place with his cane, and preparing to hand out the basket after the old lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time he saw a pile of leaves and twigs, he jabbed and poked and called out for Smaug. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Holding the bedpan behind me, I would poke my head out the front door to make sure the coast was clear. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He took out two green candles and poked them into the top of his cupcake, adjusting them so they stood side by side, straight and tall. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Mariam picked her up, she could feel her hip bone poking through the taut skin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked up past his house to the hill beyond, the church steeple poking up into the cloudy sky. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He poked his fat finger in Stanley's neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I poke Penny’s feet while she drinks, and she lowers her bottle to laugh. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They spent a few quiet minutes looking through their copies of the new Poe book until Matthew poked his head in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But, Mama,” Oliver protested, pointing the tip of his sword at the blue T-shirt poking out the top of the bag. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She opened the door and poked her head inside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Useless burned-out fireworks bobbed in it, but I spotted a precious bottle poking out of the trash mound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Seconds later the door cracked open, and Shelly’s blond head poked out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s damp fur down and warm on top,” he remarked, poking a brown hand deep into the soil. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how he wrinkled his forehead and poked at it, he couldn't see any different than he'd done before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Back in the kitchen she took off the apron and put it in the stove and poked the coals until a flame sprang up on the cloth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him poke at the dirt with a stick. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The windows all roll down at once, and some boys around eighteen or nineteen poke their heads out. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. V sets Penny back down, Penny pokes her lips out, throws Doodle on the floor, and wraps both her arms around her chest. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Reynie looked at Constance, who by way of answering Sticky was poking her tongue out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had turned yellow and there were long, pointed ears poking through her hair. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I. Don’t. Care,” he said, poking her in the upper chest, punctuating each word. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas could see several clumsily prepared wooden crosses poking through this growth, their horizontal pieces lashed to the upright ones with a splintery twine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then I poked her belly to wake her up. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He props his arm up so his elbow pokes through the open window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At least that’s what I tell myself as I poke at this sausage on my plate. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A man had put up the sign as a joke, poking fun at the missing cat and dog posters he often saw. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was indeed a small patch of earth poking through the cement. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He poked his finger up his nose absent-mindedly and looked intently at Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Resisting the urge to give Ron a good hard poke in the back of the head, he finally reached the table and sat down at it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gene Johnson, poking his head around the comer of the building, reported that the coast was clear. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re just going to poke it a bit, so that it keeps its mouth open long enough for us to escape.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were creeping up on him, hiding in the shadows of his mind, poking and prodding him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tiny patches of green poked optimistically out of the cold earth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ralph sat down and began to poke little holes in the sand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

At the end of each one, a little bit of string poked out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back in the swivel chair and poked through the remainder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to weep when the saleswoman poked her head through the curtain and said brightly, “How are you doing?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poked her own tongue into her cheek, making a bump. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As we pulled up to the front of his school, my mom poked me on the arm and pointed toward the windows in front. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Soft, dimpled elbows poke out from her lacy sleeves, and red beads wind up her wrists. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate some of her carrots and poked others between the couch cushions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang and Ryan went to the back of the room to collect his parka, Ralph poked his nose out of the shirt pocket. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle spots the arrowheads of bulbs poking up in the landscaping. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Outside and on the way home, the people played in their magic, as children poke in mud pies, reluctant to tell themselves that the game was over. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black leather sleeve poked out of the bag. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

One time he poked his head inside the cave and she freaked out, yelling and throwing pots at his head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She envisioned her former master tangled in linens, purple tongue poking from his lips. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I am pressed against soft bosoms, poked by veiled hats, and engulfed by jasmine, lavender, and rose water. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Granite intrusions poked above the water and formed a sort of breakwater that defended the island from some of the worst of the new storms. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing wrong with that gal that a good poke in the hay barn wouldn’t fix. And you’re just the stud for the job.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His father, off balance, poked him in the stomach as he went up, but the ball went in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept poking him backward till he was against the wall. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

In the back of the bag, I poked a small hole and taped it over the remaining intake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and poked Thomas in the chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She finished Rhyme Schemer and then paced her room until he poked his head in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Through the doorway, I could see him facing Ma, poking at his eye. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Would you please tell me what you were doing in our village last night? Why were you poking that long trumpet thing into the Goochey children’s bedroom and then blowing through it?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mine was reddish brown and my cheekbones poked out a lot. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I had watched Granddaddy poke a hole in the dirt with a pencil before tenderly easing the fragile green stalk into its new home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I watched her poke her hand with its tip to test its sharpness. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The woman walked straight to me and poked my arm. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head was poked down well into his neck. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The sickly gray skin resembles an elephant's trunk with thick hair poking out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Their round heads nervously poked up, and they watched as a sparkling monster emerged from the crate. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jamie needed only to point his fingers to poke his sister in the ribs. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m IN THE KITCHEN, washing dishes and joking around with my coworkers, when Don Lucho pokes his head through the doorway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luis pokes my shoulder and walks away before I have a chance to respond. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jetty is like this big arm made of rocks that pokes out into the harbor and protects it from waves whenever there’s a storm. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could see only Mr. Guareschi’s legs, since the rest of him was poked up through an opening where he’d removed some asbestos tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When unsatisfied, she pokes my chest and curses me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He poked his head in—a strange thing that everyone does at the hospital for some reason—before entering. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The big railcar door slid open and Seabiscuit got up, shook off the straw, and poked his head out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would poke Frank’s stomach every time she said great-, dozens of times, until he was giggling uncontrollably. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were painted on pieces of paper, and the papers were pierced by twigs and the twigs were poked into the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Gram and I poked our noses into an old fort, and then sat on the grass watching a group of Native Americans dance and beat drums. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was a clatter from overhead, and they all looked up to see Percy’s head poking out of a window on the second floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chains dangled at their waists, knife sheaths poked out of their baggy pockets. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After ’bout five or six big gulps of air I pulled my shirt up to see if any bones were poking through. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was like, since she couldn’t talk about Mom Problems, she had to go poking around to find another problem, but everything was totally fine. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Prim has Buttercup installed on the lower bunk, draped in a blanket so that only his face pokes out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Roy poked the tip of the dead branch through the loose dirt, but it yielded no clues. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I should say so," said the cleaning woman and, by way of proof, poked Gregor's body with the broom a considerable distance more to the side. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were poking and prying around, just as you were. Now you understand why I said we couldn’t make exceptions.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his own chest with a pudgy finger. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Same to you," Riccio muttered, poking out his tongue at Barbarossa’s back before making his uneasy way home. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But nothing he drew seemed good enough, and he would end up scrawling across the half-finished page and poking it into the stove to burn up. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We spend a few minutes poking around inside. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

If she chanced to bat her eyes or yawn or shift a little in the chair, they’d poke one another in the ribs and haw and guffaw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Rocks and pieces of gravel poked up at my back. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As long as no one poked round in that fire, things would be all right. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips are kinda poked out like she’s got an attitude, but at least she doesn’t say anything mean. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He always stopped by her room and poked his head in. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dallas is always on the lookout for other people’s weak spots so that he knows exactly where to poke them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Uriah pokes her cheek in response, then turns back to the window again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Annoyed at die arrangement, I gave the boy sitting on my right a poke in the ribs with my elbow, then faced around and watched the Chief cross over Fifth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

While he waited, Joseph poked around, opening drawers and cabinets. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The thing was, though, I had picked out the socks, and my big toe poked through a hole in one of them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Jackson is still poking around for whatever he needs from the sheriff’s office, he’s on his own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

While he smirked, Auntie Lindo demonstrated the proper technique, poking her chopstick into the orange spongy part: “You have to dig in here, get this out. The brain is most tastiest, you try.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jostling arms poked her, bulky bodies bumped her and crushed her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had known all along the inevitable outcome and that I dared not poke into his knapsack of misery, even with the offer to help him carry it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their love of novelty, the bonobos swarmed me, poking at the pills. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They continued in silence for a while and then Rachael poked about, found the car’s radio and switched it on. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could just see the dark barrel poking out from the white silk of the flag. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, they had suddenly stumbled upon an Indian village, passing palm-leaf shelters along the shore and some sticks poking out of the water, which was all that was left of the Indians’ fishing trap. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I poked the animal bone with my finger. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Bongo flew up to my smallest hollow and poked her head inside, her tail feathers still visible. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She strokes the curls poking out of her long dark braid, and tucks a book into her dress sash. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

About an inch of Quinby’s tail was poking out from the tarp. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then he nodded and reached across the center console and poked my back with his pointer finger. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She pokes her lip out, and then gets up and comes over to pull me out of the chair. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Belts were slung around both their hips, guns poking out of the holsters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Our youth is wasted We will not waste it Remember my name ’Cause we made history Na na na na, na na na I poke Mirren with a carrot. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It takes some imagining, but finally I see myself playing H.O.R.S.E. with Erin as the sun sets through the trees and the stars poke through the endless sky above. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus whistled while he hoed around the tiny tomato plants, stepping carefully between the pole beans and zucchini that were just beginning to poke through the warm spring dirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I tell him I don’t know and when he pokes his finger into my chest Malachy says, I’m a gangster, Frank’s a cowboy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve already poked two new holes in my belt to hold up my jeans. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The cafe owner, Betty Christopher, drove up in her car and poked her head out the window. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and slowly brought her hands to the sides of George’s head, peeking just a little bit to make sure she didn’t poke her best friend in the eye. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe no one would notice if a small brown mouse poked his nose out for a breath of air. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Boo flew to Aru’s shoulder and then poked his head out from underneath her hair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes, everyone,” Ms. Albright calls, poking her head around the curtain. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It stopped every step to poke a whiskered nose about. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She said, “This will be a time of asking questions and not rushing to answer them. A time of poking holes in your own theories. A time of thinking and not knowing.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He poked up the fire and waited for his mother to ask him if he had been perk and didn’t grieve his father, but she didn’t. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a pointer, he pokes languidly at the twisted intestines of a dead salt-and-pepper milk goat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They poked about for a while, avoiding tour groups and ducking from one patch of shade to the next. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But he’s so sweet and self-conscious out there, you just want to poke him in the face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sheed stopped moving, but the beast took a bouncy step forward and poked its snout in his face, stopping short an inch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

What I see as I look down aren’t angels but butterflies, the arm swings connecting to the leg swings like a pair of wings, our heads poking out in between! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Eric bent down and blew softly again till the patch was bright Sam poked the piece of tinder wood into the hot spot, then a branch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Aunt Best was poking at him with one of her canes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two drumstick tips poke out of an enormous pot of boiling water. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up another thorn and used it to poke and prod at the first one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy poked him to be sure, then looked around to see if the kapos were coming yet. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It says I’m caring and, yes, even a little cold sometimes. See these laugh lines,” she says, almost poking herself in the eyes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the delicate, pink-mottled claw meat poking seductively through its blanket of mayonnaise and the bland yellow pear cup with its rim of alligator-green cradling the whole mess. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was no music yet, only the sound of the man’s footsteps, going very steadily, and the tap-tap of his stick as well, poking forward along the pavement. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

David leans his long, spindly body against the kitchen counter and pokes at toaster parts, like he’s got nothing better to do. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

On the second floor, Sierra poked her head into her brothers’ room. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He poked my chest with his finger and walked around me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we poke around and figure some things out for ourselves right now?” said Kate, who had a passion for poking around. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Growing prettier every day, but I do believe I poked a wound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Deidre pointed her finger at me and kind of jabbed it in my direction as if she might poke it through my chest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I could tell this guy was poking fun at me but I answered anyway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sister with the loud voice poked her head into the room. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the stones from her necklace poked me in the eye and I pulled away. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not until an hour or two after each and every one of the incapacitated folks has been cleaned, fed, and parked outside their doors that it’s safe to poke your head out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pokes at the fire with a stick, then tosses it in. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As usual, the lids were off, and several children were poking through the stench and maggots. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Most were sheep bones, but there were horses too, and cattle, and now and again a human skull, or a headless skeleton with weeds poking up through its rib cage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stretched out on his stomach, holding the lighter in one hand, he swept the bottom with the other, clawing, pulling, fingering, poking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes to poke me again, but I swerve out of the way and he misses. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

So I poked her out of the way as I shouldered my backpack and grabbed a Yoo-hoo from the hallway table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

On Friday, just as he was about to leave school and head home, the guidance counselor poked her head out of her office. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I carefully pushed it to one side as I had seen my father do and then poked my head through; all the time my eyes were on the prowl for danger. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bartender has immaculate pink lipstick and stubble poking through thick foundation, and they rapidly line up five shots and a soda with lime. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was the process, indivisible from this small, burgeoning life that was now throwing elbows and poking my bladder with her heel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He poked Train Ear in the chest with his pen. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

David holds his present on his palms, weighing and poking it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The butterflies would dance their merry jig across the lawns, and spiders spin foggy webs, and small startled rabbits who had no business to come trespassing poke their faces through the crowded shrubs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once a week, William took the kids to the movies—even though he was so tired he often fell asleep in the theater and had to be poked awake. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A frog poked its head up, blinked a few times, and disappeared. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rockmouth’s face poked above the surface, he flashed a big toothy grin, and then he quickly swam away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Before they could answer her, the pencil woman poked her head into the room and said, “It’s time for the third test, children. Please report immediately to Room 7-B.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyebrows, pointed to the headphones, and then he poked himself in the sternum. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I poke the elephant in his fat stomach. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She gave me a poke with her shoe. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It walks beside you silently, jumps out at you meanly, pokes you awake at night. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The old man rode a skinny pinto mare with hip bones and ribs poking against the hide like springs of an old car seat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I crept out of the potatoes and cautiously poked my tiny head over the edge of the sack. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I start working on one of the workbook exercises, and then Mom pokes her head into our room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She finished Rhyme Schemer and then paced her room until he poked his head in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care whose son he is. I won’t go belly-up like some timid pup. If he’s fool enough to take a poke at me, I’ll snap the finger clean off that does the poking.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say, poking the next spoonful in his mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of a white woman that looked like she had some child’s arms and legs poking out of the side of her neck! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

George spooned out a bit of the applesauce and started to poke it into the hole. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The passengers see her only at the last moment, and all up and down her side of the bus, men poke out of the windows, hooting and yelling, holding out bottles and beckoning to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Sandnes led the way down the hallway and poked her head in an open door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As he rotated in a slow circle, the other kids snickered and stared; some reached out and poked him with a finger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Revere twins stood alone together, poking each other as usual. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She followed him and her Mama up the stairs and watched him poke the mattress on the bed and roll up the shades to see if they worked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tried to poke my eyes, but I had seen him do that in matches back in freshman year, and I grabbed his hand and bent it back. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, Mini poked her head out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On Amherst Street, Gogol sits at his grandfather’s drawing table, poking through a tin full of dried-out nibs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other than poking three holes in me, it seemed like the bear-fighting dog hadn’t done nothing worst than knock the air out of my chest. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I swear, the kid could have been a brain surgeon for how sharp and accurate his pokes and prods were. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then he reaches up and pokes me in the chest hard enough to make me catch my breath, and he says, "Cat got your tongue, kid? What is this, a Siamese-twin act?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the wastebasket poked the blood-red buds of a dozen long-stemmed roses. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I awake the next morning, I see a little trunk poking out between the bars of Stella’s domain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d poke fun at her but she was doing so well, and I didn’t want to be the mean giant that she wished was dead. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They took turns poking each other on the chest, giggling, pelting each other with bread crumbs, whispering things the others couldn’t hear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She winced as his claws dug deeper, stabbing through her dress and poking holes in her skin. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Kendra picked up a stick and used it to poke around. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He looked us over, prodding my shirt with the tip of his sword, poking Grover’s jeans. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was as if the underbrush was actually reaching in to poke at me.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A thin ache had begun to poke in my head. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All the while Uncle D called her “sis” and poked her and chatted away with her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Years from now, our descendants will be telling stories about the hero Frank Zhang, their great-, great-, great She poked him in the belly for old times’ sake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He harangued the others in a braying voice and punctuated his statements by poking them in the chest with a finger. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor shifted his weight on the bat and something poked his leg. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Florida poked at the mush on her plate. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I did my best not to poke myself. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It is beginning to tell on him, and he took it out on Amélie, who had again poked fun at the fading bruise on his forehead. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Coach Whit nodded, poked her bottom lip out, not in the sad way, but in the surprised and satisfied way. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tiny white flowers poked out of dead leaves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Horace looked at it, swung the cylinder out, poked the cartridges out, and smelled the empty brass cylinder of the one empty shell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother says that: Never buy a pig in a poke. I guess a poke is a sack.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A horrible and bloody sacrifice,” Marshall and Elizabeth repeated dutifully, but Elizabeth’s voice quavered a little and Marshall leaned over and poked his sister. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson teased, poking his sister where she’d already told him a thousand times it hurt to be poked. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheryl hands me something else—a tool belt—but in the pockets, pretty flowers and ribbons poke out in soft colors. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He’s also learned that Henry’s placid demeanor is shattered with the right poking. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Max pokes her head out from under the desk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He opened the stove door and poked the black sheets until they were reduced to powder. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s empty now, a drop cloth on the floor, a tangle of wires poking out of the center of the ceiling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He poked fun at those who fled the city, at the power of opium to banish pain, and at the cruelty and indifference of those outside the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Dad pokes his head out of the kitchen. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

