Sentence examples for had been picked over from inspiring English sources

Apart from Vaughan, her influences seemed to come from before 1940 and after 1960 — Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and then a long jump to Abbey Lincoln, as if acknowledging that the styles and songbook from the decades in between had been picked over a bit too much.

Others rapped the journalists for dwelling on matters that had been picked over for weeks, like the incendiary comments of Mr. Obama's former pastor, or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's assertion that she had to duck sniper fire in Bosnia more than a decade ago.

"If I had to reshelve sections after the lunch break, it was always the true crime and romance sections that had been picked over the most.

"But often they look like they've been picked over".

In fact, that value has been picked over by the early birds.

Most dry land has been picked over, and better technology allows exploration in ever deeper waters.

"The field has been picked over so carefully," Mr. Bevington said.

"The wreckage has been picked over, it's been trashed, it's been trampled".

This is a question that has been picked over for decades.

Only one factor has been picked over: Lubitz's mental health.

Mr. Oliveira lets conversations go on in long takes until a topic has been picked over from every conceivable angle.