pluck

Example Sentences

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If Bezos had any of that pluck, we certainly would not be reading about the Post’s pending demise.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

They were too negative and too reliant on Salah or Omar Marmoush to pluck a moment of magic out of very little service.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

“The phrase ‘Atlantic forces’ once sounded powerful, but what we have is not enough to pluck more than ten to twenty hairs from the fur of the British lion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

While we might pluck “ChatGPT words” from our prose, there is evidence that A.I.’s empty lexicon is lodging itself somewhere more intimate: in our minds.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

She turned to Uncle Darnell and said, “Kill a chicken,” and to me she said, “And you pluck it and clean it. I know you know how.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia