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
The pair who still insisted they were the Turenges spent a day in separate interrogation rooms, where detectives tried to pick apart their story.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
And having been one myself not very long ago, I was already well aware of people’s inclination to relentlessly pick apart the actions of teenage girls.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025
Instead he jumped up on Mother’s quilt and prepared to pick apart his breakfast.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
