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His words set me thinking, and I had to recognise, rather bitterly, that what I call pluck did not form a great part of my birthright. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Man's House] Reference
And indeed, much pluck is roused in a dauntless fashion in space. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Larklight by Philip Reeve] Reference
These I would pluck from the plants, pinching them off with my thumb nail. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden] Reference
But of march he knows which there is no heal to "pluck from a mental stop a rooted sorrow.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
Jennifer, you know as well as I that hardy pluck is not what San Miguel Gringos are made of. From Wordnik.com. [Airfares and airports] Reference
September 18, 2007 southern style big boys~ pluck from the vine, slice thinly sprinkle with sugar and salt. From Wordnik.com. [One Deep Breath-Recipe] Reference
Kate’s pluck is almost perfectly summed up in this early exchange. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
Page 179 amount of what is vulgarly termed pluck, and perhaps courage. From Wordnik.com. [The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy,] Reference
There may be in it a certain amount of what is vulgarly termed pluck, and perhaps courage. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point]
He waved his fingers as if looking for a word to pluck out of the air; he settled on, “new vogue.”. From Wordnik.com. [EVENING’S EMPIRE] Reference
However, "pluck" was always the watchword with me. From Wordnik.com. [California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state] Reference
She thought the flat stuttering sound of the axes said "pluck" very plainly, and that that was just the word they should say. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Forster possesses that kind of pluck in an unusual degree. From Wordnik.com. [Rujub, the Juggler] Reference
Message will be placed in queue for worker role to "pluck". From Wordnik.com. [MSDN Blogs] Reference
'The forked one,' quoth he, 'pluck't out, and give it him.'. From Wordnik.com. [Troilus and Cressida] Reference
With a "pluck" the calf followed, described a parabola in the air, and landed beside us. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
For one sitting this single "pluck" will suffice, as it will serve for a general examination. From Wordnik.com. [Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)] Reference
After all, the guide has to have the kind of pluck and hardihood that ought to be well rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge] Reference
Merely taking out the garbage through the icefield of the back yard requires the kind of pluck and courage not seen since Apollo 13. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
"pluck" the bees if they deserve this degradation?. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
"pluck" in proposing, and eventually consented to take him. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth] Reference
"Ah," you say, "but 'pluck' is one thing, endurance another. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
(the Oxygene pt. 2 'pluck' soundfont can also be found here). From Wordnik.com. [MATRIXSYNTH] Reference
"She had the kind of pluck that Stevenson particularly admired. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson] Reference
"pluck" of a string introduced a serenade from the string band of the little city. From Wordnik.com. [Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures] Reference
"pluck" might be appreciated, and earn a beggar's livelihood by telling how it was last displayed. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)] Reference
All that's needed is a little pluck and engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Space Plane] Reference
We meet a man who through luck and pluck starts a mini-golf empire. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Fiction—For Real] Reference
The country has always respected pluck and thrived on in-your-face discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Bibi Versus The World] Reference
U.S. Army Engineers will soon have to pluck these body-bag fillers from this area. From Wordnik.com. ['Hell In A Cold Place'] Reference
Players pluck out one rhythm at the neck while beating another on the instrument's body. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Stars] Reference
Unseen hands pluck money out of your paycheck and invest it for your future, tax-deferred. From Wordnik.com. [When A 401(K) Is Not Ok] Reference
Surgeons make a three-quarter-inch incision and pluck out the offending piece of disk with forceps. From Wordnik.com. [To Cut Or Not To Cut] Reference
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