poke the fire

What else would we use to poke the fire with?

At that moment one of the others poked the fire.

Behind them, James quietly poked the fire, but no one noticed him.

Jacob poked the fire one last time, and then leaned back against the wall.

Curtis poked the fire with a stick, not sure where to begin.

He poked the fire around which a half-dozen officers were sitting.

I went to the fireplace and poked the fire into a blaze.

She got up and poked the fire, her jaw tight with anger.

He poked the fire, throwing up a new burst of smoke.

He picked up a stick and idly poked the fire.

I poked the fire together and it blazed up brightly.

Clara poked the fire a time or two more, trying to adjust to the surprise.

Roger rose to his feet, restless, and stood poking the fire.

His companion grunted and poked the fire with a stick.

So I frittered away the minutes by poking the fire with a stick.

Still squatting on his heels and poking the fire, he talked to himself.

Lydia, who knew what it was, exasperatedly poked the fire.

She began poking the fire to make it blaze.

He poked the fire, moving the logs, and added some more kindling.

He stroked the cat, poked the fire, had his lunch served to him there.

The two young women nodded to each other, took a swift survey, and made up their minds before David had poked the fire.

Chandra asked, poking the fire and watching the sparks rise into the night.

I poked the fire in the woodstove and turned on the computer.

Silas replenished the water in the pot and poked the fire up again.

"Nothing that matters," Mary replied, drawing forward the best of the chairs and poking the fire.