How to Use picket line in a Sentence

picket line

noun
Definition of picket linenext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Wthornton@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • Nearly two years later, some have crossed over, but 650 still walk the picket line.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Actors, too, could soon find themselves on the picket lines.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • That’s the spirit his mother took to the picket line in Inglewood one day.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
  • But as 6 am arrived on the West Coast, there was no word of a deal, and employees headed for the picket lines.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Workers stayed out on the picket line for fifteen days, and, in the end, the union declared victory.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The other 10 unions plan to honor the picket line, a BLET union official said.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The Biden-Trump showdown for union workers came to a head when Biden joined the picket line last September.
    — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The working-class themes of the film resonated with working actors on the picket lines.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • While celebrities are putting on their best for the Met Gala, protestors are hitting the picket lines.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • Why do union members refuse to cross other picket lines?
    — USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • What’s worse, said barista Isabel Beaudry at 3 p.m. on the picket line, is the uncertainty.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • With the writers on the picket lines for five months, residuals made up a greater share of their total income than usual.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 July 2024

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