PICKED in a Sentence

Learn PICKED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
371 example sentences for PICKED, such as:
1. I picked up a bug last weekend.
2. I was picked on to announce the bad news.
3. He said he'd picked the woman up in a bar.
4. Mathew picked up the cup and sipped his coffee.
5. She turned to Scarlett as Phil picked up the reins.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PICKED
picking
 n.  the quantity of a crop that is harvested
 n.  the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
pick
 n.  the act of choosing or selecting
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  They went back into the kitchen without speaking, and Ethan picked up her bag and shawl.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Seeing the obdurate look on Scarlett's face, Mammy picked up the tray and, with the bland guile of her race, changed her tactics.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  As she descended from the carriage, she saw Suellen smirk and knew that she must have picked out Frank Kennedy in the crowd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  She picked up the bowl and hurled it viciously across the room toward the fireplace.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  He picked up her black fan from the counter and began fanning her solicitously, too solicitously, his face grave but his eyes still dancing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  He walked out into the dim hall and picked up the hat he had dropped on the doorsill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  In her top drawer was a handkerchief just like this, one that Rhett Butler had lent her only yesterday to wrap about the stems of wild flowers they had picked.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  She turned to Scarlett as Phil picked up the reins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  During this last week, she had patiently picked out all the embroidery and cut up the square of silk and stitched it into a sash length.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  In his arms Wade slept contentedly, a cleanly picked wishbone in his small hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  I began with your inelegant scene at Twelve Oaks and, since then, I've picked up many things by keeping my eyes open.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  He picked up his hat and bowed and she saw in the light of the lamp that his teeth were showing in a smile beneath his mustache.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
13  She picked up her skirts and went to him as fast as she could go across the rows of bodies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  She picked her way rapidly through the wounded and back to Peachtree Street.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  She stamped her foot impotently because she could not think of anything else to do--and without a word picked up the lamp and started up the stairs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  The policeman followed the thieves until they actually picked up the jewels, when he caught them in the act.
2  She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference.
3  The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.
4  I was picked on to announce the bad news.
5  The room must be picked up before the guests arrive.
6  He said he'd picked the woman up in a bar.
7  Try to steer the light boat to the big ship so that we can be picked up.
8  He picked up the phone expecting to hear the chairman's gruff voice.
9  I picked up a bug last weekend.
10  The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.
11  The little boy picked up a stone and bunged it over the fence into the courtyard of his neighbour.
12  She was later picked up on a country road by a passing citizen, police said.
13  He must have picked up a cold — he's begun to snuffle.
14  The snipers picked the soldiers off one by one as they ran for cover.
15  Mathew picked up the cup and sipped his coffee.