How to pronounce pokes
Listen to pokes in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“pokes” in real sentences
74 clips in the index · 6 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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She swipes at the nest and pokes her long tongue in.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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A sign on the floor pokes fun at the bosses shoe choice.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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bunch of pokes and then pile the money back into the community.
RNZ · hear it here
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pokes it with their foot and is like, how strong is this kind of twine?
Stonetop · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pokes. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.