Example Sentences

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And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

On the business end, there is a 3cm metal tip that plucks a piece of skin and blubber from the whale’s body.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024

“May December” — Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik Holiday hit “The Holdovers” from David Hemingson should take this — the film is popular and plucks the heartstrings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Anne Thompson notes that “The Holdovers’” “David Hemingson should take this — the film is popular and plucks the heartstrings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Dylan plucks them off my head before I can answer.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera