plucking
- present participle of pluck.
Example Sentences
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"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
It bursts with insights that mix journalistic acumen with gossip, backed by a score generously seasoned with mischievous violin string plucking.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
She’s over wasting time plucking chin hairs, searching for brain fog-induced lost reading glasses and — most of all — withholding her opinions so as not to offend others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
Raffy, Diouf and ambitious young Pistache sat at the top of a baobab, plucking a breakfast of fruit that they cracked open with a whack-whack-whack against the branches.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
I run back to my desk while Mrs. Sheldon stands in front of the class plucking at the skin of her neck.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
