pick to pieces

Example Sentences

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I never preached a sermon yet that I could not pick to pieces and find fault with.

From To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians by Moody, Dwight Lyman

Eu kas rub against, scratch; Dak kashe rub against, kaza pick to pieces.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)

It is, we confess, an unpleasant and an invidious task, to pick to pieces, bit by bit, the work of an author of high reputation.

From The Philosophy of the Conditioned by Mansel, Henry Longueville

I have heard men pick to pieces a hand of whist with more antagonism.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

Scarcely any proverb will bear picking to pieces, and analyzing, as a botanist would pick to pieces and analyze a rose or a tulip.

From The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)