From behind her skirts his young brother and sister poked their heads. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t assume the worst,” Velia said as she poked her head through the doors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Clayton poked his head out from his blanket to hear what was stirring below. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her sketches on the chalkboard looked like preschool illustrations that someone had poked a hole in and deflated. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Only the high hills poked out above the water now. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked about with a bit of stick, that itself was wave-worn and whitened and a vagrant, and tried to control the motions of the scavengers. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

An older man with dark skin, he wears a traditional long robe, skinny legs poking from it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she poked me, I hissed, and soon we were both laughing so hard we were almost crying, and I could barely get the hisses out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Manny poked the button on his earpiece and stared at the ground for a few seconds. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled the pipe out of his mouth and poked the air with it as if typesetting an exclamation point on his accusation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They got up and poked around, and soon they came across a plant whose branches were laden with the purple fruits, about the size of small beets, only softer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Aggie used to say I was like as not to poke Satan with a stick just for fun. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to poke round in the coals to see, but dared not; he flinched from it even in thought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I took a stick from my pocket and poked at the wing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Doors were opening up and down the hallway: an insurance agent, the tax assessor, a dentist in a white coat, all poking their heads out to see what the fuss was about. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a heavy sigh she settled herself down on the porch steps, her sturdy calves poking out the tops of the oversized boots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Luke could feel the corner of The Population Disaster poking his back throughout the entire game. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stuffing leaked from a fresh rip in the couch, a multitude of empty beer cans poked from underneath its ratty fringe and there looked to be a hash pipe resting precariously on one arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well then, you’re not like them,” I say, poking him hard in the center of his chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the spectators watched Maniac poke and tug and pick at the knot. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we just do a bit of poking around —” “No,” said Harry flatly, “we’ve done enough poking around.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

By the time the Sunday puzzle arrived, she was grumbling at the puzzle and poking harder with the holotack. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He put the picture down and continued to poke through the suitcase. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She whispered what some of the things were, and we giggled until Sass poked her head into our room to shame us, reminding us that a funeral had taken place that day. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had poked Ron in the back of the head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Cole poked his head back out the tent flap. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But the man would not poke into that fire; nobody suspected him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was a pond in our courtyard and I often poked a stick in the still water to make the turtle swim out from underneath the rocks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned my attention back to him, Chubs had collected himself enough to start poking and prodding me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Tree stumps poked out of the ground, making it too dangerous for us to run around. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silent Giaco deftly steered the boat past the bricole—the wooden posts that poked out of the water everywhere. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the oven, peered into the freezer, poked into the salad compartment of the fridge. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He poked his head into the hallway and saw a group of black high school students standing a little way down the corridor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Jake was poking Tyler behind my back. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“They’re a nuisance,” Carlyle tells me, as he does his best to poke them out of corners and wash them from the deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He poked around in the underbrush until he found a long, sturdy stick. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to me, stuck his finger out, and poked it into my thermal underweared chest. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was only a short time later that Edward saw a couple of rocks poking out of the water and yelled for us to come. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my teammates start poking around too much, they’ll find it’s more than just our exercises causing my sleepless nights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, you are wrong,” she said, shooting forward and poking me hard in the chest. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At home in St. Louis even the man at the grocery store remembered the day a very young Liyana poked a ripe peach too hard and her finger went inside it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He asked a nurse to bring him a syringe, and without further ado he poked it into my chest and drew out some brownish liquid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy gave June a small smile back, but something nudged at her, like a finger poking her in the shoulder over and over again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sharp pine needles poked at Ophie’s bare feet, filling the night air with their clean scent, and something small and scurrying ran across the path in front of them, but Ophie barely noticed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The zigzag chain link at the bottom pokes into my belly, but I wiggle through. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long nose poked over the first rat’s shoulder. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But now as I look out across the open deck, there it is, poking rudely off the side of the ship like a middle finger. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Tufts of grass poked out from a few shady spots, but mostly, it was dry and stark. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone flocked around us, patting and poking me and reaching for Stick’s bandage as if they could heal him with a touch. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Gosh, look how white they are,” said Pink, poking one with a corn cob. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been poking you for twenty minutes. You sleep like the dead.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I knock on the door, poke my head in. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Cordelia stands uncertainly, squinting a little, head poking forward and swinging imperceptibly from side to side, the way an elephant’s does, or some slow, bewildered animal. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I poke my head in the church and wonder why they ever decided to meet here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jolted from their sugar-cane sacking, barrels poking out, the ingredients of the picnic have spilled out across the floor of the trunk. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Soon, spring plants would poke up through dead leaves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A pair of worn shoes poked from one end, pointing at the sky. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Arul and Muthu returned as we were trying to tie our raincoat to a steel rod that was poking out of the wall of the bridge to make a roof. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

At first April poked her and frowned in a way that said not to give everything away, but after a while she changed her mind and started answering questions, too. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a baseball cap all day and half the night, his scraggly brown hair poking out from under it every which way. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I poked my mother, pointed, and whispered, “Cows.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a very fine dark blue suit, probably Italian, with a satin red handkerchief poking out of the breast pocket. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took a broom from the corner and poked about with the handle. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Abby tapes on my bow tie and pokes my cheeks, which is something she does weirdly often because apparently my cheeks are adorable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I followed the tube poking through bandages on my chest to a container half­filled with columns of water. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Angel pokes her lips out, but she doesn’t say anything smart. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t believe it was even him when he poked his head between the bucket seats and in a real authoritative tone told Faith to “turn off the radio.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I poked at it with a toe, nose wrinkling at its faint scent of stale cigarette smoke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Near the lone hangar, lethargic mechanics in grease-stained uniforms poked among the entrails of decrepit jets far removed from their vintage years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poked her head up out of the blanket to have a look. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door to my grandma’s bedroom is slightly open, so I poke my head in. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Stop it!” she said now, when Burton started poking at Lord Shiva’s trident. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Just the right size,” the owner of the black horse said as he poked Tidbit with his toe. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pokes my chest and leans so close that I can see his breath in the cold air. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a sweet prospect!” muttered Jo, slamming the stove door open, and poking vigorously among the cinders. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they left the house, many of their neighbors poked their heads out their doors. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He could quote lines from his favorite comedies, like Caddyshack, or poke fun at someone who was too pretentious or willfully ignorant. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Isabelle poked her head inside to make sure no one was watching, then held the door open for Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I wear the pants in this family, so don’t you be a smarty-pants,” she said, and poked me on the shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He scratched his beard, peered long at the bubbles on the left rear, and poked them with a forefinger like a file. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white woman was gathering a stack of her blue papers when Cora poked her head into the office. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When she let it rest, we would poke our fingers into the dough to draw faces. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slide in between Garrett and Nick while Simon’s mom pokes her head in to snap more pictures. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I think it will be okay,” Josiah said, poking at the dead flies with the toe of his boot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The long worm bunched up and squirmed to get free, so he brought it quickly to his mouth and poked it safely past his cracked lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She was getting cress, dandelion greens, and poke greens, as she always did early in June. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dreams big- ger than the mountaintops that poke at the clouds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always scared he’d poke himself in the tongue, so he only ever used spoons. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

According to the instructor, “You can poke into the eye sockets about two to three inches and a few seconds later, they’ll be looking at you and saying, ‘What happened?’ Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, heads poked out of my hollows, as well as the skunk den under the porch, to watch Bongo at work. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pokes his nose through one of the round holes on the top, and I pet it while we wait to be called. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He kept poking that fish until it flinched and snapped its stingers into R.C.’s hand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then Maggie poked me in the shoulder and asked me something about the Fourth of July celebration next week. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He took a big lump of clay, poked holes in it for eyes, and stuck a few bristles on its rump. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse comes over with a needle and pokes my arm and I fall asleep. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I poke Rue in the belly, just like I would Prim. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The old wooden houses looked lopsided on their foundations after decades of long winters; poking out of the snow. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Television and radio reporters poked microphones and cameras at the closed windows. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ma stood by the window as the stars began to poke holes in the deep, blue velvet sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

At first Megan buried her head under a pillow, but then she poked her head out like a turtle and started to listen for real. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She worked at her dishpan for a while in silence; then she walked over and poked him a little with the toe of her shoe. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he closed his eyes and poked a finger at the map. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and gave the girl a poke in the ribs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He wheeled out the stool and settled down, poking and prodding Fig’s trembling girth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nothing but water for miles and miles and miles, rippling only when I poke a single finger into it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z