has plucked
- present perfect of pluck (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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A widely broadcast photo of Soldin, pictured in protective gear and smiling broadly with a cat on his shoulder, has plucked at the heartstrings of the French nation.
From Seattle Times ● May 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
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
They didn’t possess his blend of peacockish flamboyance and vicious invective; the sense that he has plucked his personal style from a low-rent mafia flick.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2018
“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
