I note in poking around further that there is a lending library there for videos and for music.    From Wordnik.com.  [I would've preferred The Mighty Atom--] Reference

After the showers of a couple of summers, the rag had moulded and shrunk, and, finally, a crow had succeeded in poking it out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wonderful Adventures of Nils] Reference

Where’s the fun in poking anything with a pointed stick?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » After Fox Classified Her Show As Opinion, Van Susteren Attacks WH For Saying It’s Not ‘Traditional News’] Reference

Also, everyone likes the idea of poking around someone else's house, including me!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Claressinka Anderson: At Home With Dystopia: Salon No. 7 at Marine Art Salon] Reference

But if they start out dull, there isn’t any fun in poking them with pointy sticks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why, if you think harassment is flattering, you are stupid | The Hathor Legacy] Reference

The scabbard of the other's sword poking and peeping between his tails caught the boy's eye and fascinated it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference

I love research, which, if you're not doing it for a book project, is called poking around, reading, daydreaming.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pro-File: S.J. Rozan] Reference

At least Dembski seems to be coping via his most favorite past time and most successful as well namely poking fun at atheists….    From Wordnik.com.  [Denial, the first step towards recovery of despair - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Someone in a black hooded cloak, with a sheathed sword poking out of the bottom, its tip resting against the dirt floor of my office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

And that song is really kind of poking fun of the situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2005] Reference

I've already raved about the 'poking', and Mom's looking forward to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

Nor has he conquered many troubling habits, such as poking people in the eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Is Where The Heart Is] Reference

And in that case, he ultimately made a music video kind of poking fun of the arrest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference

But I think Democrats have to resist the temptation of kind of poking at this hornet's nest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2008] Reference

I laugh at myself and everything looks kind of poking fun at everything that ` s going on in my life.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2008] Reference

Are you going into the little shop behind the black curtain and kind of poking through the films there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2006] Reference

By 'poking' around other systems, you can learn how their files are set up, and zip around much faster.    From Wordnik.com.  [FAQ: Getting Binaries Via FTP by Brian O'Neill] Reference

A rather awkward picture, McCain kind of poking fun at himself after trying to exit the stage in the wrong direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008] Reference

And that's hard, because John has a history of kind of poking his finger in your chest and saying, "I'm right; you're wrong.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2008] Reference

Yes, these fine cupcakes feature a plastic green hand, just kind of poking out of the frosting and sprinkles that looks like dirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 25, 2006] Reference

(Other sources note that her nickname also derived from her habit of unexpectedly "poking" others with her ever-present syringe.) 4.    From Wordnik.com.  [ARTINFO: 11 Hopped-Up Art World Anecdotes from the "Max's Kansas City" Book] Reference

I wonder what the implications of "poking" him are?! characters left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Standard - Home] Reference

On the way the men talked about "poking" Mr. O'Reggio to "scare him" he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [durhamregion.com | Top Stories] Reference

It was kind of poking fun but it's also supposed to tie into the whole fantasy.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Politics] Reference

Currently there are tons of bots that are 'poking' for stops and big, dumb-money orders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

"I think Democrats have to resist the temptation of kind of poking at this hornet's nest,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Speaking of which, a woman in the US has been arrested after 'poking' another woman on Facebook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lifelounge.com - Daily Goodness] Reference

Find out why a Tennessee woman faces up to a year in jail after "poking" another woman on Facebook.    From Wordnik.com.  [JustNews.com - Local News] Reference

'poking' cyber friends - that's contacting them to you and me - and celebrating online.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

"poking" others on the website may devote as little as one hour a week to their academic work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference

They made their point by poking fun at the governor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ventura's First Round] Reference

(Some just like poking a thumb in the eye of Respectability.).    From Wordnik.com.  [No Happy Warriors Here] Reference

Cheney strongly opposes the idea of any independent body's poking into the White House's conduct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investigators, Keep Out] Reference

Up to the time of his death, an independent counsel was poking into his somewhat tangled finances.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Odyssey] Reference