Sentence examples for may pick at from inspiring English sources

Democrats may pick at it, but can't claim much and may be afraid that if they get too opposed to the concept, it'll backfire.

Romantics may pick at flowers while murmuring "She loves me, she loves me not," but the hook-up culture does a lot more to provide instant gratification for one's sexual desires.

After a consumer receives a text message from the bank informing him that he qualifies, or a note that he may pick up at an A.T.M., all he needs to do is pay a quick visit to his bank branch and collect the cash.

You may pick them at this point, or wait until they are just beginning to dry out and wrinkle.

Though they may pick up customers at cheaper fares, it will be at the peril of business on the mainline air carrier, he said.

Though many doctors in the United States like the fasting blood sugar test because it is quick and easy, some use another test, one that may pick up diabetes at an even earlier stage.

If your little neighborhood post office collects the mail at 5 pm, the big Post Office downtown may pick it up as at 6 pm, and it may be worth a drive downtown depending on how soon you need the package to arrive.

A decent explosion towards the end of the episode, the first of six, suggested that things may pick up a bit, at least in terms of action, as the series proceeds.

But the beauty of an app, as opposed to a course or a concert, is that newcomers to any of the material may pick and choose, proceeding at their own paces.

Unless matters change dramatically in its final four days, it seemed as if the make-up of the new House of Commons might look remarkably like that of the outgoing one, though the NDP and the Greens may pick up a few seats at the expense of the Liberals.

What else? Slack of course, a firm that if Amazon doesn't buy the whole thing may pick up a $500 million round at a $5 billion post-money valuation.