pluck
Example Sentences
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Portuguese former Aalesunds forward Braga is emblematic of Hearts' season - a relative unknown plucked from Norwegian football.
From BBC
His early characters were consistently archetypal, plucked from the average high school experience.
From Salon
“We help about 1,400 families a month and we plucked out who had experience at large financial institutions that we could learn from, and culled records from at least a thousand,” said Walter.
From MarketWatch
When she finished, it looked so real I almost thought I could reach into the tapestry, pluck an apple, and take a bite.
From Literature
And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
