How to Use pick out in a Sentence

pick out

verb
  • What’s the right age by which to pick out your gravesite?
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The store clerk picked out the scratch-off for her, which turned out to be a big win.
    USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Mills was a third-round pick out of Stanford in the 2021 draft.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Reagor, a 2020 first-round pick out of TCU, was waived by the Vikings this week . . .
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The kids are allowed to pick out one toy after the game ends.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The accuser did pick out three of Mr. El Haïry’s friends from the first.
    Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Adeniji was the team’s sixth-round pick out of Kansas in 2020.
    Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Wallace was a former first-round pick out of UNC in 1995.
    oregonlive, 12 July 2022
  • Learn how to make a sheet pan meatloaf, and then pick out your favorite sides.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Bring an interactive toy or a book in the car, then ask them to pick out things to buy at the store.
    Shaun Dreisbach, Parents, 29 June 2023
  • Antlers are hardest to pick out in full, harsh sunshine.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 24 Jan. 2023
  • So, grab your laptop and some snacks, and pick out a film that sounds right up your alley.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But the sandpaper trick picked out nanoscale particles of each of the three.
    IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The turning point on Saturday was not hard to pick out.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • There are a lot of gods to pick out amongst the crowd, though Moon Knight’s Khonshou appears to be absent.
    Richard Newby, Vulture, 9 July 2022
  • The shadow of the eyelid, the sharp swoop of a cheekbone, and the softness of the lip are all picked out in subtly varied shades.
    Sakeina Syed, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Vanessa Pierre had picked out a name for her baby girl.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The pair will actually have two cakes, one picked out by each of them.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The four of them picked out a young Cowboys fan in the front row and signed a Cowboys helmet for him before the song was over.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Duggan, of Munich, is a third-round draft pick out of Dartmouth.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Levi’s bumped up its store discount from 50% to 60%, plus will let new hires pick out an outfit.
    Lauren Debter, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Skyy Moore was a second-round pick out of Western Michigan in 2022.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2023
  • There’s more to pulling off an all-black bathroom than just painting the walls black and picking out some black tile.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2023
  • Bacharach asked Charlie Whittingham to pick out a horse for him.
    Beth Harris, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Before opening day, O’Malley let Wyman pick out eight choice seats behind the dugout.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Evelyn and her mom picked out a fluffy, light-pink dress from a children’s store for the baby to wear on adoption day.
    Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • That gave me the idea to pick out our best vegan sandwiches.
    Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The first-time nominee reached into the Tiffany & Co. vault for the awards show, picking out a wreath-like archival necklace from 1962.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Shantavia said that Jasmine already had a name picked out for the baby.
    Kyani Reid, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Once all your outfits are picked out, the next—and arguably most important—step?
    Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 July 2023

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