| 单词 | pluck |
| 例句 | She plucked the strings of her apron, unraveling the thread. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She plucked a red blossom from a barrel cactus and fixed it in her hair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Phil plucks a little leaf from my wet hair and shows it to me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z TimeStar plucked his goggles from his face, revealing familiar brown eyes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lockton plucked a strawberry from the bowl and pulled the leaves from it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat at my bedroom window after I changed; the cashew tree was so close I could reach out and pluck a leaf if it were not for the silver-colored crisscross of mosquito netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Music fills the air, and the only sounds I recognize—from my limited experience with the Amity—are plucked guitar strings and drums. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mother plucked the baby from the pouch and carried her to the other end of the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I pluck the royal-blue Dodgers cap from the stool to my right and slap it on my head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z For privacy, the men had rigged up curtained walls around their cots, small makeshift bedrooms, and in the dark Rat went quickly from room to room, using the flashlight to pluck out the faces. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I plucked at the strings with my toes for a second and adjusted one of them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He plucked a biplane from its string and swept it across the battlefield, making airplane engine noises as he knocked down little German soldiers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I plucked leaves to use as money, which I stashed in my shirt, just like the indfgena ladies at the market. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He scoops some rice or beans out of buckets of food left in the pantry or eats from a can of food he plucks off the shelves. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There was no way Gideon would publicly call me his girlfriend if I didn't pluck the ten to fifteen hairs that were ruining my life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Jay held up jar after jar to his flashlight, dropping them all back into the baskets he plucked them from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Or like marimbas only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelled the waxy dark green leaves, and remembered climbing the big cottonwood trees along the river and plucking heavy hanging bunches of cottonwood berries that grew on the female trees late in the summer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Most afraid of. Hmmm,” Bull whispered, plucking at his left ear lobe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nigel was busy plucking his wet shirt away from his skin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Cara is surprisingly nimble—she moves over the rungs like she’s plucking banjo strings, touching each one only briefly before she moves to the next one. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They were three, and Hazel wondered what would happen if a big hand came and plucked one of them away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Bongo plucked out a piece of new grass and tossed it aside. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She nodded, then plucked at my blouse, at my pants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He plucked a well-read copy of Face Value out of the bag in front of him and pitched it into the Toss pile. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "They've just dried a fresh crop and are plucking off the buds." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She reached up, plucked a cocoon from a mulberry twig, and put it in her tunic pocket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I pluck the wrapper out with two fingers and run up to Safer’s. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She plucked another cookie off the plate and inhaled it like Sir Fig Newton used to do with his meals. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Only slightly taller perhaps, and prettier, softer and rounder in the face, and the eyebrows severely plucked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z From sunrise to sunset humans sowed seeds, watered plants, plucked weeds from the ground and led sheep to prime pastures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shall take care of this,” the Duchess says, rising and plucking the jar of salve out of Mr. Gideon’s hand. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The first com stood high in the meadow, row after endless row, waiting to be plucked. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He plucked a small object from behind my ear and held it in front of me—a pea-size blob of soggy white paper. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She coveted it and plucked at it whenever she could. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And now I stood with the very same characters, plucked straight out of a book. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Humbaba pulled a tree out of the ground as easily as I would have plucked a daisy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Then she went softly out of doors, and plucking an orange from the low- hanging bough of a tree, threw it at Robert, who did not know she was awake and up. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked a few chords on his mandolin and started a rollicking cowboy song. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Who sits around without a shirt on, plucking a mandolin? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that’s rarer than a lover; it’s more unselfish anyhow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Down at the bottom, sitting on a block of stone in the middle of the stage, the god Apollo hunched over a ukulele, plucking out a mournful tune. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A breeze picked up and when Mr. Underhill crossed the street, walking in our direction, I thought for sure he’d pluck one of us for that new grave marker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She couldn't help herself from imagining the notes of the plucking strings playing for dancing chickens. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Outside, Ikejide was plucking oranges; his uniform bunched up at the back as he nudged fruit down with a stick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Pulling open a drawer, Tanin plucked out some blotting paper and dabbed it against her neck, but there was little blood. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But he plucked the weeds and filled in the rabbit holes and watered the garden, too, just in case there was something to salvage, something under the surface that couldn’t be seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Rescue boats bob in the rough surf, plucking the treaders with looped gaffs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It gave a little and then sprang back like a plucked bowstring, turning the blade and tossing up both sword and arm. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “And the Ice Court is like any other mark, one big white pigeon ready for the plucking.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Obara Sand plucked the skull from him and held it at arm’s length. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rose and I used to pluck the nubs out while talking about our boy problems. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Major took his hand off the wheel and plucked a pair of tinted sunglasses out of his T-shirt pocket. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe he knows anything about it. He never had the pluck to come here himself. He only talked of one Other World. But suppose there were dozens?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z A herald gave a shapely cithern harp to Phemios, whom they compelled to sing—and what a storm he plucked upon the strings for prelude! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A bullet plucked at Chamberlain’s coat, a hard pluck so that he thought he had caught a thorn but looked down and saw the huge gash. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I pluck a few blades and roll them in my fingers, wondering why the hell it’s taking them so long to pull out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I see myself leaning over the stainless-steel sink in the back room, scrubbing a large Labrador retriever with flea shampoo and plucking fat ticks from her skin, while she shook and whimpered a little. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Her wings had gotten wet, and she was drowning. So I plucked her from the water and wrapped her in fern fronds to dry.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They wrestled, each plucking at and then casting off the other’s bob-wig, one of which landed near me like some creature of the sea. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Pilate plucked the knife out of the man’s shirt and took her arm away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean over and pluck it from his hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z To my surprise, she plucked the cigarette from between his fingers and put it out in the ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Nguyen’s father told her to kill, pluck, and cook one of their chickens, so everyone could have rice and a little meat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As we were passing by a gnarled, knotty tree, Hamlet plucked an apple and showed me the fruit streaked with red and gold like a sunset. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then she took them back to her hut, plucked out their feathers, and began to cook them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Ma had to pluck many a hay bit from me when the fever twisted me about back in my bedridden days. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Mariam took in their plucked eyebrows, the thin, tolerant smiles they were giving her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Chubs reached between us and plucked the wrinkled letter out of my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z One night I am knocking rhythms from the pot, and Julio plucking guitar. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was plucked from the freezing water alive. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Santiago plucks a leaf from the tree, turns it over in his fingers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I drag my big plastic bag over to where Tim is plucking trash. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She pulled one of Enoch’s cheesecloths from her coat and quickly tied it around a stone plucked from the ground, making a kind of slingshot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He’s starting to get one or two gray hairs, and sometimes he tells Momma she should pluck them out for him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When Jinny arrived back in the kitchen, the boys were sitting on a bench, joking and counting up their stingers, as Ben plucked them out with an old set of tweezers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "A sword plucked from fire, yes. Men tell me things, it is my pleasant smile. How shall a burnt sword serve Stannis?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Look here, toad,” she said, thrusting her arms through the bars of the fence and plucking at the weeds on the other side. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I remove the leeches from my wrist and Amber's, and pluck out the others in the jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When we had a few, we’d pluck them and boil them to eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The symbol had a meaning, and a sound, as if it had been plucked from the real world and pressed flat, like some strange dark flower, between the pieces of paper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It included brass and wind instruments, percussion, and a whole gallimau&y of types of strings: plucked, stroked, strummed, keyed and bowed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the famous nineteenth-century novels of Horatio Alger, young boys born into poverty rise to riches through a combination of pluck and initiative. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She clawed his arm down and clutched the letters to herself as if they were her baby he'd plucked from her breast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She plucks it nimbly from his fingers and pops it in her mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z From his shoulders, chest, and hair, he plucks hot pieces of stone and wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There had been the same frequent trips to Calcutta, being plucked out of their American lives for months at a time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman deftly plucks out the few she needs, and then presses into Orleanna’s hand a gift: the tiny wooden okapi, perfectly carved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy plucked a mud clod from his hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I push out her temper, plucking it from inside her like a weed in a garden, and plant the virtues of patience and serenity. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I plucked at the snare’s tight rope, and it twanged like a guitar string. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In ancient Greece, Pythagoras saw the peculiar behavior of waves that traveled up and down a plucked string—how certain notes were allowed and others were forbidden. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Belet grimaced as she plucked a thin triangle of glass from her arm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I turned defensive, plucking Otto into my arms and backing away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “From my mom,” she said, pinning the slat in place with one hand and plucking a screw from the pile on the carpet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In one deft motion she plucked the wool from the teeth and rolled it into a fluffy ball. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She also plucks up handfuls of brown grass. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Anya plucked a fistful of dough and returned it to the bowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She runs her fingers across the vials, plucks one filled with violet liquid, and yanks out the stopper with a loud pop. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He plucked at Winston’s head and brought away a tuft of hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That he plucked them from the minds of passersby the way children pick currants from a cake. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While we scurried to finish the house, and the cook butchered the turtles and plucked the pheasants, the hairdresser arrived to tend to Madam. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I froze and watched as she plucked a squirming Buddy out of his crib and held him out to me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z His stomach swooped as he noticed one strand of the giant web vibrate like a plucked string, and then something large skittered down a tree to his immediate right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He plucked herbal detritus out of the thick hair on his arms. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I could do nothing, however, so I plucked up what heart I could and said that we had better hasten, as the afternoon was passing.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Reaching across Inspector Garland’s desk, he plucked a pad of paper toward him; with a ballpoint pen he drew a sketch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z To walk the streets without protection was to risk getting plucked up by a slaver and never seen again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Bullets still plucked the air: song of the dark guitar. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the key. Archimedes also invented a massive claw that could swing on a crane and pluck enemy ships out of the water.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z James picked up the Dobro and plucked at it with his fingers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He played a scale softly, and then plucked at a string. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In the past, I’d always peered into the case of chocolates and pointed out my choices so he could pluck them from their little paper nests and wrap them up for me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z One October afternoon, Bastian plucks a pigeon-toed boy from the line. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They could not climb the tree or pluck the fruit because it was taboo; udala belonged to the spirits. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I pluck about a cup of dirt at a time. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I plucked it up — it might have some of her personal possessions inside, and I wanted to keep some memory of her in case I found her family. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Still muttering irritably, he plucked the torch from its bracket and strode down the court. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I love plucking them from the tawa, the cast-iron pan my mom reserves for this specialty, with a little pat of butter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It’s like the first pluck of a kora string, and it reverberates through my entire body. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Bonobos can’t swim, and when I fished into the river and plucked Otto out, he was shaking and shrieking in fright. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was indeed little speech, and they ate and drank for the most part in silence, until at last, plucking up courage, Merry asked the question that was tormenting him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I pluck one of the novels from the shelf and fan its yellowed pages open. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Miranda said, taking a step closer to Naomi and plucking the sleeve of Gilbert’s jacket between index finger and thumb. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She'd barely been allowed to pluck her eyebrows, but they didn't think seventeen was too young for major plastic surgery? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There was a cast-iron streak of pluck in him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She dipped each beheaded rooster in the water, then plucked it so savagely Herbie winced at each tear, at the sound of damp feathers popping from thick puckered skin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked the cherry off the cake and stared at me as he chewed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Laney, let’s go for a walk,” Isa suggested, plucking the fondant crimper out of Laney’s hands and handing it back to Mama. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I plucked it from my hair, pulled back the burlap curtain, and chucked it out into the night. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I plucked his used toothpicks out of the trash and clutched them in my hand before dropping them all into a bag. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She plucked the cards out of my hands and handed me two apples instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At last I pluck up courage to enquire of the guards—it needs courage, for they are in uniform, and have lathis strapped to their wrists. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Gareth bit his fingers, plucking up the face to speak directly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked at the interne’s elbow and gave him the card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “As if anybody’s had time to pluck feathers,” Jinx muttered to Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m going to walk into Henka Games tomorrow looking like a kid literally plucked from the streets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And, with an agility he hadn’t been able to muster in years, the Owner swept his hands through the register drawers, plucking out every last bill. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was so much she could do for this great hunter now; prepare caribou, catch rabbits, pluck birds, and even make tools with water and the freezing air. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I got to my feet, waiting for her to bawl me out, but she took her thick fingers and struggled to pluck the piece of glass from my arm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded him of Khione, plucking him off the deck of the Argo II with a gust of wind and shooting him halfway across the Mediterranean. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lightly, her fingers stroked his shoulder blades; quietly they plucked the long hair scruffing his neck. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We would distract the warders’ attention, pluck the papers out of the garbage, and slide them into our shirts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something vague and uncertain about the slouch of her shoulders, the uneasy plucking of her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She frowns and plucks me one from her pocket. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He started to pluck the feathers off quickly, and he did not speak until the chicken had been reduced to a slim form covered with white-yellow skin. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z By the small beam of light, August plucked out the tiny green leaves stuck in the plaits in May’s hair and tucked each one into her pocket. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, sleep plucked at him with soft fingers, soothing away the ache. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She limped around the perimeter of the house, looking for a garden, some carrots she could dig from the earth, a tomato she could pluck from a vine, but these people didn’t keep a garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He plucked open the car door, squeezed inside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We shave our legs and pluck our eyebrows and slather our bodies with creams and lotions. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She plucked Rita from her seat and tucked her under one enormous arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mulch reached into his beard, plucking out a sturdy hair. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Next to the turnip was the chicken I had watched her pluck that morning. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Dany squinted at them suspiciously, then plucked one from a branch and nibbled at it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I tried to tuck the paper into my wallet, but Sander plucked it from my grasp. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The poultry plant bus came each day to pick up adults and take them to the factory where they would daily pluck, hack, and process thousands of chickens. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Teenie went back to digging for roots and plucking tomatoes then, not willing to discuss it any further. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The slippery, light green leaves had fibrous stalks that did not become tender from cooking and so had to be carefully plucked out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he plucked at the long blades of grass, knotting them to form a mesh. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Just in time to see him skip down the front steps, pluck the morning paper off the hibiscus bush, look at it for a moment, and then toss it back toward the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The Starling swooped down, plucked it out of her hand and flew back to the window-sill. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z What makes them ‘perfect’ is that both have a mathematically pure ‘pitch ratio’; dividing a taut plucked string by exactly two- thirds, for instance, will produce a perfect fifth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Pilate began to hum as she returned to plucking the berries. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The buzzing fluorescent fixture above me casts its harsh light on my crooked fingers as they pluck pieces of fruit from the bowl. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z With the pliers, they plucked the staples holding the wire to the post. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A skinny bald man—who sort of resembled a plucked chicken in a bright blue suit—strutted out the lobby door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Trout, which became lost in the muddy streams, suddenly found themselves being plucked from the water by curious horses in alfalfa fields. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He lazily plucked another living bracelet from the soil, held it between thumb and forefinger, and let his hand drop open on my chest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “But what about you?” he asked her, pausing to pluck a flower that he had just willed to grow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Aru had the strangest impulse to reach into herself as if she might pluck out her own soul. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Too busy plucking out her chin hairs, is she?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Styx plucked a clover blossom from the grass. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Olly pulls his hands out of his pockets, plucks the book from the shelf and reads. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She reached out and plucked gently at the sleeve of his coverall. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He plucked out a tune on his acoustic to accompany her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A thirteen-year-old Eastern Shore boy, alone in his 14-foot skiff plucked a three-year-old from the frigid waters of the Corsica River yesterday afternoon and resuscitated the child while speeding through pelting rain to waiting rescuers. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But whatever it is, good or bad, they got no right to reach out by night and pluck little children out the hearts of their families. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At the hospital, Finn was poked, prodded, X-rayed, plucked free of embedded gravel, rubbed down with stinging antiseptic, and swaddled in bandages. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She plucked a paper fan from the hymnbook holder and studied the picture on it—a white church with a smiling white lady coming out the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked a mushroom from the butter, and chewed it lustily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And then, just when Vega is playing the most beautiful part of his song, he points ’Ye at both of them and plucks one last note. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Rifle fire was beginning to pluck at the air around them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabrielle plucks the tart from her hands, and they fuss back and forth until Claudine orders the servant to bring her another. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I ran into the kitchen, plucked the roses from the vase, and headed for the front door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She plucked the seedling neatly into the mud, and it stood straight up like it had been growing there all along! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “They’re probably looking for you,” she said, plucking it out of his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z While Ivy and Mr. Freeman watch, I reach in and pluck out the Barbie head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He plucked the viewcam from its slot, careful to point the lens away from Butler. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "And then they get plucked and roasted and eaten for supper." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z And the old man reached down and plucked some rice from underneath the silk. