Sentence examples for handpicked to be from inspiring English sources

After being handpicked to be his successor by Mr. Chávez, before his death in 2013, the left-leaning Mr. Maduro narrowly won a snap election.

His new family includes hovercrafts like Mr. Braun and Ryan Good, a former assistant to Usher, whom the singer handpicked to be Justin's road manager and "swagger coach" — sharpening his moves, his attitude and his wardrobe.

This is the newsroom of 2014, almost 5,000 miles from Washington DC, the jungle office of the journalist that the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden handpicked to be his conduit to the outside world.

Every year, The Apprentice will find some public schoolboy and he'll be handpicked to be the biggest cock they could find and completely besmirch everyone that paid for their education.

Stephanie A. Miner, the Syracuse mayor, whom the governor just last year handpicked to be the co-chairwoman of the state Democratic Party, publicly assailed his proposed budget because of what she viewed as inadequate provisions to assist struggling upstate cities.

"Did you know he was handpicked to be part of a top secret commando unit set up by Ian Fleming?" The answer to that question was a resounding no.

A handful of artists are handpicked to perform, and they aren't announced until the day of.

By the look of his appointments so far, voters who were hoping the president-elect's cabinet would be handpicked to make the US a better place for ordinary Americans is likely to be sorely disappointed.

PILO's been welcomed with open arms into the BNR family, so much so that he's been handpicked to join Boys Noize on the BNR 10 Year Anniversary tour.

He then handpicked Mutharika to be his successor as leader of the United Democratic Front party.

When Bill Gates handpicked Dryden to be his head of agriculture in 2010, he came with a CV certain to raise the hackles of anyone who distrusted global agribusiness.