Sentence examples for they picked off from inspiring English sources

But they picked off Brady twice, and they got three return scores.

Prosecutor John Farmer said they "picked off" their victim, who was drunk and vulnerable, like a "wounded animal".

Several witnesses said the attackers had shouted for Muslims to run away while they picked off other shoppers, executing them one by one.

A look at last game, where they picked off the 49ers for two defensive touchdowns in the first half and four picks overall, is telling.

Early on, they picked off conservatives deemed to be apostate, like Utah Sen. Bob Bennett, would-be Nevada Sen. Sue Lowden and perhaps most infamously Delaware Rep. Mike Castle.

They're looking at the herd and then they pick off the weaker ones.

They pick off sliding racks of paint-filled jars, and take out targets from speeding motorcycle sidecars and windmilling rigs.

"I block the view while they pick off the glasses and the wristwatch," he said matter-of-factly.

Do they calculate that if they pick off their neighbors one by one, they will eventually be able to annex their territory, which will raise their females' fertility and the power of their group?

Even in the midst of the climactic shootout, the camaraderie between the "bad" Westrum and the "good" Scott, as they pick off a posse of far worse mountain men, is anything but removed from the western genre.

Meanwhile, the chicks, covered in chocolate-brown down, favored the shelter of low-growing naio bushes, while their parents, which can travel thousands of miles while hardly moving their wings, roamed the northern Pacific for squid and small fish that they pick off the surface and later regurgitate into their chicks' open beaks.