Sentence examples for acknowledged picking up from inspiring English sources

Williams did not seem too pleased after winning today, although she acknowledged picking up her game in the second set.

When Watts asked him about Katie Eastburn, Hennis acknowledged picking up the dog on Tuesday, but said that he never saw the woman again; he had not even got her name.

"I have picked flowers where I found them," O'Keeffe acknowledged, "…have picked up sea shells and rocks and pieces of wood where there were sea shells and rocks and pieces of wood that I liked….When I found the beautiful white bones on the desert I picked them up and took them home too….I have used these things to say what is to me the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it" (5 ).

The teachers' pension fund declined to provide any details about holdings or performance of its active money managers, although it acknowledged that they were picking up some of these stocks.

This is where you validate what they've said — and note that validating doesn't mean you have to agree with it — by nodding, playing back what you heard, or otherwise acknowledging that you're picking up what they're putting down.

He acknowledged that Smith had struggled picking up some of the technical aspects of the offense — "If y'all knew the volume of stuff in his head right now," he said — but sounded optimistic that Smith would settle down after minicamp.

Even they now acknowledge that the likelihood of picking up the pieces of Camp David during the remainder of Mr. Clinton's presidency are remote.

Clinton said she "felt good" about where the campaign was in Iowa, but acknowledged the organic momentum that is picking up around Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who is also seeking the Democratic nomination.

Peter Ragone, a spokesman for Mr. Davis's anti-recall committee, acknowledged that Mr. Schwarzenegger appeared to be picking up steam.

Perhaps picking up my fixation with how awkward everyone was, he acknowledged they needed to improve communication.

As important, it was reflected in the actions of authority everywhere – in, for example, how quickly the police acknowledged they had picked up the wrong person.