pluck up

Example Sentences

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"But I've had so many friends do Strictly, and I thought it was about time that I pluck up the courage and made my way on to the dance floor."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

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

“If you're working with a bully, do you back down and cower, or do you try to pluck up your feathers and look larger?” she asked.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2020

At last I pluck up courage to enquire of the guards—it needs courage, for they are in uniform, and have lathis strapped to their wrists.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya