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pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Take any one of these cards
Choose a good husband for your daughter -
detect with the senses
I can't make out the faces in this photograph
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
How To Use pick out In A Sentence
- Gamers familiar with some tracks will easily be able to pick out certain landmarks or other features from their real-life counterparts.
- We're going to Andreas's Boutique to pick out something original for both of us.
- Let everie sound of a pitch keep still in reson-ance, jemcrow, jackdaw, prime and secund with their terce that whoe betwides them, now full theorbe, now dulcifair, and when we press of pedal (sof!) pick out and vowelise your name. Finnegans Wake
- Each regional section has a brief introduction to set the scene and pick out distinctive geographical and topographical features.
- Then pick out a little something from among the many high-style pre-match options still untaken at the time of writing. Times, Sunday Times
- Cushing, a first-round draft pick out of Southern California, was a runaway winner for the rookie award in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. AP: Texans' Brian Cushing tested positive for HCG
- How can one pick out the symptoms of mental illness in patients who seem otherwise normal?
- She was maid of honor at my wedding, gave me a bridal shower, helped me pick out my dress, etc.
- The purpose of scanning a scene in this manner is to pick out details and their relations to one another (themes and rhemes).
- We're going to Andreas's Boutique to pick out something original for both of us.