How to Use poke around in a Sentence

poke around

phrasal verb
Definition of poke aroundnext
  • So, poke around to see what could work for your family.
    — Carly Caramanna, Parents, 15 June 2024
  • All this poking around gives you points that increase your rank.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Plus, the adjoining gift shop is just plain fun to poke around before or after your meal.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
  • Salinas snapped on blue surgical gloves, poked around the dash and took pictures.
    — Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
  • Stuff like this was still sitting there, viewable by anyone who poked around.
    — Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The hotel also includes Lost + Found, a new speakeasy bar, as well as Redfish, which promises the best poke around.
    — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2023
  • After taking over their accounts, the attacker poked around some of the Retool apps.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Claire has loved poking around and digging for stories ever since.
    — Avneet Dhaliwal, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
  • Humans have a long history of ear injuries from poking around in there.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Speculators poked around the island looking for ore during the Gold Rush.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Is a friend or family member poking around your Google or Gmail account?
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Refill costs can be up to $15 a gallon, so poke around and find the closest gas station to the airport and budget time to stop there before returning your car.
    — Matt Meltzer, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2024
  • There are plenty of other great cashback offers, live dealer side bets, and more available as well, so take your time to poke around and see if anything catches your eye.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Lulu was always poking around Wrapp's skin care stash but started talking specifically about the brand a few weeks ago.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But that can’t prevent the Giants from doing their homework, ranking their preferences and poking around with other teams.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Photos of workers in Hazmat suits poking around parks and other public spaces have popped up on social media.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
  • When one flight landed in Havana, no one greeted the passengers, so the officers poked around the airport for three hours before finally being whisked away.
    — Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The Times’ coverage of Israel has appeared, at least to some readers, to have grown noticeably more hostile since Nika began poking around the newsroom.
    — Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There are reasons that platforms don’t want researchers and advocates poking around and exposing their failings.
    — Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Wander through the fortified medieval walls to enter old town, and meander up through the narrow pathways, poking around in the galleries and local artisan shops.
    — Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2023
  • To every familiar view of the farm, every glance out a window, Lady Bird added the comforting detail of herself, a chicken on a farm, poking around beneath the rhododendrons.
    — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Schliemann poked around this acropolis in the mid-nineteenth century, and many archeologists have followed him.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Primal’s got versions of this jersey for both men and women, as well as others themed around several different parks, so poke around the site to find a great gift for the National Park enthusiast on your ‘nice’ list.
    — Joni Sweet, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Gad asks, poking around Bowne & Co.’s charming storefront, where paper gifts and tote bags live alongside ancient printing paraphernalia.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s my ranking of seven streamers’ Hispanic Heritage Month offerings, but feel free to poke around whatever is also available at other streamers.
    — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Washington lost interest in the region — until China started poking around.
    — Eduardo Porter, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • Across the burn scar, survivors were arranging inspections with caravans of contractors and FEMA employees who poked around their properties to evaluate possible sites.
    — Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2023

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