picked

Example Sentences

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Then it happened — Harrington, wreathed in Druidic smoke, hoisted his guitar above his head and pickaxed his instrument into the guts of the 12-foot mirror, shattering it into oblivion.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

I asked him if it was true that he'd pickaxed his own furniture to get revellers out of his home.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2013

Day and night they chipped and hacked, pickaxed and burrowed deeper, uncovering whitened bones by the ton while the deranged clergyman rambled about, frothing like a lunatic.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

In the field the previous spring he had accompanied the expedition beyond the "Big Lead" to 84° 29', and with the strength of his broad shoulders he had pickaxed the way.

From A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Washington, Booker T.

After the single shot of the big rifle was fired, he had only a knife and a hatchet and the spiked and pickaxed ice-staff, and Brave.

From The Keeper by Piper, H. Beam