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I felt like a rescue worker, plucking faces from the debris, brushing away glass and wood rot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Loudwing was plucked by her foot and flung to the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I run back to my desk while Mrs. Sheldon stands in front of the class plucking at the skin of her neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Cristofori’s invention, instead of plucking the strings, tapped them with a gentle hammer tipped with deerskin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After the explosion, Piper and Jason - free-falling and unconscious - were plucked out of the sky by giant eagles and brought to safety, but Leo did not reappear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The machine plucked it from my hand and spat it out on top. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Cut trees, cane; plowed till he could hardly lift his arms; plucked chickens and cotton; hauled lumber, grain, quarry rocks and stock. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The chief mate plucked the block of wood out of Sefia’s hands and dappled his fingers over her hastily carved letters. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z MR-2, with Ham the chimpanzee as its passenger, overshot the landing spot by sixty miles and was nearly underwater when it was finally plucked from the ocean. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They have the same deep-set eyes, the same thick eyebrows that will never go away, no matter how many times they wax or pluck them. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Your city has been my fascination since I was five years old, playing Tizerkane in the orchard, and felt its name...plucked from my mind.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Rodes still gazed at the ground, plucking at one of his fingers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I plucked one and tossed it in my mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The feathers were so well attached that when I started pulling them out, skin came off—I was not plucking the bird; I was tearing it apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He reached out to pluck a fruit from one of the vines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When you pluck the string without the bridge, you get a clear note, the tone known as the fundamental. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It may also include a piano and/or other keyboard players, more percussionists, and one or more guitar players or other strummed or plucked strings. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And you can hear strange plays about Greeks plucking out their eyes because they married their mothers by mistake. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Ocean reached up, plucked a leaf from a tree we were passing, and spun it around in his hands. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Frederick plucks random pieces out of his box and holds them to the light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z This time she plucked the shrimp off the cracker, ate it separately, and then popped the cracker into her mouth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z So she simply determined to pluck them out, willing into existence a work environment that conformed to her sense of herself and her place in the world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Now Mrs. Weidenbach was plucking at Grandma’s arm, and it was time to enter the pie into competition. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When my mother finished her shopping, she quietly plucked a small bag of plums from the rack and put it on the counter with the rest of the items. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie wasn’t quick enough, and Penelope plucked the tortoiseshell comb from her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Where just a moment ago there had been nothing, now suddenly there was the Talent the Owner had plucked from the man in the gray suit, clean and condensed and opaque, like an ice cube. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Granny sagged down weak against the pillows, exhausted, her fingers plucking the sheet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I waved him over, plucked a can from the soupy ice, and handed it to the skinny girl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Choked themselves2— thrashed and turned sick, after all the trouble I had plucking their grass and cleaning their muck and not one egg. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Then she plucked ferns and grasses from the ground and sank their roots into her new muddy coating. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “This way, Harry,” breathed Luna, plucking his sleeve and pulling him toward a spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Rani plucks the bird and orders me to collect branches for her fire. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z This was the music they had all come to hear, a melody that plucked at their feet and fingers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I thought I was grounded,” I said nasally, and plucked out my bloodied nose plugs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He plucked a green apple from his basket and frowned at it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Someone’s rescued hen fluttered up to the bow of our boat and strutted placidly along the gunwale, its delicate wattles shaking as it plucked up ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he plucks out a false bottom followed by six velvet bundles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Sad to say, Yunkai has no faith in your promises. They keep plucking the same string on the harp, about some envoy that your dragons set on fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The officer plucked the document off the table. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing my focus, he plucked his necklace between thumb and forefinger and flicked it into the air. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z More disturbing is the new habit of plucking away at my shirt or my khakis with whichever hand can be freed up for the task. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he gently placed his finger in the middle of the string and plucked again, he got another nice, clear note, this time one octave above the fundamental. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She plucks them off my brother’s head in one swift motion. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The policeman plucked at Ignatius’ bag of sheet music. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What I liked most was their brand of pluck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Jon plucked a scroll from a bin, blew off the worst of the dust. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sighed and plucked a blade of grass to chew on. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The violins pluck over the booming chords of a piano. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Hermione plucked a few hairs from the witch’s head and added them to a flask of muddy Polyjuice Potion she had taken from the beaded bag. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z By the time I realized what I was doing and thought about my inexperience in this particular art, I was already at the top of the branches and plucking coconuts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “On Sundays he plucks hairs from her chin. They keep their money refrigerated under lock and key.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then her hands flicked open the metal fastenings on her black bag and began plucking out clear bottles of liquid, bandages, gleaming silver scissors, forceps, curved needles, and thread. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But Frightful did not carry it to a plucking perch or pluck it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Smiling, he plucked up the dagger and offered it to Ned, hilt first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The raw fear in the little girl’s voice plucked at something deep within him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Benny picked Laney up and sat her on the counter next to the register, then plucked a jam cookie from a wide-mouthed glass jar and handed it to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “But I don’t know how. Why do women always have to do such unpleasant things? Heels, thongs, shaving, plucking, bleaching. It’s really not fair.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The leeches wriggled slowly between her fingers as she plucked them carefully from the lord's body, their pale bodies moist to the touch and distended with blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was just about to leave when I went to the table and plucked up Bear’s sheathed dagger and hid it underneath my tunic. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "If you know who's going to win the second match, speak up now before Lord Renly plucks me clean," he called to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead they plucked wild fruits from the forest, painted handprints on the walls, and ate the Amazon’s 1,500 species of fish, especially the 500-pound pirarucju, the world’s biggest freshwater fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was mostly Mamas prayer group members who plucked flowers; a woman tucked one behind her ear once—I saw her clearly from my window. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She plucked the birds, laid them on the ground, and skillfully cut them open with her ulo. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay plucked out a small book, and I recognized it as the one Jehovah’s Witnesses gave out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Next came two hairlike legs, which clawed and plucked at the blanket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But Osh reached down and plucked a single strand of pearls from the tangle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Reached over, plucked Rock off the bench where he’d been cowering and reeking of urinal cakes and dragged him behind us like a toddler dragging a security blanket. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The household staff ate together like family, everyone crowded around the big table in the kitchen where Cook kneaded bread and plucked chickens and did all the hard work of preparing food. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A black feather boa was wrapped around her shoulders, and on her head was a cloche hat that dangled onyx pendants over her plucked eyebrows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I plucked a leaf from the oak tree we were standing under and tore it in little bits while Lightfoot studied the gravestone. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly he plucked his hard thumbs out of his neighbor’s throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We pluck in silence for a while longer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I pluck the grape from my lap, grip it tightly, and place it in my mouth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He plucked the apple and put it in his pocket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He plucks notes like waterfall; I put in the beat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Susana plucks some dangly earrings and a heap of gold and red beads and a long ribbon from her jewelry box and sets them on top of the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex laughs, but still, he reaches in and plucks up something deep down in his chest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She began to pluck one of every size, tossing them back toward me until both of us were laughing ourselves silly for no real reason at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her fingers began to pluck at the fabric. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Balee plucked out half a dozen pieces of ceramic: shards of pots and plates, a chipped length of cylindrical bar that may have been part of a pot’s support leg. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z With two fingers Shelly plucked the can from my hand and held it at arm’s length, like it was radioactive. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, after thirst and hunger, those besiegers, were turned away, they mourned for their companions plucked from the ship by Skylla and devoured, and sleep came soft upon them as they mourned. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to pluck it away but failed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z "And cleanliness is next to godliness," she plucked at Uncle Tony as he closed the back door after Maddy and me climbed in. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Rain is coming down and plucking me on the head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The third plucked at strings stretched across a long-necked instrument made of wood. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth plucked the bagel out of Piper’s hand and took a bite, but that didn’t bother Piper. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She plucked a book off the shelf and handed it to him with a smile. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He sat desponding on the threshold of the door and gazed bleakly over the dried and hardened fields from which every particle of anything which could be called food or fuel had been plucked. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If she plucked the strings or used a bow. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The giant plucked a flower out of his hair and regarded it absently. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Aeneas plucked it joyfully and took it to the Sibyl. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weidenbach reached down the front of her dress and plucked up a lace handkerchief. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Having made her decision, she plucked some leaves and berries. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I cleaned up the Sunbird a bit before we all got in, plucking pictures from the seat and the floor and the back window, dropping them into the battered shoe box. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She plucked up a leaf with deep purple veins and spun it between her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z So Roz plucked pinecones from the nearby branches and lobbed them down at the bears. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The little boy plucked at her sleeve and whispered again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He plucks a few blackberries from the bushes around us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After each victory, Ser Loras would remove his helm and ride slowly round the fence, and finally pluck a single white rose from the blanket and toss it to some fair maiden in the crowd. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We plucked the folded Batman square back and forth—a lazy game of table football. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She bent a sapling over, as if to pluck a choice fruit from the top. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We see the hovercraft appear over the area where the wave began and pluck a body from the trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z David, who was always my pal, ceremoniously plucked a few letters from his collection and then set down his letters and spelled “S-P-E-R-M.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Sullenly, she set to plucking a chicken while Yoren sat on the end of the bench sharpening the edge of his dirk with a whetstone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She plucked a tissue out of the box on her nightstand and wiped her eyes and blew her nose. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then, if they had fuel for fire, the vendors began to skin and pluck and roast them. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I arrived at a village where there was nothing to eat except for the coconuts that sloppily hung from the trees, as if teasing me, daring me to pluck them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In a spell, she walked back to Hob and plucked a hatchet off the wall, the hatchet she stared at when she could not sleep. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ella plucked a feather from her wings and turned it in her fingers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And the children, led by Michelangelo, were going to pluck it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, look, those pawpaws are almost ripe. Lotekwa, don’t forget to pluck them.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And then the gardener plucks the weed and the flowering plant can fill the world with its brilliance and explosive color. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Others plod methodically along a stem, plucking off and devouring sedentary insects like the aphids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Sam carefully replaced the scroll in the bin from which Jon had plucked it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Volkheimer sets two fingers on the photograph as though he could pluck out the notebook and sift through its pages. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Recited, actually. Poetry. He recited and kind of plucked at the lyre.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The security guards stopped, and when I looked up, I saw Wilfrido had plucked my sign from his post on the stage. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Kathleen waited breathlessly all day for night to fall, and when darkness came she plucked the leaves from the wreath and set them afire in a small dish at the foot of her bed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virgen reached over, plucked a perfect blossom from the bush and handed it to me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A dusty gloom hung over the chicken pen where the five remaining roosters uneasily preened their gorgeous feathers as they waited for the Angel of Death to chop, pluck, and disembowel their youthful, awakening bodies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later he plucked up the courage to enter, and the same thing happened. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Originally, Archimedes had designed it to pluck enemy ships out of the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Curious, some of the older boys gathered around him as he started twisting pegs and plucking at strings to tune the instrument. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The pears they let hang On the limb because if they plucked them, they would be gone from there and who else would see that ripeness if they took it away for themselves? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom plucks at grass and stares off somewhere. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Waves were splashing over the dwarfs’ heads, and they were gulping air, and their eyes were round with fear when Suttung the giant reached out and plucked first Fjalar and then Galar from the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Sophia rises from her seat and plucks one of the cream tarts from a tiered dessert platter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He grinned, plucked a book from his jacket, handed it to Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed a paper bag from the backseat and plucked a half lemon out of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no tune to it, but it possessed a curious twanging quality as of plucked strings. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Ira stood defiant before him, uttering no denial, fingers plucking at the fringe of her sari. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell him too,” she said, “never to pluck flowers, and to think every bush may be a goddess in disguise.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She is plucking her bird of paradise of its dead branches, leaning around the plant every time she hears a car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She plucked, and a tiny jet of water arced out of the river and hit the bridge’s pylon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I pulled at it, plucking it from all its stems. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel as scared and vulnerable as a plucked bird. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When the tunnel we’re in narrows to a locked grate, he plucks two pins from my hair and picks the lock in seconds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then she resumed her tasks with the magnetic dusts and the new fruits to be plucked from the crystal walls. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The garden smelled so good and looked so pretty in die afternoon sunlight Edna plucked all the bright flowers she could find, and went into the house with them, she and the little dog. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she gasped and her fingers plucked at the blanket. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Phil stopped, and I ran up to the first tree, plucked an apple, and took a huge bite. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “My friends,” he began, and a hush swept through the hall, so profound that Theon could hear the wind plucking at the boards over the windows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I’m plucked and scoured and massaged and anointed until I’m raw. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “The stunner is a perfectly good option,” Cara says as she plucks a hair from her shirtsleeve. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She took the folded thing curiously and plucked the dead leaf pieces and dirt away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Tally’s feet slipped, the bracelets got all hovery and caught her fall, like some friendly giant plucking her from danger and swinging her to a halt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To the other maidens he had given white roses, but the one he plucked for her was red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Briony went to a bedside and plucked at the sleeve of a soldier who lay faceup, cradling his arm which had slipped its sling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He stretched out his massive purple hand and might have plucked up Percy like a weed, but Bob interrupted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They thrum inside me at a comfortable pitch, plucking strings of my soul in places I haven’t tried to reach in a long time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very good,” he said, plucking up his dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I pluck one that matches his royal look. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As night came on—the eighth night of the monsoon—the winds increased, whining and howling around our hut as if seeking to pluck it from the earth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach down and pluck a blade of grass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And he plucked the doll from the shelf. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I’d started walking forward without realizing it and was inches away from plucking the Story Box off the pedestal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Dobby plucked at the shrunken maroon sweater he was now wearing over his shorts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When he’d plucked all the pebbles from my cheeks and forehead, he took out his handkerchief and tried to stop my nose from bleeding. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals, he had forbidden it at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, in one smooth movement, she plucked at it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There weren’t multiple charms on it now, but just one: a white-gold crescent, pallid and radiant, looking just as though it had been plucked down from the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From a litter of lipstick kisses, Claudia had plucked a free ride. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The sail was heavy and dragged in the water, but JoJo plucked the rig from the sea—mast, surfboard, and all—like it weighed about as much as an inflatable pool toy. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Max plucks crackers out of a cardboard box and crunches them loudly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She had to pluck a couple of pieces out of her braces, which had new purple and pink bands on them. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Carefully she plucked it from the tray with her forceps and discarded it in the sink. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For this reason, most of her work was at home, plucking chickens or doing other things which required little strength. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Viola killed and plucked and cooked the chickens. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He straightens her glasses on her nose and plucks a leaf from her hair. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He plucks the mystery gift from his backpack and wades back toward me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Ms. Sorenstein sent him on his way, and then Colin went into the bathroom and, staring in the mirror, plucked the eyelash from his eye, where the pupillary sphincter is located. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “You can pluck up your spirits, Bluebell,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How easy it would be to pluck it — quick! — out of the air. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so far, it looks large enough that its landing gear legs could reach out and pluck us up. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Richard reached out to pluck a wildflower that looked like a poppy. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Apollo plucked a tune that sounded like the funeral version of ‘Camptown Races’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I held it by the feet so the last of the blood could drain out before I plucked it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A drunk, urinating in an alley outside Saint-Servan, a mile away, plucks a sheet of paper from a hedge. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As they kissed she was pulling at his clothes, plucking ineffectually at his shirt, his waistband. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Death was the only thing that made any sense as she hunched underground, plucked some soil, rubbed it between her fingers, and waited for the bunker to explode. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But when the river dried up, and the prince plucked it out, the goddess became enraged. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I balanced the tray of vegetables on my lap and set to work, plucking the stalks and putting the leaves in a bowl at my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He plucked what looked like a four-foot version of a string bean from a branch, split it lengthwise, and showed me flattened, shiny seeds arrayed along its length like teeth in a jaw. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was no patient princess waiting to be plucked and taken off to a castle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In his quiet way, Fleming was giving the witness a rough time; Wells plucked at his tie, as though the knot was suddenly too tight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am a plucked turkey,” I said in Navajo to the equally bald recruit who stood up from the chair next to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I plucked the pendant up and held it between my thumb and index finger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Unperturbed by the near riot around him, Seabiscuit began gently plucking flowers off the wreath and eating them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He will pluck it from the ashes like a warm egg. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ugwu was plucking avocados from the tree near the Boys’ Quarters. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After several nights of fruitless surveillance, Butler plucked up enough courage to ask.... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Something plucked within him when he remembered her eyes, strangely bright against the night. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The men did as they were told, the sawed-off shotgun chuckled “Splendid,” and the pump gun moved swiftly around the table plucking swag from the wallets. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked his way about the farm carts, the piles of whitish green cabbages, baskets of yellow corn, rows of plump, pale, plucked turkeys, orange pumpkins, country cheeses—big as a baby’s head. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As was his habit, he padded downstairs in socked feet, eased Grandma’s front door open, and plucked the latest issue of the Logan County Gazette off the porch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sohrab reached above us and plucked a jasmine flower out of the nearest shrub. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She plucked a white blossom from its stem and dropped it into Sparrow’s bowl. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Feverishly, the scavengers reach up into the sliding ooze to pluck out bits of plastic, wood, and tin. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Frantic, they fluttered at her dead face and plucked wildly at her bloody hair—as though they could lift her up and carry her back home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh plucked a leaf and handed it over. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She plucked up the nerve to ask him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mellower plucked them out of the right wing when he remembered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hesitantly, I plucked one and took a bite. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I wanted to step right up and pluck one, except for the dragon coiled around the tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Not a great thinker, not the mastermind of the rebellion, merely a face plucked from the rabble because I had caught the nation’s attention with my antics in the Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Giti, with whom Laila had exchanged secret notes in class, whose fingernails she had polished, whose chin hair she had plucked with tweezers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Has a hovercraft inexplicably plucked her into the air? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Matt was six years old again, lying in a pool of blood with Rosa plucking fragments of glass from his foot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion touched his face, plucking at the proud flesh with blunt thick fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He came forward with a toasted marshmallow on a stick and tried to pluck it off, real, casual-like. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z This snowy- haired dreamer plucked out of the soot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He plucked some twigs from the nearest tree and broke off a few short branches, shredding the twigs and placing them as well as he could before striking a match. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Alexa plucks out a tiny fishy, swims it in front of Gracie’s face, and pops it into her mouth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At once, as though somehow aware that he was their last intruder, the mambas hissed loudly in unison, their cold eyes meeting his own like onyx plucked from a starless night sky. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Jason plucked an extinguished candle from his cake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Without hesitating, he reached into the flames, but the book he plucked out was already burning like a torch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My mom had tried to warn me that once I started plucking, there would be no going back. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Many of the Japanese would scoop up or pluck the aromatic leaves and boil them and inhale the steam, claiming that it was good for colds; others felt that camphor steam could be harmful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The horse stood calmly, serenely, plucking the roses off the blanket as souvenir hunters yanked hairs from his tail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked a grape, and squeezed it between thumb and forefinger until the skin burst. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She plucks the feeling right out of me, as if she's listening to my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He plucked out a potato and offered a similar report. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She touches my hand, plucks at the skin of my wrist. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s night; the enemy shoots and shoots; downstream at dawn, he plucks from the hay arrows to last weeks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned to Uncle Darnell and said, “Kill a chicken,” and to me she said, “And you pluck it and clean it. I know you know how.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Koffi felt a distinct pluck of sadness in his absence, but when the goddess cleared her throat, she refocused. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I felt sorry for those trapped birds, whose skinny legs were plucked to reveal spurs sharpened into lethal spikes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Hugh plucked a set of large pads off a wall hook and placed them on my shoulders. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She was kneeling on the hardwood in the living room, plucking pine needles one after another from the tree skirt, an antique lace one that my mother had loved. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He plucked at his chin and grabbed his throat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If the Pharos had somehow been plucked off the North African shore and placed on Lake Michigan, it would have topped the Chicago skyline until the construction of the Wrigley Building in 1922. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Two of them swooped down and plucked me up by the arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Her dress was made of stars plucked from the sky, and the whorls of crystals in her gray mask glittered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He smiled, barely, and plucked tentatively at his new clothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Tyrion plucked at one of the twisted blades that sprang from the arm of the throne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I stop worrying about my computer being stolen or cooked, I sleep through the night, the sick little plucking habit loses its grip. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked at my chest and my belly, but I could feel him in places his hands were nowhere near. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, when Pythagoras put the bridge at a place that did not divide the string into a simple ratio, the plucked notes did not meld well. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Many aristocrats and wealthy merchants themselves played viols at home, too, sometimes combined in a duet with a plucked lute. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I pluck a sunflower yellow and a silvery white from the tray. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We would laugh together when we heard him plucking it and whining out old Japanese melodies. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “I plucked them from the auction bloc and gave them to the loom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Xan tried to pluck the memories as they tumbled by, but they were like bright pebbles in an avalanche: they flashed briefly in the light, and then they were gone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I’m sitting on a log at the edge of my current village, plucking a goose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Thus I plucked at my worried thoughts that stuck like burrs in my brain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z By the time I got to him, pried open his jaws, fished it out, and bellowed, “No!” she’d plucked up her skirts to go. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z They shy away from the truck as it rattles into town; they hide their faces, their families; their shops brim with shoes plucked off the dead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nine times out of ten, your European name was chosen at random, plucked from the Bible or taken from a Hollywood celebrity or a famous politician in the news. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Rasheed sat on the bed beside her, made a great show of slowly undoing the ribbon, of opening the box and plucking out the ring delicately. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z As my fingers pluck the green beans, my mouth waters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched, astonished, as the centaur’s huge arm bent at the elbow and reached into its own chest, plucked out the ball, and tossed it back to the cheering kids. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t say much in all your tales about the Elves, sir,’ said Sam, suddenly plucking up courage. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Belet plucked a hair and drew it over the blade's edge, slicing it neatly in two. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She ate hers in less than a minute, and then fidgeted, swinging back and forth on her chair and plucking at the plastic strips of the woven seat while he finished his. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Heeding Hitler, SS squads rounded up every available man and boy they could comb out of the city, even plucking the sick and wounded from hospitals. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Petey plucked at the old blanket on the end of her bed, the one that she’d brought outside and laid by the fire, the one on which she and Finn had been together. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Uncle Hoskins had simply been plucked from our midst and we, figuratively, had fallen on our faces to avoid looking into that white-hot face of terror that we knew loomed somewhere above us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would pluck and dress the body, working with such speed and authority that his boss no longer came muttering down the stairs, but only shouted from the landing for a count. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Hedge plucked some fur off his thigh and let it float through the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I plucked an imaginary napkin out of the air, shook it twice, and placed it on my lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I pluck my cape from the ground and tuck it under my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It did not help that to pass the time Joe plucked incessantly at a ukulele, singing and whistling the campy tunes that he and his father enjoyed so much. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Yoren had plucked some from the streets with promises of food for their bellies and shoes for their feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Haas, an archaeologist at the Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, had plucked the fabric from the earth minutes before, two graduate students immortalizing the operation with digital cameras. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The words were barely spoken, when a hawk, Apollo’s courier, flew up on the right, clutching a dove and plucking her—so feathers floated down to the ground between Telemakhos and the moored cutter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the bed, he plucked the bird card out of her hand, turning it around in his fingers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He finishes plucking the last of the parsley leaves, watches as Donald grabs a knife and chops them, expertly and swiftly, a hand held flat over the top of the blade. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Brian plucked some of them loose, rolled them in his fingers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I slipped my feet out of my flowery flats and carefully plucked at a string with one not quite steady toe. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Enough chitchatting! You think those chickens are going to pluck themselves?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Emily tapped him on the shoulder, and Matthew spun, surprisingly plucking the right chord for once. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Cordelia plucks her eyebrows into two thin lines, thinner than mine, and paints her nails Fire and Ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Tenderly, as they walked along, the bird plucked up a strand of hair that had fallen loose from Omakayas’s braid, and then he tucked it behind her ear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Then he plucked a couple of daisies and placed them across the tiny grave. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He got out of the car and closed the door, took one more pull from the cigarette, burning it down to the yellow part, then plucked it into the street. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He gave three Salvadorans a place to sleep and work killing and plucking birds. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z What they knew—all they knew—was the island itself, years of running on the beach, singing by the fire, plucking fruit from the trees and fish from the nets. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But the moment Jinny turned her back to pluck at a fresh batch of shells, Ess let out a shrill, earsplitting scream. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Next we just had to make a short paddle across the Sea of Tiamat, and the flower was as good as plucked. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He plucks a few leaves from my hair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Khalilou, who knew how to climb better than all of us, mounted each of those trees and plucked as much from them as he could. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Nobody, really, was out there advertising the fresh, healthy stuff—the gratifying crunch of a fresh carrot or the unparalleled sweetness of a tomato plucked right off the vine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The altar boy assisting the priest plucked the infant from the font and restored him to Angela, who sobbed and clutched him, dripping, to her bosom. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I want to pluck out every white hair to see if the boy’s scalp matches the pink of his face. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I watched, amazed, as some of the freshmen plucked those smiles out of the air and tried them on for themselves. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She did not even like to pluck her eyebrows in his presence. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her lashes were coated with mascara, and her eyebrows were thick but plucked to form a steep “I see…” arch. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They would get lost and wander in circles and then Pah would swoop down, pluck them up, and eat them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He rolled a smoke out of his precious tobacco stores and plucked a twig out of the fire with a burning ember at the tip to light it with. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Keeping an eye on the old soldier, Jonathan tentatively plucked at the rope that held him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The trio dashed up a narrow pathway to where they saw the robot extending its quadruple-jointed mechanical arm to pluck a flat metal box out of a slide-in compartment. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Guy tried to pluck some of the mushrooms, which were being pushed into the dust as though they wanted to grow beneath the ground as roots. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The fruit looked like jewels, and Aru had wanted to pluck one. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And there's a treasure chest by the door where you can reach in and pluck out a little souvenir. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Today, I fed the chickens, gathered eggs, and plucked the ripest tomatoes before the birds got to them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He'd been dreaming happily of his ragged but carefree life before he'd been plucked from the streets and sewers of the city to serve as royal whipping boy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He might have been even more unnerved had he known how skeptically his seniors regarded his headstrong pluck. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My fingers encircle a blackberry and pluck it from its stem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Biff rocked himself in the chair and languidly plucked the strings of the mandolin. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Stella plucked one of the dark-purple berries from the basket and lobbed it into her mouth. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There's a reason it's me and not Gale who ventures up to pluck the highest fruit, or rob the most remote bird nests. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z From these plucked instruments, rested on the lap and nestled against the body, with as few as six and as many as thirty-five strings, would grow innumerable further offshoots. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Pythagorean fascination with whole-number ratios in musical harmonies seems clearly to be based on observation, or even experiment on the sounds issued from plucked strings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Paula plucked a wad of gum out of her mouth and mashed it into the ashtray. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Earlier, August had boiled her tweezers and fingernail scissors in a pot on the stove and used them to pluck out Rosaleen’s stitches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dylan plucks them off my head before I can answer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Up near the dais, Abel was plucking at his lute and singing “Fair Maids of Summer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Not only did they save the corn today, but they caught and plucked our dinner! They are hunters!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He bent down and plucked a shell from the grass, then put the open end of the shell to his throat and hummed low and long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The flute climbed again and plucked cellos sounded below and the sea crept in and in toward the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All told, five members of the Taiwanese team—two with severe frostbite and one already dead—were plucked from McKinley by chopper. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As I watched in astonishment, he plucked at the dark skin of his cheek with his fingernails, and pulled away a great chunk of it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I pluck “go” from the wall and place it first. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She rose in a flutter, like a partridge while the hawk is over, and plucked at her skirt. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I plucked the silly button off his shirt, dumped it in the hole I was digging, and covered it over with dirt. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes she plucked at a thread on her ragged cape or bent over to pull on her socks, which were loose and tended to slide down around her ankles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We’d fish for eels and fry them in a pan not like Cuchulain, who would pluck them from the lough and swallow them, wriggling, because there’s great power in an eel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Believe it or not, plucking your eyebrows is considered a rite of passage for Iranian girls. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Fenoglio plucked a hair from one nostril, looked at it as if he couldn’t believe anything quite so bristly grew in his nose, and flicked it away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In the evening Hattie had me help her prepare for a ball, including plucking out the hairs that grew in profusion above her upper lip. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He tuned the banjo carefully, fiddling with knobs and plucking at steel strings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She plucks her eyebrows into neat little arches, and her ears are pierced at the top, where it looks totally cool. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Coach laughs, plucks a weed growing through a crack on the steps. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Why you looking all stupid?” she asks, plucking me upside the head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Big Tony plucked the room key off the counter and strutted back to the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Finn plucked at his jeans, which had stiffened when the river water dried. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Twig picked up the tongs and plucked a magnet off the hot plate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was like a quick stroke across the strings of a violin, or like a harp that has been plucked suddenly. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But Ged stooped and plucked a blade of wild grass that poked up dry and frail out of the snow where the otak had lain dead. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Ouch. And then your internship starts—” Dill carefully plucked a ladybug from his arm and held it in his palm so that it could fly away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My legs, arms, torso, underarms, and parts of my eyebrows have been stripped of the Muff, leaving me like a plucked bird, ready for roasting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But before she could make up her mind to touch it, Eevie’s hand shot out and plucked it for herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He plucked the soft, bright petals and the last one came out on love. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He plucked the cowboy hat off my head and crushed it between his palms. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “She lives in a cave, up on those cliffs. If we get too close, her snaky heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z With slow, deliberate movements of her bone-thin arms, she plucked up sticks from a pile near the door and started a fire to warm us, right inside the hut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The harpsichord plucks along, the violins make big baroque flourishes—the low, angled space of the attic brims with sound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “If you eat enough, they can,” she insisted, and reached out to pluck another one. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lorena sighs and begins plucking her eyebrows in front of a small hand mirror. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She must have plucked it from the plant in the alley. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The birds are so tame we pluck them out of the bushes with our hands, the sea is teeming with fish, and the trees are full of fruit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Werfel bounded up the steps, plucking at the guard’s sleeve. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Working his way down a row in the garden that afternoon, pulling weeds, he had turned around to find eighteen-month-old Mike following him, imitating him, happily plucking half-grown carrots out of the ground. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I plucked the car keys from the air. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucks the top paper from the stack. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z What had he done and who had tied him and why had they plucked him and why had we sung of his fate? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucks a book from the shelf, Geist und Tat, Spirit and Action, by Heinrich Mann, who criticized Germany's growing fascism so loudly that he was forced to flee after Hitler became chancellor. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh plucked a flower out of a vase and popped a few petals in his mouth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The She Elephant, instead of attacking him as he expected, lunged at Trashman and plucked the little boy from his shoulders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Keeping her eyes on me, she plucked a rake from the side of the building and started using it to gather the garbage into neat rows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He stopped because the monster had reached down a hand and plucked him into the air. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The Moon Lady plucked her lute and began her singing tale. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Eva thought that children grew on trees, like apples, and that the stork plucked them off the tree when they were ripe and brought them to the mothers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His voice sounded strange, yet musical, like a plucked violin. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She sectioned out Ifemelu’s hair, plucked a little attachment from the pile on the table, and began deftly to twist. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Finally the old man reached up, plucked a peach from the tree, and handed it to one of the people in the crowd. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Charlie squeals, plucking the quarter from the lady’s hand and putting it into the slot. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He plucked a rusty metal box off the pile of goods and set it aside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Leo wished he could pluck that memory out of his head and shove it in his tool belt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She felt as she had all the years before: a quivering inside, as though a string under her ribs had been plucked, and a rush of joy and sadness mixed together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I pull open the back seat door, hurl in the car seat, pluck Hector into it, and thread the seat belt through it as quick as I can. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He tried to pluck them out but the skin was so fragile that it pulled off as well, so he just pulled the skin off the bird. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Over and over again, it disappeared, emerged, glistening black, faithfully reporting it had seen Bing and was going back to try to pluck him from the cave. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were trying to speak, and they clustered around her feet and even tried to pluck at her leggings, though the taboo held them back. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to bloom so fast, those red hibiscuses, considering how often Mama cut them to decorate the church altar and how often visitors plucked them as they walked past to their parked cars. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I plucked the book from the fruit bowl and flipped to the end. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then she plucked something black off the kitchen counter. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the leap the caracal had made to pluck a dassie from a rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And to think,” said his uncle, “Luigi’s unraveling really started with one book. The one you plucked off the shelf for me, Marjory. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Once the feathers are plucked, it's no bigger than a chicken, but it's plump and firm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Colonists grilled the birds, stewed them with salt pork, and baked them into pies; they plucked their feathers to stuff mattresses, pickled them in barrels as a winter treat, and fed them to livestock. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I plucked off yellow al- lamanda flowers, still wet, and slid them over my fingers, as I had seen Chima do. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Save it for later,” said Chitrigupta, plucking the cookie from Mini’s hand and returning it to the box. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Suicide is a powerful temptation for North Koreans plucked out of ordinary lives and subjected to the labor camps’ regime of hard labor, hunger, beatings, and sleep deprivation. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then he would ask for songs and I would pluck them out for him on a lute I borrowed from my father’s wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Emily tapped him on the shoulder, and Matthew spun, surprisingly plucking the right chord for once. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Butler plucked a set of night-vision glasses from his belt and placed them in Artemis’s outstretched hand. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A man squats beside a pool of muddy water, plucking a chicken. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He carried the bird to his own plucking roost and prepared it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In Mercerism, an absolute evil plucked at the threadbare cloak of the tottering, ascending old man, but it was never clear who or what this evil presence was. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z That’s where, six times a month, several hundred chickens are killed, scalded, plucked, and gutted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I plucked a ruby off the nearest plant and threw it at Hades. