pluck
verb (used with object)
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc..
has plucked
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present perfectof pluck (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s not the first time Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has plucked a TV personality to join the coaching staff.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
That team has plucked a critical portion of spike from eight different sarbecoviruses—the so-called receptor binding domain—and stitched them together into a “mosaic.”
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
To fulfill their desires, the children travel to the Far Country, a spirit realm full of demons that Gavriel Savit has plucked from the Zohar and other Jewish mystical works.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
Yet is there not a strange peace to be found in surrendering to whatever chaos has plucked you from your personal mental river?
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 15, 2019
“I am glad the old gentleman has plucked up courage enough to at least attend a banquet in honor of a battle,” Jackson said sarcastically.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
