Sentence examples for picked off when from inspiring English sources

An eleven-year-old boy was picked off when he and his parents emerged from their cellar during an apparent lull.

On the Colts' opening drive, Manning threw two incompletions and then had his third attempt picked off when the backup tight end Jermaine Wiggins bobbled a pass.

Knoblauch took a lead before the next pitch, and when Leiter began his motion, Knoblauch bolted for second, and he was picked off when Leiter threw to Zeile and Zeile threw to second for the tag.

A tiny pit near my temple from a chicken pox scab that I picked off when sequestered in bed, blissfully, with a stack of Nancy Drew books and glasses of ginger ale.

He was, by all accounts, close to the front of the crowd when he was picked off.

With runners on first and second and one out in the fourth inning, Pettitte picked off Kurt Abbott when first baseman Tino Martinez -- playing off the bag -- sneaked in from behind.

With the Mets trailing in the fifth, 1-0, Daniel Murphy was picked off second base when Pelfrey failed to make contact on a bunt attempt.

Moments earlier, Swisher appeared to have been picked off second base when Erick Aybar slapped a tag on Swisher's hand before it reached the bag.

The round ones also tend to be younger, when picked off the tree, and can yield a more flavorful eating experience when eaten raw.

He stole one base in the Series (which helped lead to a come-from-behind win in Game 2), but he was also caught stealing once and was picked off first base twice when Molina threw behind him.

And they do not have a yellow jersey contender, but must try to pick off stages when they can, as Oroz attempted to do on Friday and his teammates have been doing all week.