5 sentences with 'picking'
Example sentences and phrases with the word picking and other words derived from it.
• « "One rainy day, after picking up her paycheck, we saw a young mother walk by with two children; all three looked ragged." »
• « Each cotton picking day, the slaves went to the fields with sacks, filling them as many times as they could. The effort was laborious, and a white "driver" used the whip to make the slaves work as fast as possible. »
• « During the picking season, slaves worked from dawn to dusk, with a ten-minute break at lunchtime; many slaveholders often gave them little to eat, as the expense of food would reduce their profits. »
• « The slaves' day did not end after picking the cotton; once it was taken to the gin house to be weighed, they had to care for the animals and perform other tasks. »