Even that was merely picking the bones of the dead past, he thought acidly.

"I was doubting that the thugs were merely picking easy prey."

Low insisted that he has not been merely picking on the Czechs.

He and Nyquist were merely picking information out of each other's minds.

Without responding to that, Bishop merely picked his way down the steep slope and deep into the ravine.

She had eaten little, merely picked at her food, moving it around on her trencher.

Picking merely requires selection of a batch and manual quality control before dispatch.

I'm merely picking on the implication of that one line, as I think it is inaccurate and not entirely fair.

They merely picked the proper building, walked in, took the elevator to the top floor, and from there walked to the roof.

So now he merely picked his papers up, as he came by, without stopping.