pluck
Example Sentences
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Pickers pluck items from shelves in a prescribed sequence while drivers double-check bagged orders before speeding off on scooters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
If you take the three releases and pluck the best tracks from each—a half-dozen songs from both “Iceman” and “Maid,” and one from “Habibti”—you have a strong Drake record with a lot of variety.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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
They were too negative and too reliant on Salah or Omar Marmoush to pluck a moment of magic out of very little service.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
When she finished, it looked so real I almost thought I could reach into the tapestry, pluck an apple, and take a bite.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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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