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She had relaxed against the pillows, plucking at her shawl, and her mouth began to tremble. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But as though he sensed the truth of her condition, and not the determined pluck of her heart, the yellow dog stepped forward. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z While she waited for the father and son to gain a little distance on them, Sefia pecked at the ground with her fingertips, plucking up twigs and brown leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Without warning, Hera had plucked up Percy Jackson, Annabeth’s boyfriend, wiped his memory, and sent him to the Roman camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tenderly she plucked a bite and held it in her beak, waiting for an eyas to take it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “A feather plucked from a moon bird will glow brightly, but only for a moment. If you wait until the feather is shed naturally, it will forever bring you light.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I got tweezers out of my case and plucked them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A lot of shoots, and the occasional hard purple-green fruit plucked from the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a snowdrop made of green glass and white glass, cunningly fashioned: it seemed as if it had been plucked from the meadow grass that very morning, and the dew was still upon it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He plucked them out of the air so swiftly that it made her dizzy to watch him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But halfway through the somersault she caught him by an ankle and held him dangling upside-down like a plucked chicken in a shop-window. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z My fingers itched to pluck up the scraggly weeds that were crowding them, but I dared not. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a loose thread; she longed to pluck it out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The moths were no bigger than the startled mouths of children, and even dozens together could only pluck at the strands of her darkening hair until their wings sagged, sodden with her blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was calling his daemon’s name, and calling Lyra; he ran to Lord Asriel and plucked his arm, and Lord Asriel brushed him aside. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She paused, and plucked another long brown blade of grass from the ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She combs her hair, spots a lone gray strand and plucks it with a flourish. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking it was a drip of latex sap, I plucked at one. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He had declined the sauteed new greens, the tender and expensive leaves of bean plants plucked before the sprouts turn into beans. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As Bob tended the stew, Damasen perused his drying racks, plucking various leaves and roots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That chance to be plucked off the sidelines and sent into action motivated everyone on the team to work hard, because you never knew when Coach might decide to throw you on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Lola’s fluttering about the garage—shifting, opening, plucking things from boxes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z He plucked the card from my hand and huffed off. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She was carrying her little son, and seeing near the water a lotus tree full of bright blossoms she plucked some of them to please the baby. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We are sitting in the kitchen, plucking the tails off the bean sprouts Grandma is making for dinner. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The domovoi appeared on the railing, plucking at his long beard as he listened. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z After they had made one circuit, one of the guards plucked me by the shoulder and said, “Mandela, come, you will talk now.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have a seat. You look like the zopilotes, those nasty good-for-nothing vultures, beat you up and plucked every feather off your pretty wings.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The two guards were arguing, and as they were so absorbed, Dustfinger plucked up his courage, took a few rapid steps, and disappeared down the alley beside Capricorn’s house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She plucked down a pear and tossed it at him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Paine, here’s what we’re going to do now,” she said, plucking the phone off its cradle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He opened the till, plucked out a dollar, and handed it to Alex. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She was leaning over to pluck a pigeon when Oksi charged her, beak open, feathers raised. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He hated the boys they’d been, two stupid pigeons waiting to be plucked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In fact, much as I admired his planning and pluck, his trip seemed frighteningly ill-conceived. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Roza plucked the cherry from the top of her sundae, dangled it in front of Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "I have prepared a list of those we might wish to consider for the vacant offices," he said, offering Robb a paper plucked from his sleeve. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He sat with his back against the wall, the small stone wall this side of the dead horses, plucking grass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His last memory was of Boromir leaning against a tree, plucking out an arrow; then darkness fell suddenly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z With breathtaking accuracy it sprang straight into the air—twice the height of a person—and plucked the hapless creature off its perch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She plucked a stray shirt off the floor and, holding it by the shoulders, flipped it front to back a couple times. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Come on now,” I say, trying to pluck his arms free. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In their beaks they pinched the edges of the town, plucked it up and flew away with it, as if it were a Christmas tree display on a tablecloth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z As her mother plucked the purple berries, Stella coaxed a half-dozen more figs from the tree and placed them carefully into Mama’s basket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She leaned down as if to pluck food, then, not knowing what came next, she stared at Chup. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He imagined a chicken in his hands, the practiced snap with which it became meat, a routine, a carcass to pluck to goose bumps; but first the blood must be let. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a message for her, and when she had heard it she reached out and plucked the fairy from the air, pinning its wings back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sheed plucked at the fabric of his new shirt, forced himself not to look at his jersey in the corner. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He also plucked slips of paper from a box with his beak, by way of selling fortunes to the curious. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her house had to be thoroughly cleaned, chickens had to be plucked, cakes and pies made, and for weeks she, her friends and her daughter had been sewing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I’d been cranky, Grandma said, for weeks, and now Ruth’s continued plucking made me grit my teeth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She opened the storm door plucked the envelope from the mailbox, and then shut both doors and went inside with a shiver. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, it sometimes seems as if they are just plucked out of thin air. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Arawn will soon know the Crochan waits to be plucked from our hands.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I pluck a chocolate flower from a cake with my fingers and nibble on it, so beyond worrying about manners. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He plucked a wad of cotton from a package and turned to her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Mother boiled the chicken to loosen the feathers before she plucked them and opened up the cavity. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Without delay Nipper flew to her head, bent down and plucked out the wad. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z After an hour, she takes the chickens out and we pluck the feathers off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He held a metal bar to the strings of the neck and plucked the strings over the belly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When I approach she looks me straight in the eye and plucks a purple cabbage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We stare up at what looks like a mansion plucked out of a Civil War film. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z And another came during the evening, so that they were compelled to study with their nerves being plucked like banjo strings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She plucks a strawberry and flower from one of the fruit baskets and saunters over to Amber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She plucked a purple card out of the pile. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Nathan went and plucked a few green stems and brought them to me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt lost, empty, gone—if they wanted they could reach over and take him, just pluck him out of the boat any time. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not realize how long a chicken s neck is until it was plucked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the tales Lola told him about evil three-headed monkeys that thrived in the darkness, or her stories of bad children who were plucked up by birds in the dead of night. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I pluck a cheese tart and plate from the cart and sit on a chaise. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Next to the stand is a rusted playground set that looks like it was plucked from a city park and dropped in this parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I plucked a new piece of grass to chew on. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She plucks the string, revealing a secret line of white skin that wraps around her neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The bud was plucked before the flower bloomed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She owned herself for a few hours every week was how she looked at it, to tug weeds, pluck caterpillars, thin out the sour greens, and glare at anyone planning incursions on her territory. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One day, Mariam was in the living room folding some shirts of Rasheed’s that she had plucked from the clothesline in the yard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She pinched the runt petal between the nails of her thumb and finger and plucked it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, her fingers trembling, she reached up and plucked a long white brooch from her hair. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Seth paused at the white steps leading up to the gazebo to pluck a piece of fruit from an espalier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She gestured to Zethes, who plucked something from the air—a frozen sphere the size of a softball, covered in icy spikes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I ran all the way home to where my father sat against the house, plucking a pile of maize. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z In all of the wasis, the people presented offerings of maize-flour dough, shells, colorful stones, plucked eyelashes, and freshly killed rabbits. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She had plucked her brows to thin antenna lines. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Helicopters plucked the last desperate Americans from the roof of the embassy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Virgil plucked them habitually, like an explorer searching for gems. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Then slyly, the fife music slid into a playful tune, poking, plucking at their brittle senses. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Nurse Duckett plucked Yossarian’s arm and whispered to him furtively to meet her in the broom closet outside in the corridor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "So suddenly you had a house all of your own! But how did you pluck up the courage to tell the aunt?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He was trying too hard and plucking on his loose, instead of leaving it to the bow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried the bird back to the aerie and plucked it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She plucked a guava off the tree and ate it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Fred plucked up the cushions, one by one, and tossed them to safety on the floor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He ducks under his table, picks up a gittern—or maybe it's a lute, I can never tell the difference—and plucks a few notes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma stopped to pluck at some browned leaves in the garden as we walked to the car, muttering that the harmattan was killing her plants. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She plucks a sparkly pin from the cushion and pushes it into the pages. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Toward the end of the hymn Digory felt someone plucking at his elbow and from a general smell of brandy and cigars and good clothes he decided that it must be Uncle Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I pluck off a few wilted rose petals, stalling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked out the plant and held it between his finger and thumb before grinding it into dust. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With icy fingers he plucked Toby’s hand from his shirt. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I drag myself over to the honeysuckle bush and pluck a flower. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All day one Saturday the girls gave each other curly permanent waves and plucked out their eyebrows, penciling a thin arc over each eye. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He seemed taller lying down, occupying the length of the mattress, and I remembered what he had said about simply reaching out to pluck icheku from the tree, in his youth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Since the string is taut, it vibrates quickly, producing sound waves, if you pluck it, or rub it with a bow. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The robot plucked her son from his little woven nest and placed him on the floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I scamper up a tree and quickly pluck a dozen guavas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He could still only make out a sliver of her profile, but yet again something plucked within him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Khione had simply plucked him off his ship and shot him into orbit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He plucked a beggar’s lice—endemic in West Virginia—off his pants leg and inspected the tiny fuzzy seed that hitched rides on anything or anybody who walked through the woods. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He stepped over to pluck two tiny feathered darts from the men’s shoulders, saying as he did so, “Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His legs were as pale as a plucked chicken. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was opium den light, which was appropriate, because already Rex had plucked a joint from his pocket and was lighting it with a safety match. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Is that the first time you’ve shot a horse?” he says, plucking the cigarette from the package with his teeth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She felt naked as she began to wrap it around herself, like a bird plucked of its feathers—all goosebumpy skin and trembling bones and frail, sputtering heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She noticed that every time someone plucked a peach from the tree, a peach from the fruit stand disappeared. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He just plucked up another bean flower and held it up to the sky, examining it in the African light like a doctor with an X-ray, looking for the secret thing gone wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ilya stopped a few feet away from it, then held his hands up, plucking at threads. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Loud, plump, red-and-white hens, ripe for the plucking—just like the ones we used to have. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just think,” Dad went on as he plucked out a small crab from the wooden bin where everything from each pot got dumped and sorted. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It seemed to make him feel like he was doing what a father should, plucking up his daughter’s courage, helping her face the terrors of the unknown. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With wide-open eyes, she chattered to invisible courtiers and plucked nervously at her silver necklace. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mambu told us that when he plucked the boy’s eye out, the boy ran to punch him, but he couldn’t see him, so he ran into the wall, banging his head hard, and fainted. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Next I reached into the “live” fly pouch and plucked out two that had a good bit of fight left in ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I have been having these awful dreams,” Emilie whispered as she plucked some leaves off my grandmother’s pumpkin vines. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She returned to our room, stopping at the vanity to pluck at her tendrils and smooth her French roll. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She murmurs incoherent words and plucks at her bedding with bone-thin fingers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Because she was afraid of what our relatives would think if word got out that Shohreh let her daughter pluck her brows before she'd turned fifteen. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He lights a cigarette; he plucks key after key out of her pockets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She plucked at an offending aquamarine lash with her fingers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He plucked the red-faced jumper from the water, gunned the motor on the launch, and headed for the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then the broad fields gave way to softly rolling hills covered with orchards, and through the carriage windows Ash watched the fruit being plucked from the trees, red and round. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She is so careful in her movements, so precise— it reminds me of the Amity musicians plucking at banjo strings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Werfel held out the bowl to his guest and watched Brangwain Spurge pluck up an apple and bite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Her thin fingers moved, plucking at the blanket. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To amuse myself, I plucked fleas from the straw and crushed them between my fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And then I watch as Director Horus reaches up to pluck a star right out of the sky. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When Gram saw them, they had butterfly wings and hats and tunics made with bits of thread and spare buttons they had managed to pluck from unsuspecting humans who wandered too close to the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A few days later she tore off her bandages and plucked out her stitches. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I watched, confused, as Nyame stood up and plucked a rosy cloud from the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was the sort of gaze that reached into the tight strings of the soul and plucked, like the strings of a harp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Barbarossa looked very self-important before plucking a hair from his nostril. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z If Maman were here, she would tell me to pluck flower petals to help me create perfect natural shades, and ignore Du Barry's extensive color guides. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He wears an apron over his clothes, and is busily plucking leaves from an excessively large bunch of parsley. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ice crunched beneath his boots, and a sudden gust pushed back his hood, as if a ghost had plucked at him with frozen fingers, hungry to gaze upon his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She knows what we both think of girls who' would go to secretarial school, with their spidery plucked eyebrows and pink nylon blouses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I did though on one occasion not long ago pluck up the courage to attempt the required sort of reply. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She ate it slowly, savoring every mouthful, while Ser Jorah told her of the tree it had been plucked from, in a garden near the western wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes, as though a finger had plucked at some taut, almost breaking string, his whole body would shake with a sudden nervous start. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She plucked up a rusted iron halfhelm, giggled, and stuck it on her head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Women picketed the schools and plucked out children who had wandered into them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Terry plucked that letter from my hand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice cracked and wavered as he plucked his lyre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Taking care not to breathe its scent, I plucked it and placed it next to a rose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As she turned the page something reached into her throat, plucked her voice out, shook it down, and returned it without its laughing edges. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Fina reaches over and plucks a yellow leaf from my hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Thank God, there it is,” she said, plucking her wallet off the edge of the counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Players of both bowed and plucked strings generally find fingerings and tuning to be easier in sharp keys, while woodwind and brass players often find flat keys more comfortable and in tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Then Barbara, not to be outdone in courtesy, came out of her pillow and with her tears still wet on her face, sat up and plucked off both her socks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z My unibrow was plucked on the daily, but it didn't change anything between us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She ran her fingers through her hair, felt the bit of leaf, and plucked it out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear voices in the living room—a chorus of them, in fact, joined by occasional bursts of laughter and a faint melody plucked on an instrument, a banjo or a guitar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Roza plucked a knuckle of raw dough and popped it into her mouth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Her eyebrows had been plucked and then drawn on again at a more rakish angle but the efforts of nature toward the restoration of the old alignment gave a blurred air to her face. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bernoffski nudged a shot glass into my hand then plucked the other one from my lap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "When? When are we supposed to meet him in the Basilica?" he asked as Barbarossa stepped up to the mirror again—this time to pluck his eyebrows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Curious, she plucked it out of the air and turned it over in her hands. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He plucked them out one by one, cursing the holes they had made in his layers of mail and leather, and yowling like a babe at the few that had buried themselves in his flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Genie also felt bad about those poor thirsty plants, so he started watering them, and plucking off the leaves that had died—tricks he’d learned from Grandma in the pea garden. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I’ll bet she noticed his brows only because she plucked hers over the summer. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But Beth, though yearning for the grand piano, could not pluck up courage to go to the ‘Mansion of Bliss’, as Meg called it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Suraya kneels in the dirt next to me and begins plucking the shoots of tiny weeds that form around the okra plants. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Sitting cross-legged, sunlight and shadows of pomegranate leaves dancing on his face, Hassan absently plucked blades of grass from the ground as I read him stories he couldn’t read for himself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He plucked out a pickle and, for the first time, ate with gusto. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They fixed her face with rouge and lipstick and plucked her eyebrows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then running around the house looking for tweezers to pluck it out. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But even if my mom backed off and let me pluck the unwanted hairs, I knew I couldn't show up to school the very next day with stand-alone eyebrows. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Jumpers do what jumpers do. It’s our job to applaud their pluck and celebrate their lives.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Seagulls hovered behind the plow, plucking easy fat worms. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Jesus plucks three sweaters from a nylon bag, hand-me- downs from relatives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She nods her head, like she is plucking together words she has been saving. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But soon the minstrel plucked his note once more to please the Phaiakian lords, who loved the song; then in his cloak Odysseus wept again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew for sure there were a lot of them I’d rather pluck off of that line than mine. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Giving it a hard pull, he rolled over, plucking out his dagger in the same movement. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her voice is definitive as she plucks out the white bra and pantie. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When Molly plucks them off the line, the sheets are stiff and sweet-smelling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Mike fell to his knees and started searching for his own coins just as Kyle shouted, “Got it!” and plucked a 1982 quarter out of the pile. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “There,” she announced proudly, and with unnecessary flair she plucked the pin from my nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Darn it!” he muttered, and turned quickly to pluck the stupid thing from his lip. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And she took off her crown, and plucked from it one of the little scarlet flowers that, while she wore them, remained as fresh as if they had just been picked. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Vivian plucked a single peanut from the bowl and held it between her thumb and forefinger and studied it for a while. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cherry tomatoes, sausage biscuits, the olives plucked from other people's martinis—he hides these things in strange places until they are rotten. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z |
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