On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Pokes. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Pokes meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of poke
Using Pokes
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of poke
- In the example corpus, pokes often appears in combinations such as: pokes fun, the pokes, pokes out.
Context around Pokes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pokes
- In this selection, "pokes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dakhil, paris, pistol, fun, gentle and receives stand out and add context to how "pokes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include al dakhil pokes it back and and air pokes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pokes" sits close to words such as abacha, acetate and adl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pokes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jaren Calkins leads the Pokes at 141 (-3). (8 words)
Porro pokes an effort goalwards, which rolls narrowly wide of the post. (12 words)
Pokes will take over at the 26. Big stop for this defense. (12 words)
Oded Revivi, the mayor of Efrat, whose pistol pokes out from the back of his trousers, said Israel has endured a “vicious cycle” of violence since its forces pulled out of Gaza in 2005, which led to Hamas taking control of the territory. (43 words)
With enough interest in Thorfinn, which started off as a relatively harmless conversation; Thorfinn pokes and prods enough at Canute to get him to speak his mind even with a stutter. (31 words)
Perhaps one day in the far-off future, we'll be able to swiftly and accurately interface with our devices with nothing but a few wrist flicks and air pokes. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Celeste Barber – the Instagram influencer who found fame by skewering celebrities – about her first Netflix series Wellmania, which pokes fun at the wellness industry.
He cannot get there and Al Dakhil pokes it back to Trafford, but the goalkeeper sends it straight out for a throw-in.
Just what was never communicated to the viewer, and Tom Paris pokes gentle fun at this.
Oded Revivi, the mayor of Efrat, whose pistol pokes out from the back of his trousers, said Israel has endured a “vicious cycle” of violence since its forces pulled out of Gaza in 2005, which led to Hamas taking control of the territory.
Perhaps one day in the far-off future, we'll be able to swiftly and accurately interface with our devices with nothing but a few wrist flicks and air pokes.
Pokes are punches and kicks, ideally with wide hitboxes, that have a safe and fast recovery.
Pokes Receives Votes in football Writers Association Super 16: The Cowboys also got two votes in the Football Writers Association of America’s Super 16 Poll.
Porro pokes an effort goalwards, which rolls narrowly wide of the post.
She pokes fun at conservative commentator Ben Shapiro in the video after he blasted her breakout hit “Pound Town,” earlier this year.
The installation pokes holes in Western scientific taxonomy, which separates beings into species and classes like so many jarred specimens on shelves.
The Pokes had the ball for 18 minutes in the first half and over 10 minutes in the first quarter.
The Pokes knocked down 11 three-pointers and held the Lobos to only five makes from deep.
Well we're all wasted, in a bar somewhere downtown when a man walks up and pokes me with a knife.
While Ouran High School Host Club pokes fun at the shojo genre, it's also a heartwarming romance that never fails to keep audiences laughing.
With enough interest in Thorfinn, which started off as a relatively harmless conversation; Thorfinn pokes and prods enough at Canute to get him to speak his mind even with a stutter.
In an ideal scenario, it would have been better for the show to present a solid explanation while it pokes fun at the bizarre fan theories.
Jaren Calkins leads the Pokes at 141 (-3).
Overall temperatures look to generally remain stuck in the 50s throughout the day, but where the sun pokes out in the afternoon it could warm into the 60s.
Pokes will take over at the 26. Big stop for this defense.
The flat-back design means that you won't ever have to endure those dreaded earring pokes while sleeping ever again.
Common combinations with pokes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pokes fun 26×
- the pokes 22×
- pokes out 4×
- and pokes 4×
- pokes are 3×
- pokes and 3×
- it pokes 3×
- pokes at 3×
- which pokes 2×
- pokes holes 2×