Sentence examples for universally picked from inspiring English sources

In bankruptcy and universally picked to finish last in the Pacific Division, they won 50 games and finished fourth in the conference, earning a playoff berth for the first time since 2002 and finally drawing sellout crowds to the rink in a suburban retail development.

Colfer's story, which he described as "Die Hard with fairies" - an irresistible tag phrase that was universally picked up on - was a bestseller within weeks of publication, capturing boys in particular with its dissolute 12-year-old criminal mastermind who wants to capture a fairy to ransom, and its mix of new technologies with primitive characters such as the earth-eating dwarf, Mulch Diggums.

Inside Out picked up universally positive reviews following its screening at the Cannes film festival, and the Disney-owned animation studio finally has a late November release date for The Good Dinosaur, the first trailer for which has just hit the web.

It has picked up almost universally positive reviews and is being tipped for Oscars glory next year.

The Republicans, who universally opposed the bill in Congress, picked up a net of at least five governorships, bringing their total to 29, with results still being tallied in Minnesota.

New research has determined that the universally practiced custom of picking one's nose holds the key to determining one's personality.

Sure, he gets picked on after arriving at Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp, but within a few days he is universally loved, becomes a hero and gets the girl.

Love picking is by no means universally sanctioned among the lock picking crowd.

Therefore, the act of picking a lock itself is not universally illegal.

If you happen not to believe in Santa Claus, maybe because some wise-ass kid like my son told you that he doesn't exist, pick something you believe in but isn't universally acknowledged as real.

There is no universally efficient rule of thumb to choose d; we decided to pick d = 3, as this makes clustering fit to the representation of genes in three dimensions.