Sentence examples for a pick on a from inspiring English sources

Things have turned around so much in Oakland that when the Raiders traded up in the fourth-round to pick Connor Cook last weekend, they were given the benefit of the doubt instead of being roasted by pundits for wasting a pick on a position Carr has locked down for the next decade.

Instead, they've chosen to pick on a Japanese swimmer for an illegal kick.

But why would any place, let alone a town like Democratic-leaning Lambertville (with a Democratic mayor) pick on a paid-up party member like Mr. Torricelli?

Make sure the hamsters are about the same size so there isn't a larger one picking on a smaller individual.

And because he called it that, I got picked on a lot as a kid.

In a two-hour conversation, you sense a bit of the precocious 9-year-old who faced down a teacher for picking on a classmate.

"Piggy is heavier set, with glasses, and he gets picked on," explains Matthew, "and my brother and I went through a period of getting really picked on a lot in school".

And it is an idea that many people respond to with visceral criticism, or diatribes about a distant federal government picking on a homegrown winner.

ROCKIES 5, GIANTS 4: Mike Hampton earned a rare road victory, picking on a familiar victim and pitching Colorado past host San Francisco.

Just this February, Mr. Oliver was expelled from a plumbing program at City College of San Francisco for strong-arming a security guard he thought was picking on a fellow student.

If that isn't a big guy picking on a little guy, I don't know what is.