How to Use picket line in a Sentence

picket line

noun

• She joined her coworkers on the picket line.
• This led to some of the best jokes on the picket lines.
  — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2023
• And there’s the bonus of making new friends on the picket line.
  — Dan Doperalski, Variety, 9 Oct. 2021
• Even the union ones were pressured to break the picket line.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
• That marked the first time in more than 40 years that both unions were on the picket line at the same time.
  — Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
• The prospect of having to cross a picket line just to do his job was too much.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• The 10-month strike ripped the town apart as hundreds of workers crossed the picket line.
  — Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2020
• Visitors to the show may need to cross a picket line to see it.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
• Writers spent most of their days during the ’07 strike on the picket line.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023
• But Laursen said morale on the picket line remained high.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• Lisa Crawford brought coffee and donuts to the picket line, and the two sides started to mend fences.
  — cincinnati.com, 28 Jan. 2020
• Corbyn is more your guy for a rally or a picket line, or a chat at the bus stop.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2019
• Kaydence Tice, a 30-year-old songwriter, was at the front of the picket line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• The movies that rolled out in 2023 were made before writers and actors hit the picket lines.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
• The actors and writers on the picket line are less sanguine.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
• Both Warrior Met and the union have used the picket line as a way to focus attention on the strike.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 25 Oct. 2021
• Tens of thousands right now are walking the picket line.
  — NBC News, 17 Oct. 2021
• Workers on the picket line receive strike pay of $275 per week.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2021
• Before the deal, union leaders crafted a strike pay plan and picket lines across the Strip.
  — Sahil Kapur, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• Keep showing up on the picket lines and make your voices heard around the country.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
• The Ohio senator showed up at a UAW picket line last fall.
  — Emily Peck, Axios, 19 July 2024
• In came hard-leftists who had learned their craft on picket lines rather than ski slopes.
  — The Economist, 16 Nov. 2019
• Health care workers in New York are hitting the picket line.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2020
• Read more in their notice to management and join us on the picket line from 9am-1pm!
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• More recently, she's been seen with fiery red curls on the picket lines.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
• The Writers Guild has been on the picket line since May 2 after failing to reach a deal with the studios.
  — Kamaron Leach, Fortune, 11 July 2023
• While the public has been missing their favorite shows, those on the picket lines are, too.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
• Crossing the picket lines with me were a pair of West Point graduates.
  — Lynn Freed, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• After months on the picket line, workers won an increase in wages and got to keep the clause in their contracts.
  — Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
• Biden voiced strong support for unions during his campaign, going so far as to join striking United Auto Workers members on the picket line last year despite critiques from the union.
  — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024