Sentence examples for by picking on a from inspiring English sources

Nobody was beaten up by gangs of marauding gay men looking to prove themselves by picking on "a breeder".

By picking on a suspect foreign company, officials can raise their profile and buttress domestic competitors, all while winning points internally for backing a popular campaign.

The German media group Axel Springer has been pursuing Eyeo, which makes one of the most popular desktop ad blockers, through the courts by picking on an aspect of the company's business model that has always proved controversial, but is also unusual: offering publishers the ability to pay to have their ads bypass the ad blocker – its so-called "acceptable ads programme".

He starts by picking on an easy target: the massive, concrete public housing projects that were, once upon a time, championed by visionaries like Le Corbusier.

By picking on Europe – an issue on which both Mr Blair and Mr Miliband agree – strategists hope to reinforce the message that the greatest danger to Britain's economic prosperity lies with the Conservatives, not Labour.

But Fried undoubtedly knows how the game is played, and by picking on the current "it" company, a few people noted that his post looked more like a case of sour grapes.

He caused said "trouble" by picking on the "toughest guys" in an attempt to win street cred with the girls.

One of the best ways you can improve a draft in revision is by picking on your points that are too general and making them much more specific.

My father was in a gang, because they were picked on a lot by the local people who weren't really friendly towards people from mainland China.

Meanwhile, they divert attention by picking on those most affected by this crisis.

He has the populist's art of winning the favour of the majority by picking on vulnerable minorities.