Sentence examples for picked rather from inspiring English sources

That was changed for these Olympics and individuals were picked rather than existing squads.

Martin's case had been complicated by the introduction of a new selection system after the disappointing performance on the men's rink in 2002 that meant individuals were picked rather than squads.

"There is more pressure when you get picked rather than play your way on to the team, but let's be honest — nobody could ever put me under more pressure than I put on myself," he said.

Banjos played with a plectrum, or pick, rather than fingers lack the chanterelle.

Peter Buck developed a style of guitar playing that was, at the time, very unpopular, picking rather than playing punk-rock power chords.

After learning that he had prostate cancer, Pastor Flippin picked brachytherapy rather than external beam radiation or surgery.

Similarly, three university friends picked a rather unusual moniker when they set up Purple, a creative design agency.

A little connoisseurship can be picked up rather easily.

When different commodities are continuously picked up, rather than pick up simultaneously to compare, this method also does not work well.

You've got to explain to some folks why you picked that rather raggedy right-leaning, snuff-filled publication known for its racial incantations?

Due to the low reprogramming efficiency, ADS-iPSCs were derived from manually picked colonies rather than the entire pool of ADS cells [ 5].