pick of the litter
Example Sentences
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When McConnell stepped down as leader, he had pick of the litter over committee assignments.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2025
And at the end of each weekend, I had the pick of the litter with jerseys.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023
The pick of the litter is probably the problematic Seamus, who despairs at how terms like “witness and legacy of violence and valid” transform class into “a tribunal for war crimes.”
From New York Times • May 21, 2023
“Gravity” is perhaps the pick of the litter here.
From Scientific American • May 27, 2022
The few teachers the town did have were not exactly the pick of the litter, as Dad liked to say, and despite the shortage, one would get fired from time to time.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
