The phrase "act of picking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action or process of selecting or gathering something, often in a specific context such as harvesting or choosing items.
Example: "The act of picking ripe fruit from the trees is essential for a successful harvest."
Alternatives: "process of selecting" or "action of gathering".
The act of picking it up fills me with embarrassment.
The balancing act of picking winners and losers was evident on Monday at the White House.
The act of picking one thing over another thing saved them.
"The very act of picking up the phone is an attempt to reach out one last time," she said.
In Mrs. Frey's case, as with so many new mothers, and a few new dads, the "repetitive lifting" was the everyday act of picking up her baby.
Yet it was the very act of picking up the prejudiced notion and suggesting it was a valid opinion for public debate that was so offensive, something the BBC utterly failed to acknowledge.
Hidalgo-Clyne missed the conversion, and 10 minutes later, Ragusi performed a remarkable act of pick-pocketing to strip Tim Visser of the ball and scamper up the unguarded flank to score.
Yet although the Sanitation Department has a canine unit of about 20 people, who comb the streets and sidewalks for violators, a person has to be caught in the act of not picking up waste to be issued a summons.
Worse, Sinatra beat people up, or had others beat them up for him, often in shameful acts of bullying — picking on casino employees or less successful, dependent entertainers.
Instead of picking and then, pick of size, then pick and set.
The poem's first stanza contemplates the timeless act of berry picking; the only modern object is a bottle, emptied of milk: Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries, / Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly, / A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a sea / Somewhere at the end of it, heaving.
