How to Use pickings in a Sentence

pickings

plural noun

• That makes easy pickings for the bears once the fish start running.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2022
• The Texans should be easy pickings for the Seahawks this week, even on the road.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2021
• Easy pickings, though the rhythms and staging are just right.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2021
• But so far the pickings from Britain’s departure from the EU have been slim.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2022
• There were slim pickings for the birds in the landscapes because of the heat and dry weather of summer and fall of 2020.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
• The pickings are slim this weekend for your fill of SEC football.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 14 Nov. 2020
• That describes the market for AWD überhatchs, too—these days, the pickings are slim.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022
• In nature, a lame duck is a weakling, a bird that can’t keep up with the flock and is easy pickings for predators.
  — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2020
• In the first March of the pandemic, a friend in Pennsylvania e-mailed me about the slim pickings on TV.
  — The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2021
• The stocky 36-year-old sized up the slim pickings and zeroed in on a pale European couple.
  — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 29 May 2021
• If the town did respond, the pickings were disgraceful.
  — Morgan Jerkins, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2021
• Passive birds that strut just beyond the hen are still easy pickings for a crossbow.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 22 Mar. 2021
• Thomas, 38, is looking for a full-time job, preferably working from home, but the pickings are slim.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 8 Aug. 2020
• The slow B-29s were easy pickings for the superior MiG-15s.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2021
• In a state tilting away from Mr. Trump, Ms. Collins appeared to be easy pickings, and donors poured money into the state.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
• After all, fireflies are slow in the air and would make easy pickings for a silent, super-fast flier such as a bat.
  — Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2020
• By the time the Browns hunted for their possible temporary No. 2, the pickings were slim.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 21 July 2022
• With so many stocks down 80% to 90%, such as Carvana and Robinhood , the pickings are plentiful.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 12 June 2022
• Though craft stores have reopened, both knitting veterans and those new to the craft may find slim pickings.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020
• The pickings, via more than 5,000 vendors, include rare western pottery and silver, with lots of BBQ along the way.
  — Amy Merrick, WSJ, 26 May 2021
• Sometimes caribou are easy pickings, but not this time.
  — Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
• Young lobsters are easy pickings for the virus because the animals are so social, at times denning in groups of up to 20.
  — Scientific American, 1 July 2020
• With Christmas around the corner, pickings are a bit slim for things to do this Friday and Saturday, but things pick up again Sunday and through the end of the year.
  — Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2021
• Wasps love your sugary drinks and may hover over your picnic pickings hoping for a taste.
  — Ashley Leath, Country Living, 29 May 2020
• For her part, Porter was once seen by Republicans as easy pickings.
  — Mark Z. Barabak Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2020
• For those looking for something a bit closer to the action -- nearer Rome, to be precise -- it's been slim pickings.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 21 Aug. 2021
• Though the pickings are slim on the usual e-commerce sites, Amazon, Best Buy and others do have some available laptops.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
• When the temperature was in the lower 50s, cicadas made easy pickings.
  — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
• Behind the top four, there were relatively thin pickings.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 July 2022
• The Japanese restaurant is a welcome addition to the area, as Bellaire and Meyerland have long had slim pickings in the dining department.
  — Megha McSwain, Chron, 2 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024