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
“The phrase ‘Atlantic forces’ once sounded powerful, but what we have is not enough to pluck more than ten to twenty hairs from the fur of the British lion.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Nguyen’s father told her to kill, pluck, and cook one of their chickens, so everyone could have rice and a little meat.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Vocabulary lists containing pluck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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The Magician's Nephew
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