pluck up

Example Sentences

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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

It took me 10 minutes to pluck up the courage to call him, to ask if he and his partner were all right.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2022

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

I did though on one occasion not long ago pluck up the courage to attempt the required sort of reply.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro