pluck up

Example Sentences

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But Ecclesiastes got it right about everything having a season, “a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

It took me 10 minutes to pluck up the courage to call him, to ask if he and his partner were all right.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2022

Shrewd pumpkin pickers will pluck up the best of the lot the first or second weekend in October, the grower said, but last weekend’s rains probably reduced the crowds.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2020

Helicopters were brought in to pluck up survivors while crews waded in to drag or carry out others even though they weren’t sure whether they would be hit with another slide.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2018

But Beth, though yearning for the grand piano, could not pluck up courage to go to the ‘Mansion of Bliss’, as Meg called it.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott