Sentence example with the word 'pluck'

pluck

accumulate, chutzpah, dig up, exsect, get out, hitch, mow, rake out, snake, take out, wash out

Definition n. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

Last update: July 17, 2015


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The boy showed his pluck in capturing the decoits.   [noun]

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We should not pluck the flowers from the public park.   [verb]

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The cheff plucked and prepared the chicken to cook.   [verb]

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I plucked and showed the licence to the harassing traffic constable.   [verb]

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the fisherman who were being drowned in the sea were plucked by airforce.   [verb]

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He plucked a thread from his lapel.   [verb]

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She could skin a rabbit or pluck a chicken at breakneck speed using a knife with expert skill.   [Please select]

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Thousands of microscopic robots armed with tiny tweezers could pluck the Moon bare in a matter of weeks.   [verb]

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He plucked at the knot of his cravat, trying to loosen it, feeling himself threatened with apoplexy.   [verb]

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She plucked out handfuls of her pale gold hair, the pretty blonde hair which had been almost as famous in Paris as Beaufort's or Madame de Longueville's yellow locks.   [verb]

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Thou didst go down to the very grave with me, didst pluck me out of the pit.   [verb]

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"Come, child, pluck up your courage and tell me truly what it is that troubles you; perhaps I may be able to help you."   [verb]

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Humphrey was quite as clever at it as she was; and little Edith was very useful, as she plucked the fowls, and watched the things while they were cooking.   [Please select]

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