How to Use pick over in a Sentence

pick over

verb

• Most of the team’s late-round draft picks over the last three years are no longer with the team.
  — Steve Reed, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
• Release the oils from the orange zest through a flaming wood pick over the surface of the drink and serve.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2023
• McLaughlin won the job when Cody Parkey got hurt, but will the Browns pick over the waiver wire this week?
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2021
• The Raiders received two first-round picks, a third-round pick and a sixth-round pick over the next two seasons.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• Place the lentils in a large bowl or colander, and pick over and discard any debris.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
• That's why a headlamp might be a good pick over a normal flashlight, and this one is one of the best.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2020
• Trump doubled down on the pick over the weekend, saying Vance has the best chance of winning.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022
• Thirty-nine Auburn players have been chosen with those picks over the years.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 18 Apr. 2023
• Brandin Cooks was delivered to Dallas in a trade that cost a couple of Day Three picks over the next two drafts.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Maurice Canady, who found himself in the slot with Jourdan Lewis out, also had a pick over the middle.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 27 July 2021
• To use fresh cranberries, rinse them in a strainer, then pick over and discard any that are very soft or mushy.
  — Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The Knicks lost a second-round pick over tampering with Jalen Brunson.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• Though the Stars don’t have a first-round pick in this year’s draft due to the Nils Lundkvist trade, Dallas has hit on several of their top picks over the last few years.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
• The entertainment industry, not the only one with a bone to pick over AI right now.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
• But for most workplace challenges, success is about solving the problems in front of us, not picking over the past.
  — Dr. Janet Ahn, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2023
• The winter sales that kicked off in December are hitting peak season, abundant with deals that are ripe for the plucking — and soon to be picked over.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
• The real intrigue comes six picks later when Indiana makes its sixth first-round pick over the past two seasons at No. 7.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2023
• Steve Kiem should send the pick over without hesitation.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2020
• After angling for at least a first-round pick in return, Detroit ultimately chose salary cap space and a future pick over him.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2020
• The television talking heads pick over each and every juicy tidbit like vultures over carrion.
  — Kay Jones, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
• Virtually all guitar players who have used a pick over the past six decades have labeled Watson a pioneer of that style.
  — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2023
• This mini model from Cosori was the top compact air fryer pick over at Epicurious.
  — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
• For water tables, our staff members tested 15 different picks over the past five years, testing each with toddlers and preschoolers.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 27 May 2023
• Marilyn dead has proved a far meatier subject than Marilyn alive—as she is picked over and re-mythologized, transformed from victim to agent and back again.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2023
• The bank’s shares remain unlisted on Wall Street, and its divisions and assets are being auctioned by the government for other banks or investment funds to pick over.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
• The little that was known about him was picked over ravenously in every conceivable outlet, from literary magazines to Reddit threads.
  — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
• Orlando has loaded its roster with lottery picks over the past several years and needs veteran help, meaning that pick could be available as the draft approaches.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• Analysts say her short record could make for an easier confirmation, with fewer contentious opinions to pick over.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2020
• Mary Dillon was often the unexpected pick over the course of her multidecade career—even when she was selected as chief executive of Ulta Beauty Inc. in 2013.
  — Joann S. Lublin, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2022
• China’s unprecedented economic and social transformation in the latter part of the 20th century has been picked over in dozens of movies by filmmakers ranging from Jia Zhangke to Wang Xiaoshuai.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024