pickings

Example Sentences

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We are small fry by most standards, but I can imagine state lawmakers looking at us as easy pickings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Daniel and five others are searching for just tiny fragments, but pickings are thin.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But for those who poured in to see eight-time Ballon d'Or-winner Messi there were slim pickings, as the tightly marked 38-year-old failed to get a shot on target despite Miami dominating possession.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

A hunk of romaine was easy pickings for Porkchop and her three flippers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

More attention to her looks than these pullings of hairs and pickings at spots would have caused gossip among the villagers.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston