Example Sentences

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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

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

After 35 years in Tbilisi, Megreladze had returned to Guria, where along with plucking tea leaves she also makes wine and hosts the odd guest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

He counted the days by plucking teeth off a comb.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

I’d started walking forward without realizing it and was inches away from plucking the Story Box off the pedestal.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia