How to Use slim pickings in a Sentence

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• 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
• 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
• With slim pickings around the world for investors to bet their money on right now, India might seem like an opportunity.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
• For plus-size women, who are already dealing with slim pickings at the start, having someone who can track down kitschy, secondhand clothing is a blessing.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2022
• And even if critical shortages can be averted, slow deliveries could make for slim pickings this Christmas and Hanukkah.
  — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Spring usually means slim pickings for house hunters in Minnesota and that is especially true around Duluth.
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
• The rise of the e-girl aesthetic has made finding cutesy PC gaming accessories easier than ever, but the options can still feel like slim pickings for console players.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• Talent is being signed up at such speed and scale that slim pickings remain for indie producers to put their best packages forward, let along bring equity partners along for the ride.
  — Angus Finney, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
• There was evident relief that Coronation Day’s downpours had relented, yet the clouds parted only to reveal a lot of money had been spent on very slim pickings indeed.
  — Mike McCahill, Variety, 8 May 2023
• On offense, especially at the skill positions, free agency was mostly slim pickings.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
• Unfortunately, the below-freezing temperatures and deep snow make for slim pickings.
  — Keith Langston, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• Hargis and Douglass will stay onboard the Consort as advisers and continue teaching at early music programs around the country — happily plentiful in comparison to the slim pickings of their youth.
  — Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Sep 2024