How to Use pick apart in a Sentence

pick apart

phrasal verb

• The Irish opened with an opponent primed to be picked apart.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
• Theron’s face is not the only one the internet picks apart.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• Its world is dark and cryptic, both a place to explore and a puzzle to pick apart.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
• The whale’s eye was still intact, even though the eyes are usually one of the first body parts to get picked apart by scavengers.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Jayhawks struggled to keep Gonzaga from its spots on offense and the ball-screen defense was picked apart.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
• When it’s picked apart in the court of public opinion and dismissed by an untold number of people?
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Otherwise, there's not much to pick apart in a prospect with Pro Bowl potential as either a tackle or guard.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
• But, in the weeks since, many of his decisions have been picked apart by subordinates for any signs of influence by Moore.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• During the trial, Trump's defense team sought to pick apart Carroll's account of what happened, and what followed.
  — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 10 May 2023
• Clement asked, recalling the Russian trucks and tanks on the road to Kyiv last year that had been methodically picked apart by Ukrainian forces.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
• When codes can be picked apart and analyzed by outsiders, the mystery disappears.
  — Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
• Asher, on the other hand, has to endure hearing these strangers pick apart every aspect of himself.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
• After all, in that movie, a 12-man research station in Antarctica is picked apart by a shapeshifting being.
  — William Earl, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024
• Texas’ pitching was picked apart by one of baseball’s least-potent offenses.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Your performance and your roster will be picked apart ad nauseam.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• When William and Kate had the audacity to visit a farm store, in Windsor, and the misfortune to be filmed in the act, the visual testimony was swiftly picked apart.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
• Trump's defense team continued to try to pick apart Carroll's account of what happened in Bergdorf Goodman and what followed.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
• We’re left with the modern African body standard that is rooted in cultural pride on the surface but when picked apart has more negative origins.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 22 Feb. 2024
• My character being picked apart by people who don't know me and disrespecting my name.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024
• The junior forward accounted for nearly one-third of his team’s total baskets by himself while picking apart San Jose State’s defense in the paint.
  — John Coon, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
• Every winter, like Punxsutawney nobles, biotech’s many thought leaders gather in San Francisco to pick apart the year that was and prognosticate about the one to come.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 20 Dec. 2023
• Slowly and carefully picking apart cover that’s near a spawning area with a finesse presentation is a great way to get a bite from a big post spawn female.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
• And businesses have swooped in to take advantage of complex laws and cases in which heirs dispute ownership to pick apart properties piece by piece.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2023
• But then, Underwood’s coming-out was scrutinized and met with intense controversy, as the media and fans picked apart his past.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• She’s been reduced to a sad-girl songwriter, her appearance has been picked apart, her dating history has been prodded.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• Beloved fragments of popular culture are picked apart to expose wider truths about Black culture, both in America and, in Season 3, across Europe.
  — Yousef Srour, Variety, 14 June 2023
• Enlarge / As usual, Internet forum denizens are picking apart the teaser image for clues.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2023
• In his absence, reporters have gone through the motions of picking apart each tete-a-tete as part of a rapid-fire and never-ending news cycle, with the recognition that in the end, the primary would likely remain unchanged.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• But by doing so, DeBoer left a program facing an uncertain future and major challenges headed to the Big Ten starting next season with a roster that could be picked apart by the time a new coach is in place.
  — Tim Booth, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
• Within moments, the mascot was toasted, picked apart in fistfuls and eaten by the Pop-Tarts Bowl champions and their family members, as purple and white confetti rained down.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024