pluck

Example Sentences

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Bethell's performances have vindicated England's decision to pluck him from relative obscurity.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Many of the planes are museum pieces, kept flying with scrounged parts and pluck, and stand little chance against modern warplanes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

If Bezos had any of that pluck, we certainly would not be reading about the Post’s pending demise.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

While we might pluck “ChatGPT words” from our prose, there is evidence that A.I.’s empty lexicon is lodging itself somewhere more intimate: in our minds.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

He’s starting to get one or two gray hairs, and sometimes he tells Momma she should pluck them out for him.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée