Example Sentences

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"Mums may have plucked up the courage to come in that day to talk about their mental health, but then they can't come if there's no slots available," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Since January, volunteers with the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup have plucked 109,507 pieces of PPE from the world’s watery margins.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

NBA teams have plucked at least one Kentucky product in the top eight picks every season Calipari has spent in Lexington.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2017

Obama seems to have held Emanuel's ability in awe; and such was his power that nothing but the chance of becoming mayor of Chicago would have plucked him from the White House.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2011

Humbaba pulled a tree out of the ground as easily as I would have plucked a daisy.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda