pickings in a sentence

Examples

1. There was no sound but the wind picking up the sand.
2. The fans had already started picking themselves up off the grass.
3. The association has been picking perennials of the year since 1990.
4. But picking up biological weapons are apparently a much trickier task.
5. The trouble is picking the right fund at the right time.
6. The worst case of this scenario has the Celtics picking eighth.
7. On playgrounds, pupils picking teams split into Yanks and Rebels.
8. The younger generation just wasn't picking up on it.
9. But now arms supplies to the Bosnian government are picking up.
10. "They shouldn't be picking on each other.