plucked

Example Sentences

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Plucked from obscurity to head China's ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was expected to be just another transitional figurehead, destined to be a footnote in history.

From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2022

Plucked Chicken and Beer in the Bay Area and real estate properties.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022

Plucked from obscurity, she shook up the screen in “Hallelujah!,” an all-Black Hollywood musical.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Plucked one time for a new assignment, he waited in a building with other prisoners.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2020

“Did you hear that, Paula? This young man believes all books were written in the distant past by dead people who picked up the stories from heaven knows where. Plucked straight from the air, maybe?”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke