Sentence examples for more time picking from inspiring English sources

But for some victims who often spent more time picking cotton than in school, the I.Q.

In fact, research shows that people typically spend more time shopping for a car or vacation than for a mortgage, and I suspect that many families spend as much or more time picking out a microwave oven.

The study found that recycling costs more in large part because sanitation crews have to travel farther and spend more time picking up recyclable material than when they are collecting garbage.

(As Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour points out, Obama spent more time picking out the White House dog than he permitted for comprehensive health-care reform). Obama allowed the House to lead with a bill that is ruinously expensive, financed by a massive accounting trick and dismissed by a number of Senate Democrats.

You're now spending less time scrolling through cable channels and more time picking movies and shows to watch on demand.

Many people spend more time picking out a pair of shoes than they do in choosing a financial adviser, perhaps because the concept of financial planning is so intimidating.

He circled around Europe several more times, picking up languages (at one point he was teaching himself Russian from a Greek-Russian dictionary).

** He circled around Europe several more times, picking up languages (at one point he was teaching himself Russian from a Greek-Russian dictionary).

He rode all the way to the Oaxacan border, and on return visits to Mexico made two more trips, each time picking up where he had left off.

Picking a financial adviser can be as serious as selecting a doctor, and it certainly should require more time than picking a paint color.

Moving on, Ford is doubling-down on its wager that mobility means more than cars, this time picking up Spin for some sum of money between $40 and $100 million, with most figures coming in a bit light from the nine-figure range.