VERB
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eat like a bird
The anorexic girl just picks at her food -
pluck or pull at with the fingers
She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse -
express a negative opinion of
She disparaged her student's efforts
How To Use pick at In A Sentence
- Instead, he believes Rugops was a scavenger, using its head to pick at carrion rather than fighting other animals for food.
- Well, I don't know what you call interruption, but this is a complete stopper; I can't make any impression with the pick, it is as hard as rock; and then comes some of those old walls that are rather harder than granite -- you may as well pick at a cart-load of pig iron. Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3
- And, while the striker has no wish to pick at a livid scar, there is a record to set straight. Times, Sunday Times
- If you get a hangnail, cut it cleanly with a cuticle scissor, but don't pick at it. Protecting the health of your nails for a polished look
- However, when you start to nitpick at really silly things, then I cannot help but to wonder about motive.
- And, while the striker has no wish to pick at a livid scar, there is a record to set straight. Times, Sunday Times
- It is easier to nitpick at our own shortcomings than to fret about faraway problems. Times, Sunday Times
- Paige could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.
- Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.
- Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.