Sentence examples for pick on for from inspiring English sources

I thought that, of all the police shows to pick on for that reason, ours really wasn't the one.

Unlike certain other sports – for instance Aussie Rules, which I pick on for no reason other than that the issue was brought to mind by this piece in the Sydney Morning Herald – football seems to have (historically justified) faith that coaches and players will be able to mediate their own way away from predictability or, worse, unwatchability.

But certainly during the litigation, living here in New Orleans, you got the feeling that Goodell targeted the Saints to pick on, for a reason.

And when you go play at West Virginia [University], they have things in the newspaper for the team that they're playing, like what to pick on for certain players.

Do we really think that that White kid will be able to go one day without being picked on for being White, or called a "white boy"?

The very same book I'd been agonisingly picked on for reading the year before.

I was picked on for being too thin, for being feminine, for not liking football, for hanging round with girls, for having long hair.

"Sonny was picked on for being gay early on," he is quoted as saying.

You've said you were picked on for your weight and dealt with that through humor.

The critics were not very kind to this film, which they picked on for not knowing exactly which genre it belonged to, inadvertently revealing their own (the critics') discomfort with the subject matter.

If you are ever at school or really anywhere, and you see someone being picked on for any reason, do not just standby or join in on the teasing.