Sentence examples for picked through from inspiring English sources

People picked through the wreckage or just sat, staring.

Thirty or 40 people picked through equipment stacked high and spread across five floors.

By the time Bush returned to Washington, the plan had already been picked through by his military commanders.

It was my life that was questioned, picked through with a fine- tooth comb". Days later an email arrived.

I used flea combs after each walk and picked through their coats meticulously every night.

The wreckage has turned into hazard-filled playgrounds picked through by children and looters.

Goats picked through dusty stubble.

In the shallow water, Hartlaub's ducks picked through dung piles.

Mr. Larkins picked through the uniforms, searching for his.

"His picked-through belongings would prove his innocence.

Rescuers and residents picked through the mud, finding nearly 100 bodies.