How to Use cherry picker in a Sentence
cherry picker
noun-
The bird is then brought down aboard the cherry picker.
— Fox News, 8 July 2019 -
For that one, he was put on a cherry picker and raised 10 feet above the planes, parked on the tarmac.
— Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022 -
The victim was pinned between the Ditch Witch and cherry picker.
— Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2020 -
Officer Mays calmly rode the cherry picker to the ground to vacuum the rest of the swarm.
— Ben Kesling, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2017 -
Police said a 52-year-old man was moving a Ditch Witch in the alley when he was hit by the cherry picker.
— Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2020 -
Like Simmons, Bryant had been hired by AppleOne to drive a cherry picker.
— Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 -
There were squad cars, ladder trucks, school buses and the cab of a cherry picker truck to climb into and explore.
— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022 -
Workers in hydraulic cranes, or cherry pickers, were sent high up the poles to refasten the nets.
— John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2018 -
Its public works department sent out a cherry picker and Wurst climbed in.
— Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 21 June 2018 -
And then, finally, a small cherry picker crane from the school’s maintenance staff appeared across the field.
— Sam Blum, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020 -
The mural, which is one of the biggest in Georgia, took 250 gallons of paint to complete and countless hours on a cherry picker to cover the building.
— Leon Stafford, ajc, 5 Feb. 2021 -
Residents like Barry Cohen, 63, and his wife had to be rescued from their balcony in a cherry picker in the dark.
— New York Times, 24 June 2021 -
Later, Prager strapped herself into a safety harness and was lifted above the cast in a cherry picker.
— Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019 -
Fire and rescue crews arrived and tried to save people from the remaining portions of the building complex with a cherry picker.
— Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021 -
Workers in cherry pickers adorned the majestic tree with sparkling lights and gold orb ornaments.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2018 -
So, Russell, whose wife is a veterinarian, took notes and reached out to the fire chief, who eventually gave the green light for one of his men to go up there aboard the cherry picker.
— Washington Post, 29 June 2021 -
Ultimately, a cherry picker brought in from Glasgow was used to transport technicians and firefighters to the top of the chimney and lower the man down.
— Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 28 Oct. 2019 -
Officers were also lifted onto the roof in a cherry picker.
— Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021 -
After Fiery Plane Crash Photos from the scene show two apparent firefighters standing beside the plane in a cherry picker.
— Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 25 Nov. 2019 -
The fan palm is pockmarked with holes — some created by birds, others by humans climbing it to remove the fronds (Exposition Park now uses a cherry picker to reduce stress on the old-timer).
— Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022 -
Firefighters arriving at their window with a cherry picker bucket brought them to safety.
— Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 24 June 2021 -
After attempting to escape on their own, Cohen said he, his wife and two neighbors were rescued from their balcony by fire rescue teams who used a cherry picker bucket, the Herald reported.
— Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2021 -
Stand-alone scaffolding and an idle cherry picker, essential construction tools in Barlow’s practice, hardly look out of place in this artistic junkyard.
— Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018 -
Trowland and fellow protester Marcus Decker were reportedly arrested after being brought down from the bridge on a cherry picker and charged with conspiracy to commit a public nuisance.
— Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
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