“pickings”造句，怎麼用pickings造句

“America’s mayor” has ignored both of these early states to focus on bigger, delegate-rich pickings.

The pickings were supposed to be coppers given you when you took work home to a customer.

TO CONNOISSEURS of irony, who often find rich pickings in politics, last week's offering was a vintage one.

She was so much more lucky than most of them but perhaps not as lucky as those that scurried in the Wednesday night sleet, shopping early before the pickings became slim.

Wheeler said scientists have not yet studied the yam's nutritional value to see what benefits the plant offers as a food crop—and despite its popularity, pickings are already slim.

Reward; middleman's fee; commission (/pickings)(/kickback)

Yolardis said that she visited the store often and at best there were slim pickings.

Bigger funds, which have economies of scale, might be able to survive for another few years on these paltry pickings.

Women, in his opinion, are nasty teases who "ask for it" or who are powerless and seem like easy pickings for a man who is used to taking advantage of people in every part of his life.

Welfare benefits provide a rich source of pickings for dodgy officials.

Perhaps there is nothing you can do to reduce costs and in that case the buyer will often move on to easier pickings.

Like Portugal, Spain and Ireland will sell some crown jewels, and the buyers may find rich pickings in the rubble.

They'll look for easier pickings elsewhere.