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

We don’t want your son to feel badly that “he has never experienced hunger or insecurity at home,” and I am wondering whether his “glass half-empty” position is plucking a deeper nerve in you.

From Washington Post • May 18, 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

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