hand-picked
Example Sentences
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The only police officers he can trust, he says, are the ones right beside him - members of his hand-picked team.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Year after year we endured a mishmash roster with his hand-picked players, just to appease LeBron.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
The 79-year-old installed himself as chairman of a hand-picked board to lead the center, originally named after president John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
The guests had been hand-picked by prominent New York literary agent John Brockman, who frequently hosted similar salons for luminaries in science, technology and media.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
He strode across the meadow and hand-picked thirty-odd rats.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
