Sentence examples for a picked up from inspiring English sources

He writes on June 11 , 1939 "Rather horrible night with a picked up acquaintance Doug whose amorous advance made me sick at the stomach — Purity!

"They get paid a pick up".

A headwind picked up, blowing west.

The idea, Arndt revealed at a post-screening Q&A, picked up on a scene in 1977's Star Wars in which the astromech droid is able to scan the Empire's mainframe while the heroes hunt for Princess Leia on a star ship.

A boom microphone picked up the sound.

She picked up a plate.

She picked up a paperback.

He picked up a tambourine.

I picked up a tube.

She picked up a thigh.

"I picked up a client.