Sentence examples for is picking at from inspiring English sources

David Diamond is picking at his breakfast at a Washington hotel, trying to explain.

Evelyn Zink is picking at a deli platter of turkey and ham.

"Why is that?" "The old one took everything, and now this one is picking at the leftovers.

The fisherman is picking at a scar on his bony elbow, a white strip of raised skin that looks as if it had been smoothed down with sandpaper.

It really is picking at scabs and lying awake and mulling over things that it would really be much more cheerful not to mull over..

But in "The Accursed Items" Mr. Dinwiddie is picking at crumbs from a sophisticated bunch of creative figures: the Wooster Group, Richard Foreman, Big Dance Theater, Metallica, Faye Driscoll and Levi Gonzalez, among others.

The only conclusion is that the work should be looked at before the life is picked at.

A simple example: a ball is picked at random.

Henson is picked at inside centre in a midfield partnership with Davies of the Scarlets.

Gavin Henson is picked at inside centre and James Hook returns from a neck injury to start at full-back.

For each attempted move, a site on the lattice is picked at random.