Sentence examples for was constantly picked from inspiring English sources

Before I entered independent school in the seventh grade, I was constantly picked on in my high-ranking N.Y.C. public elementary and middle school for being well read and for speaking and dressing a certain way.

I felt socially awkward and embarrassed and was constantly picked on at school because of my perceived differences.

"Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?" is mainly about how Jimmy Pop was constantly picked on in high school and has since developed extreme katagelophobia, an intense fear of being ridiculed.

I felt like I was constantly picking up after myself, yet nothing ever stayed organized.

"When my mom died, I was at an age where I was constantly picking fights with her.

Gregory Sheppard, 46, an opera singer who lives on West 90th Street in Manhattan in a building without a live-in superintendent, said he was constantly picking up supermarket circulars, restaurant menus, locksmiths' cards and work requests from unemployed housekeepers.

In his 1995 novel "The Information," Martin Amis evokes our frustration at being constantly picked on and pushed around by things: "... the dumb insolence of inanimate objects!

In addition to carefully supervised nutrition and medical care, the children were constantly picked up, played with, and talked to, Campbell says.

Patience is key in a shop that is constantly picked through, and Grasshopper offers good deals and deep cuts galore.

In fact, stars may have it the hardest when it comes to speaking (or tweeting) before thinking: Their social feeds are constantly picked apart and analyzed by the public, and one rage-fueled opinion can permanently taint a reputation.

Its seed containing flowers are considered a culinary delicacy and are constantly picked as food, thus hindering the tree's natural regeneration process.