the pick of the bunch

noun phrase

: the best one of a group

I read many books this summer, and that was the pick of the bunch.

Examples of the pick of the bunch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His third goal was the pick of the bunch, cutting in from the right-wing before bending a trademark effort into the far corner of the goal. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

His opener at Villa Park was the pick of the bunch. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026

But the pick of the bunch might be Metroid Prime 4, the latest (and long-awaited) entry in one of the oddest and eeriest first-person shooter franchises of all time. — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025

One woman applied a dolphin design to her face; one of the men in the group got a barbed wire design running across his neck; while the pick of the bunch saw another of the guys opt for an Illuminati-style pyramid tattoo on his forehead. — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024

Callum Burton was the pick of the bunch last night, twice denying United striker Rhian Brewster, including from the penalty spot. — Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024

Rhymes for the pick of the bunch

• brunch
• chinch
• crunch
• hunch
• lunch
• punch
• keypunch