picked

"I have picked some field tansies," she went on, with some animation.

She spied the sword, picked it up, and seeing the blood, let it fall again with her hands thrown wide.

“I picked up a rummy curio on the beach this go,” said the captain.

He wriggled out of my hands and picked up his cap from the table.

Sweat poured from his forehead, and the suit ventilator whined as it picked up the extra moisture.

Without further speech they picked up the bundle and descended laboriously into the garden.

Parents later wonder where children have picked up their strange ideals and their surprising standards.

She asked the dame how many there were in one piece of stone which she picked up, and which was about an inch square.

She picked it up and flapped the cover once or twice to get rid of dust that might have settled there.

I picked up Mr. Whippleton's pistol, and returned to the standing-room, to guard against any attack on the part of the cook.