Sentence examples for penultimate pick from inspiring English sources

For months, even though the Giants had the undesirable penultimate pick of the first round, they still believed they would get one of several highly rated cornerbacks.

At the end of last year's All-Star draft in Raleigh, N.C., Colorado's Paul Stastny and Toronto's Phil Kessel sat shifting uncomfortably amid a sea of empty chairs, trying to seem nonchalant as they awaited the penultimate pick.

The 49ers, as Super Bowl runners-up, have the penultimate pick in each round, but possess the currency to trade up, especially high into the first round to select one of the elite players on offer.

The penultimate step is to pick a fitting name.

Step forward skippers Lilian Thuram (winning his 141st, and penultimate, cap) and Edwin van der Sar (picking up his 127th), who therefore managed 268 caps between them.

There, at the penultimate eatery on Freedman's list, diners picked at simple, seasonal American food, high-priced and superbly cooked, while surrounded by the seasonal flora selected by Philip Johnson, who designed the restaurant.

But things picked up momentarily in the penultimate tweet, with a couple of exclamations and a call to arms.

The penultimate episode, 'Granite State', then allowed itself to pick up Albuquerque's remaining pieces, leaving us on an unbearable cliffhanger.

The show's penultimate episode left off where the show's finale will pick up: in fsociety's Coney Island headquarters, Elliot and his nemesis a sociopathic former hacker/disgraced Evil Corp executive named Tyrell Wellick preparing to team up to take Evil Corp down.

Let's pick up the action at the end of Obama's penultimate answer, his answer to the question of the outsourcing of American jobs.

The penultimate episode of the new incarnation of Dallas on Channel 5 picked up 967,000 viewers, a 4.2% share.