picking

They were picking cotton.

The baby is picking at the bedclothes.

just a cotton-picking minute!.

a nit-picking legalistic exercise.

the old woman was picking at the sheet.

The artist is picking in shadows in the picture.

a cotton-picking fool; out of your cotton-picking mind.

picking a remedy can be a bit hit-and-miss.

now, please don't start picking at Ruth.

he made the mistake of picking a quarrel with John.

picking up snatches of conversation.

At work he’s always picking quarrels.

He's always picking about something.

a cadaverous mongrel picking through the garbage.

He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.

The sick boy was only picking at his food.

The peasants were picking up in the field.

The man was picking up the ground very hard.

He and his mates were out picking mangoes.

Tanooka first told police his son disappeared while the family was picking vegetables.

The opposite side, we see some finger picking.

Well, they're not picking up their phone.

Although I suspect his wife did the picking out.

Trade and investment are still at a low ebb while protectionism is picking up.

Women do the picking, while the men process and pack it.

Nick, and he's not picking up the car till tomorrow.

But construction is still picking up as the housing market improves.

In these still waters, it's easy pickings for these speedy torpedoes.

Yeah my friend should be picking me up at the train station.