Poking
Poking adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: the poking pace of the repair work has put everything way behind schedule
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Both words in one sentence
- Bullfight Boss: You have to protect the girl from running bulls at one point, poking them to calm them down.
Source: Video Game / Feel The Magic -
Examples include poking fun at his younger companion, Beat, and running off and sticking his fellow party members with a job to do while he fetches another party member, a cute girl.
Source: Jerkass / Video Games - You'd think the social workers would come poking around to see why there is an 8 year old is doing living on his own in the middle of a factory, with a 15 year old best friend that's constantly running away and cart him off to a care home, but apparently not.
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