Sentence examples for I picked away from inspiring English sources

He could on occasions be tetchy and impatient, as I picked away at some plot point or obsessed over the scansion of a lyric (about which Ned could be curiously cavalier).

I dabbled, I tread water, I picked away at actions, but never consistently, rarely effectively, never in a focused way, almost always reacting rather than being proactive.

I watched from the roof of a rented house in Chamchamal as American warplanes picked away at Banmaqan with 500- and 1,000-pound 1,000-pound

The remains of the collapsed trade center buildings have been picked away, but the wounds they created are still visible.

Gulliver looked down to check he had just picked away the last traces of his own dabs.

He invited Paris's scientific élite to gather and watch as he picked away at the fossil with a fine needle.

"I began picking away at my own personality and that was dizzying," he said.

I usually pick away at it during breaks throughout the afternoon in an attempt to finish a chapter a day.

"I would slowly pick away at paying her back, but I couldn't afford to do it.

I'm a long way off finishing, but Fates has established itself as my commuting game of choice since its European release in May, and I expect to be picking away at it for many months to come.

Soon I'll clean the seed by picking away or sieving out any detritus.