How to Use slim pickings in a Sentence

slim pickings

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• This also speaks to the slim pickings available on this week’s wire.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
• And a backup center also is needed, with slim pickings there.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
• There's slim pickings for guys like me in that world, unfortunately.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
• There’s slim pickings for guys like me in that world, unfortunately.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
• There were slim pickings for the birds in the landscapes because of the heat and dry weather of summer and fall of 2020.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
• For those looking for something a bit closer to the action -- nearer Rome, to be precise -- it's been slim pickings.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 21 Aug. 2021
• With slim pickings around the world for investors to bet their money on right now, India might seem like an opportunity.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
• The bar was completely full, as was the small dining area (with about 12 tables total, so seating is slim pickings, anyway).
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2024
• On offense, especially at the skill positions, free agency was mostly slim pickings.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
• For plus-size women, who are already dealing with slim pickings at the start, having someone who can track down kitschy, secondhand clothing is a blessing.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2022
• And even if critical shortages can be averted, slow deliveries could make for slim pickings this Christmas and Hanukkah.
  — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
• Spring usually means slim pickings for house hunters in Minnesota and that is especially true around Duluth.
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
• Talent is being signed up at such speed and scale that slim pickings remain for indie producers to put their best packages forward, let along bring equity partners along for the ride.
  — Angus Finney, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
• While there might be slim pickings for the average voter to head to the polls on March 17, candidates are spending money to get their messages out.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• Unfortunately, the below-freezing temperatures and deep snow make for slim pickings.
  — Keith Langston, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• Though that’s a problem everywhere, the Midwest has particularly slim pickings.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
• But among the slim pickings, Mateus Mane has emerged as a forward who is highly rated by both academy staff and head coach Vitor Pereira.
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
• Gibbon started his research by reading about the famous Irish family as there was slim pickings for visual references apart from a few paintings and photographs.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The rise of the e-girl aesthetic has made finding cutesy PC gaming accessories easier than ever, but the options can still feel like slim pickings for console players.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• There was evident relief that Coronation Day’s downpours had relented, yet the clouds parted only to reveal a lot of money had been spent on very slim pickings indeed.
  — Mike McCahill, Variety, 8 May 2023
• The Japanese restaurant is a welcome addition to the area, as Bellaire and Meyerland have long had slim pickings in the dining department.
  — Megha McSwain, Chron, 2 Sep. 2022
• Tuesday night’s vote is the latest effort by a Colorado community to tackle the state’s vexing housing shortage, which has resulted in slim pickings for homebuyers and steadily escalating home prices over the last few years.
  — John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
• Offensive guard Phil Haynes There are slim pickings out there for offensive lineman right now because every team is carrying 15-plus offensive linemen on their training camp roster.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
• Hargis and Douglass will stay onboard the Consort as advisers and continue teaching at early music programs around the country — happily plentiful in comparison to the slim pickings of their youth.
  — Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• Community members, concerned over slim pickings of essentials like eggs and bread, rallied around the store and started a GoFundMe in December 2024, ultimately raising nearly $63,000 for the grocery.
  — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026