pluck
verb (used with object)
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc..
had plucked
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past perfectof pluck.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Separately, Emergency said its rescue ship, Life Support, on Saturday had plucked to safety 55 migrants from a smugglers’ boat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Compared with the original Syn61Δ3, the altered microbes became more resistant to the 12 viruses that scientists had plucked from environmental samples, the team revealed in July.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2022
It felt as if someone had plucked it out of her head and dropped it into the real world.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
Someone had plucked a massive chunk of prized cuerito off the leviathan my mother had spent three days preparing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
His teeth were long and yellow; behind black-frame glasses, you could see he had plucked and then re-drawn his eyebrows.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
