Sentence examples for down picking from inspiring English sources

The plane is moving toward the second tower counterintuitively; rather than avoiding the tower, it is determinedly bearing down, picking up speed.

Eyes closed, he began walking, bumping into parked cars, falling down, picking himself up, hoping he was moving away from the building.

MB: This is what's known in the trade as "punching down", picking a common victim the audience will also look down on and making them an easy target in order to get a cheap laugh.

He mowed them down, picking off carton after carton, and when he ran out of bullets he grabbed the hot barrel and beat the last few milks with the butt of the gun, hammering away until the seams burst and the waxed cardboard turned to pulp.

Those people were bullish all the way down, picking every low as the beginning of a bull market.

"He mentioned us getting down, picking each other up.

He bent down, picked it up.

One of my little mantras is "Put something down, pick something else up".

The other man bent down, picked up the package, and dropped it into a trash can.

Davis, having been knocked down, picks himself up, dusts himself off, and starts all over again.

Before reaching house, eagle swooped down, picked up what seemed to be large rat.