picked
1specially chosen or selected, usually for special skill: a crew of picked men.
cleared or cleaned by or as if by picking: picked fruit.
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having or coming to a sharp point; peaked; pointed.
Origin of picked
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How to use picked in a sentence
He has picked pre-primary brawls with Christie, Perry, and Marco Rubio.
So we picked out the song (“Rhiannon,” click here for video), and Deer Tick learned it.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll | James Joiner | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNo more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Obamacare picked itself up and dusted itself off surprisingly well.
You Were Wrong About Miley & Bitcoin: 2014’s Failed Predictions | Nina Strochlic | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey finished out the tour without incident, while newspapers across the country picked up the story.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairWhen alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe had five girls by his first wife; there is no reason why this splendid cow I have picked out should not produce a dozen boys.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAll this while Squinty was chewing on the apple which he had picked up from the ground after he had jumped over the rope.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumHer eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. Williamson
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