Sentence examples for stopped picked up from inspiring English sources
The gentleman stopped, picked up a five-dollar bill, pocketed it, & walked on.
Instead he stopped, picked up chalk, got the fact of passing time down.
He stopped, picked up the ball, and hoofed it into the stand where the offending fans were concentrated.
He stopped, picked up the man, and, after a merry conversation, drove to his club, where he procured a two-week guest card for his passenger.
He eventually stopped picking up his phone.
He eventually stopped picking up and leaving.
Afterward, he stopped picking up my calls.
Ms. Mayer stopped picking up the phone for three days.
At least two of them said the time of the walkout — noon — was chosen partly because the police generally stopped picking up truants at that hour.
Collectors have stopped picking up garbage in Naples and Italy's southern Campania region because there is no more room for the trash at dumps.
The city government was locked in a mismanagement-driven fiscal crisis: traffic lights were malfunctioning; garbage trucks stopped picking up trash; District residents were advised to boil their own water; President Clinton and Congress placed the city into federal receivership.
