pluck
verb (used with object)
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc..
is plucking
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present progressiveof pluck (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In what was once a rice paddy just outside Kandy in central Sri Lanka, Anoma Kumari Paranathala is plucking green beans and fresh mint from the rambling foliage of her vegetable garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2022
Stamos plays restaurateur Jimmy Martino, an energetic, somewhat fretful human tornado who, when we meet him, is plucking a gray hair from his head as though it were a tick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2015
The pretty blond woman is plucking at the bristles of a hairbrush with gold-manicured fingertips, tapping her nails softly against the wooden handle as she holds it close to a microphone.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2014
On a stage on a hill overlooking town, Abbas Neshat is plucking a danbur, a traditional two-stringed instrument.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2014
I drag my big plastic bag over to where Tim is plucking trash.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
