Sentence examples for be picked on from inspiring English sources

The more timid Mexicans were more likely to be picked on, he said.

"I don't see why water should be picked on," said Trevor Fenton, a retired Bundanoon resident.

It's unfortunately a law of high school: pick or be picked on".

"I don't know what it's like to be picked on for being gay.

Besides, if you don't want to be picked on, here's how not to be: wear the school uniform.

"If they can learn to carry themselves with confidence, they are less likely to be picked on," says Cedar.

If we had to go back to the UK would my boys be picked on by leave neighbours?

"My speed and my forehand are my strengths," Blake said, "but I've worked hard on my backhand and it no longer can be picked on".

You can't show weakness in that environment, because if you do you will be picked on for the rest of your life.

"There is a lot of paranoia and sometimes people can be affected by that – they act suspiciously because they think they will be picked on".

A firefighter at a firehouse in Astoria, Queens, yesterday explained it this way: "To be picked on is to be liked.