1. picking
She stopped picking daisies.
The thief had special tools for picking locks.
Are you picking me up at 7 tomorrow morning?
Recently, there have been signs that the economy is picking up steam.
I felt bad about picking on him.
Would you mind picking up something on the way back?
It's incredible that you could write such a well-designed program after just picking up programming by imitation.
Why were you picking up guys?
Japanese seem to prefer picking a marriage partner as much like themselves as possible, finding a job that provides security and slow but steady advancement, and putting money in the bank.
It is a lot of fun picking various shells on the sands.
Oh boy ... when they hang out with you for long everyone ends up picking up your bad habits.
Quit picking your scabs. I don't care how good it feels.
It was determined that the picking of one's nose is a completely normal act for adolescent boys.
Taking into account the time I'd just spent napping, I'm really picking up the sense that this time's exam really won't be straight forward.
I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"