Sentence examples for upon picking from inspiring English sources

One has two thoughts upon picking up Gerald Posner's new book, "Miami Babylon".

Upon picking himself up off the fairway at the 18th hole, his ninth of the second round, Stricker received the shot of adrenaline that he needed to continue.

So naturally, the first thing you do upon picking up the book is flick to the final page to see what the last word is.

"I don't know how I stopped those shots," Toldo would later admit upon picking up his man-of-the-match award.

Upon picking up an injured runaway boy, Tad Bayliss (Chet Allen, Doc and Enochh become targets of the law: the hellish orphanage from which Tad fled is the object of political patronage during a local election.

Still, LucyPhone requires cooperation from agents, who upon picking up a call hear a recorded message from LucyPhone telling them to press 1 to be connected with the awaiting customer, whose phone then rings.

For much of the movie, though, Mr. Damon is handicapped by the filmmakers' conception of Thorson as someone who is constantly acted upon — picked up, possessed, subjected to cosmetic surgery and dangerous diets, legally adopted by his much older lover and eventually discarded for a younger model.

Seeking to prevent such shopping binges from getting out of control, the federal police screen travelers upon arrival, picking out people whose luggage appears to bulge with too many items.

(The last thing you want is Gavin Kroff's pity, or even his sympathy. You are in dread of fainting, and being dependent upon Kroff picking you up from the grimy floor).

Ruskin excoriated Murillo, absurdly picking upon his innocent street urchins as inappropriately degenerate subjects for art.

A neighbor of Mrs. Taylor's came upon a man picking flowers by the Taylors' mailbox a few months ago.