pick at

Example Sentences

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The number one pick at this year's Draft, the 18-year-old forward finished with 42 points, seven rebounds and six assists at Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

From BBC

Her face breaks into a smile as Woo jumps onto her shoulder and picks at the crumbs left in his mane of fur.

From Literature

“It was me picking at my insides about the grief and disappointment I was dealing with,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

That gives her influence over whom Mamdani picks at City Hall to carry out his affordability agenda and is unlikely to assuage concerns that his administration will carry out an agenda unfriendly to business.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was set up for them nicely, even more so when they won the toss and got the chance to try to pick at raw South African batting wounds by bowling first.

From BBC