pluck

Example Sentences

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The condition causes him to obsessively pluck his beard or eyebrows when anxious or bored.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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

Taking on the trial bar requires pluck, but it can also pay dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Forcing Chrissy Teigen to not only use a NASA-level kitchen scale to produce homemade Cheez-Its but also identify and pluck her children’s birth flowers to make dried-flower jewelry?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

He added, “That’s where they pluck them from.”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline