pick apart

Example Sentences

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"We have a treasure chest in our hands now that we can pick apart and explore," Briner says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

You’ll watch Rex Ryan pick apart your decisions and mutter to yourself: Rex Ryan?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

And just like last week, junior quarterback Jayden Maiava was content to sit back and pick apart an inferior defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

He could pick apart an argument you made with one or two incisive slashes of history, facts, humor or logic, mostly all four put together in ways you’d never heard before.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

All the more reason to pick apart the testimony and get as little of it admitted as possible.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel