Again, if I move a finger or relax a muscle of my face, Miss Murdstone pokes me with her prayer book, and makes my side ache.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Instead, she says something kind of low and sassy, pokes her face up, and begins to pucker.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford
It was a fine day, and the young people would have enjoyed the ride in spite of the breakers ahead, if Aunt Kipp hadn't entertained the girl with a glowing account of the splendors of her own wedding, and aggravated the boy by frequent pokes and directions in the art of driving, of which she was of course, profoundly ignorant.
"Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories"
Louisa M. Alcott