Sentences with phrase «to pick at something»

If you have split ends, don't pick at them or pull them apart.

You're lucky this even made it to post, because I kept picking at it as I was trying to shoot.

I've done that many times, and I usually just pick at it until it comes off or file it off with a nail file.

Just made this for tonight's dinner and it sat in the pan waiting, I can't stop picking at it every time I go into the kitchen.

I keep picking at it and just can't stop.

I can not do the hole look on jeans and stuff, I always pick at them, or think they will get worse.

I can usually make it 24 hours before I start picking at it, haha.

After the bath, your bird will fluff up his feathers and spend a lengthy period of time picking at them until every feather is in the exact right place.

I have a wicked habit of picking at it and then suddenly half of the batch has been eaten.

But these do have a healthy spin... They loved them and they are so tasty — I'll admit, I was picking at them quite a bit.

I found myself continuously picking at it throughout making this dish, and finally just gave in to using a spoon.

I had to keep them in a double sealed lunch box container in the fridge so I wouldn't pick at them constantly!

My boys picked at it a little, but didn't go crazy over it.

A player could score and assist in one game but there'll usually be someone who'd rather pick at something the player didn't do so well.

Never pick at it and allow it to fall off on its own.

2 - I don't bite my nails, but I definitely pick at them... and I don't like them long.

I'm still not entirely sure what it all means, and am still picking at it in my mind.

My cats didn't like it and the feral cats picked at it, but left most on the dish.

She's turned down some good foods only to pick at them through out the night.

Authors have long known this and picked at it with their words.

Pick at it long enough, and you're bound to find a vulnerability.

This type of food is so dangerous because it's too easy to pick at it as you walk by.

It could make its way into a salad or sandwich that I throw together, or I might just pick at it.

If you have a breakout a day or two before your wedding, do not pick at it!

And I didn't even thin them out because I am always picking at them.

When we first gave Duke his new food he did not pick at it like he would his old food.

I keep picking at it!!

It was also insanely difficult to keep myself from picking at it as I stirred the mixture together, particularly the peanut butter / maple syrup mixture, which I could have eaten by the spoonful!

Even if you aren't trying to pop a pimple, absentmindedly picking at it can be just as bad.

Cherry picking at it's finest.

We like to roast a free - range, organic chicken on a Sunday and keep it in the fridge so we can pick at it during the week and use it as a staple for salads, lunches, and food on the run.

What happened was surprising — people didn't tip toe, but they also didn't bring it up, or even really pick at it, like it seems like had happened in the past.

I'm messaging you my answer about NAC because it's slightly embarrassing I've always had terrible acne and always have picked at it obsessively and could not stop until I was given some supplements for PCOS which happened to contain NAC.

Her skin has improved tremendously after two weeks but she recently rejected her meals (I usually mix the raw meat with the kibble), picking at it when she's hungry but never finishing the entire serving.

It is stable in water, strong in olfactory attractants, and the fish can pick at it over a period of time until it is completely consumed.

He would often engage in self - injurious behaviors, such as picking at himself till he bled.

Not picking at you personally Brad, I see you're new here, but when investors use the line of «helping families» is a psychological play in justifying messing over someone, you're not helping anyone by overcharging 10K for your pocket by the virtue of you being a middleman.

The eldest didn't want the cereal and milk — she's gone off breakfast — but she dutifully picked at it, then handed the sloshing bowl to me as she exited the car.

Also, forgive our occasional pun for Barlog's crying, it was just so endearing that we can't stop picking at it.

Imagine you make a taco snd it falls apart on your plate so you just pick at it.

Took it to a church potluck and the few small bits that were left got attacked by the paws of 4 small children as they crowded around and picked at it like vultures to a carcass.

Just made this now in preparation for our Royal BBQ tomorrow, and I am struggling to put it in the fridge because I can't help but pick at it!!

Stick your head out but a little, and someone's going to start picking at you from a mile away.

The next time you encounter a buyer or seller who strongly insists on a certain point, pick at it and take advantage.

My opinion is we should've shoved a flag pole up his ass and stuck him on top of the White House for the crows to pick at him.

I've been afraid, I guess, that if I pick at it too much I'll be left with nothing but a dusty old book of history and mortally devised collection of writings.

Of course, the next time I made Maple Dijon Apple Cole Slaw, he picked at it and said it was only okay.