Sentence examples for picked over this from inspiring English sources

I'm sure that individuals have picked over this debris and junk here and there, but there has been no organized or consistent effort.

They plan to pick over this data in search of clues for new products and services.

In the years after 2001 when some spoke of a "culture war" between the west and Islam, it was fashionable to pick over this ancient Greek construction of an early European identity in opposition to the east.

"It is a real feeling of triumph, to be able to pick over this rubbish and then to debunk it bit by bit," he said at a recent media presentation.

This side-stripped jackal spent some time looking over this picked over buffalo carcass before settling on the face and brains (what was left of them) for afternoon lunch.

She recently spoke about being mobbed in Paris "by Americans" – you can imagine the dowager countess saying this, picking over the words carefully should they leave a nasty taste in the mouth – when all she wanted to do was quietly look around art galleries.

Over time, virtually each sentence I receive and record in this haphazard manner will be sorted, picked over, organized, changed.

This is a question that has been picked over for decades.

Retailers who reported earnings this week had mixed results as consumers picked over merchandise for bargains.

"But often they look like they've been picked over".

The B-list has been pretty well picked over too.