plucky

Example Sentences

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It also praised the "plucky" display by the US, "who people thought had come to Rome as whipping boys but in fact have gone off the pitch with a very respectable score".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Trade Desk, founded in 2009, positioned itself as a plucky upstart competitor to Google in the market for helping companies buy online ads across publishers’ websites.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A plucky wolf known as OR-7 traveled into California from Oregon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Practically everywhere you look, there’s Meryl Streep’s fictional editrix-in-chief, Miranda Priestly, and Anne Hathaway’s plucky assistant-turned-editor, Andy Sachs, ready for their second big-screen outing few were asking for but everyone will watch.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Just ask a long-grieving widow whose husband drowned in a medicinal tar pit, or a plucky young governess who spent more than half her life wondering whether she might someday see her parents again.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood