| 单词 | plucked |
| 例句 | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Next came two hairlike legs, which clawed and plucked at the blanket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She nodded, then plucked at my blouse, at my pants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Still muttering irritably, he plucked the torch from its bracket and strode down the court. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked at the interne’s elbow and gave him the card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I’m going to walk into Henka Games tomorrow looking like a kid literally plucked from the streets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 plucked a mushroom from the butter, and chewed it lustily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 He grabbed a paper bag from the backseat and plucked a half lemon out of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Jon plucked a scroll from a bin, blew off the worst of the dust. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 The bud was plucked before the flower bloomed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 They fixed her face with rouge and lipstick and plucked her eyebrows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was no tune to it, but it possessed a curious twanging quality as of plucked strings. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked out a potato and offered a similar report. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Aeneas plucked it joyfully and took it to the Sibyl. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He plucked open the car door, squeezed inside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 Anya plucked a fistful of dough and returned it to the bowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 Without delay Nipper flew to her head, bent down and plucked out the wad. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 The Mellower plucked them out of the right wing when he remembered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Brian plucked some of them loose, rolled them in his fingers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I plucked at the snare’s tight rope, and it twanged like a guitar string. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Recited, actually. Poetry. He recited and kind of plucked at the lyre.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 I feel as scared and vulnerable as a plucked bird. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The giant plucked a flower out of his hair and regarded it absently. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 His legs were as pale as a plucked chicken. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “Arawn will soon know the Crochan waits to be plucked from our hands.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Virgil plucked them habitually, like an explorer searching for gems. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Finn plucked at his jeans, which had stiffened when the river water dried. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I tried to tuck the paper into my wallet, but Sander plucked it from my grasp. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 I plucked the book from the fruit bowl and flipped to the end. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z 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 Then she plucked something black off the kitchen counter. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She plucked up a leaf with deep purple veins and spun it between her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Gilgamesh plucked a leaf and handed it over. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I got tweezers out of my case and plucked them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Apollo plucked a tune that sounded like the funeral version of ‘Camptown Races’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 "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 She plucked a red blossom from a barrel cactus and fixed it in her hair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 Jason plucked an extinguished candle from his cake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 This snowy- haired dreamer plucked out of the soot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He plucked out a pickle and, for the first time, ate with gusto. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Mrs. Sylvester raised her plucked eyebrows very high on her head. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 She paused, and plucked another long brown blade of grass from the ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 I did not realize how long a chicken s neck is until it was plucked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She pinched the runt petal between the nails of her thumb and finger and plucked it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 She coveted it and plucked at it whenever she could. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Something plucked within him when he remembered her eyes, strangely bright against the night. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 plucked a rusty metal box off the pile of goods and set it aside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 After several nights of fruitless surveillance, Butler plucked up enough courage to ask.... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked the cowboy hat off my head and crushed it between his palms. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 She plucked down a pear and tossed it at him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Two of them swooped down and plucked me up by the arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She plucked at an offending aquamarine lash with her fingers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Suddenly he plucked his hard thumbs out of his neighbor’s throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Khione had simply plucked him off his ship and shot him into orbit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked the card from my hand and huffed off. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Lockton plucked a strawberry from the bowl and pulled the leaves from it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My unibrow was plucked on the daily, but it didn't change anything between us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 She plucked a guava off the tree and ate it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The Moon Lady plucked her lute and began her singing tale. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He plucked a green apple from his basket and frowned at it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 Only slightly taller perhaps, and prettier, softer and rounder in the face, and the eyebrows severely plucked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She plucked up a rusted iron halfhelm, giggled, and stuck it on her head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Roza plucked a knuckle of raw dough and popped it into her mouth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She must have plucked it from the plant in the alley. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “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 He held a metal bar to the strings of the neck and plucked the strings over the belly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 A lot of shoots, and the occasional hard purple-green fruit plucked from the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He plucked the cherry off the cake and stared at me as he chewed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes she gasped and her fingers plucked at the blanket. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 Chubs reached between us and plucked the wrinkled letter out of my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 She reached out and plucked gently at the sleeve of his coverall. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Women picketed the schools and plucked out children who had wandered into them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 After a while, sleep plucked at him with soft fingers, soothing away the ache. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The machine plucked it from my hand and spat it out on top. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Sam carefully replaced the scroll in the bin from which Jon had plucked it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 His voice sounded strange, yet musical, like a plucked violin. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Hedge plucked some fur off his thigh and let it float through the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She plucked a book off the shelf and handed it to him with a smile. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Pilate plucked the knife out of the man’s shirt and took her arm away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z TimeStar plucked his goggles from his face, revealing familiar brown eyes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 cards out of my hands and handed me two apples instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 With icy fingers he plucked Toby’s hand from his shirt. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The little boy plucked at her sleeve and whispered again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, in one smooth movement, she plucked at it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She plucked a purple card out of the pile. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 But Osh reached down and plucked a single strand of pearls from the tangle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I’m plucked and scoured and massaged and anointed until I’m raw. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I plucked them from the auction bloc and gave them to the loom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He plucked out a tune on his acoustic to accompany her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 Keeping an eye on the old soldier, Jonathan tentatively plucked at the rope that held him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Styx plucked a clover blossom from the grass. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Belet grimaced as she plucked a thin triangle of glass from her arm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Roza plucked the cherry from the top of her sundae, dangled it in front of Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “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 “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 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 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 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 Twig picked up the tongs and plucked a magnet off the hot plate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 I plucked one and tossed it in my mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Obara Sand plucked the skull from him and held it at arm’s length. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hugh plucked a set of large pads off a wall hook and placed them on my shoulders. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “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 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 “There,” she announced proudly, and with unnecessary flair she plucked the pin from my nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Nathan went and plucked a few green stems and brought them to me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “I thought I was grounded,” I said nasally, and plucked out my bloodied nose plugs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 Ella plucked a feather from her wings and turned it in her fingers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Thus I plucked at my worried thoughts that stuck like burrs in my brain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Mrs. Terry plucked that letter from my hand. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He plucked the apple and put it in his pocket. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He stopped because the monster had reached down a hand and plucked him into the air. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And he plucked the doll from the shelf. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z She took the folded thing curiously and plucked the dead leaf pieces and dirt away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The raw fear in the little girl’s voice plucked at something deep within him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked the viewcam from its slot, careful to point the lens away from Butler. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z 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 She was no patient princess waiting to be plucked and taken off to a castle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Bongo plucked out a piece of new grass and tossed it aside. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked herbal detritus out of the thick hair on his arms. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z 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 The Starling swooped down, plucked it out of her hand and flew back to the window-sill. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The robot plucked her son from his little woven nest and placed him on the floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Ophie wasn’t quick enough, and Penelope plucked the tortoiseshell comb from her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z 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 Has a hovercraft inexplicably plucked her into the air? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I plucked a ruby off the nearest plant and threw it at Hades. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 plucked a few chords on his mandolin and started a rollicking cowboy song. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z James picked up the Dobro and plucked at it with his fingers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 He was plucked from the freezing water alive. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 With wide-open eyes, she chattered to invisible courtiers and plucked nervously at her silver necklace. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She plucked up the nerve to ask him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Then he plucked a couple of daisies and placed them across the tiny grave. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 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 He smiled, barely, and plucked tentatively at his new clothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z "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 Having made her decision, she plucked some leaves and berries. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 Viola killed and plucked and cooked the chickens. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 In fact, it sometimes seems as if they are just plucked out of thin air. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 His voice cracked and wavered as he plucked his lyre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He plucked a grape, and squeezed it between thumb and forefinger until the skin burst. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 Percy plucked a mud clod from his hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 sighed and plucked a blade of grass to chew on. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I’ll bet she noticed his brows only because she plucked hers over the summer. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He plucked at Winston’s head and brought away a tuft of hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z 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 He plucked a wad of cotton from a package and turned to her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I plucked the pendant up and held it between my thumb and index finger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 The officer plucked the document off the table. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking care not to breathe its scent, I plucked it and placed it next to a rose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The policeman plucked at Ignatius’ bag of sheet music. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A few days later she tore off her bandages and plucked out her stitches. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The third plucked at strings stretched across a long-necked instrument made of wood. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Carefully she plucked it from the tray with her forceps and discarded it in the sink. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With the pliers, they plucked the staples holding the wire to the post. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 Thinking it was a drip of latex sap, I plucked at one. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "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 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 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 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 If she plucked the strings or used a bow. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z 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 Smiling, he plucked up the dagger and offered it to Ned, hilt first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He plucked them out of the air so swiftly that it made her dizzy to watch him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Loudwing was plucked by her foot and flung to the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He hated the boys they’d been, two stupid pigeons waiting to be plucked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 Mariam took in their plucked eyebrows, the thin, tolerant smiles they were giving her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She plucked a white blossom from its stem and dropped it into Sparrow’s bowl. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 So Roz plucked pinecones from the nearby branches and lobbed them down at the bears. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 "And then they get plucked and roasted and eaten for supper." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She carried the bird back to the aerie and plucked it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 She plucked the strings of her apron, unraveling the thread. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He opened the till, plucked out a dollar, and handed it to Alex. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 Fred plucked up the cushions, one by one, and tossed them to safety on the floor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She had plucked her brows to thin antenna lines. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 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 He plucked at his chin and grabbed his throat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z 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 People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals, he had forbidden it at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I plucked a new piece of grass to chew on. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 He played a scale softly, and then plucked at a string. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Dany squinted at them suspiciously, then plucked one from a branch and nibbled at it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 Hesitantly, I plucked one and took a bite. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Big Tony plucked the room key off the counter and strutted back to the parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 Seeing my focus, he plucked his necklace between thumb and forefinger and flicked it into the air. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I waved him over, plucked a can from the soupy ice, and handed it to the skinny girl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She plucked her cello, sang, got people to stand up and dance, discouraged a clap-along with self-possessed charm, and glided through the crowd playing ukulele. My Favorite Cultural Moments of 2015 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In the greenhouse, she plucked a swollen Coeur de Boeuf tomato. Ann Demeulemeester Doesn’t Miss Fashion at All. She Has Other Plans. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z With Franzen’s help, she was plucked from obscurity to be profiled in the New Yorker as her quirky novels sold at auction for big bucks. ‘Nicotine’: The new zany-brainy novel from Nell Zink 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Most recently, they plucked wild blueberries, which the chef plans to pickle and use like capers, and built a chicken coop. Review | The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm, under a new chef, calls for a road trip 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Myerson says she was shy, but plucked up the courage to exchange letters with authors including Daphne du Maurier. Julie Myerson: a life in writing 2013-03-22T17:17:00Z But its 117 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures plucked from museums and private collections across the globe exhilarated early crowds in Chicago. Matisse's "aha" moment subject of U.S. museum show 2010-03-23T22:35:00Z The solo part incorporates many telling pizzicato effects, including some where the strings are not so much plucked as tickled. David Afkham’s SSO debut uncommonly impressive | Classical review 2013-03-22T16:52:26Z She's a floating sprite, her murmurs and wordless refrains sprinkling sonic pixie dust as plucked harps, pounding drums and dynamic swells echo. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z And the concerto’s string parts — which come across as extraneous in some readings — sounded fully integrated here, whether in moments of plucked frenzy in the second movement or in swooning melodic accompaniment, in the third. Review: Two Debuts Make for a Week of Philharmonic Firsts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The family on the front — comfortable, smiling — wasn’t his, but the DeVoses, their photo plucked from the internet. Buck Ellison’s Great White Society 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z A nose plucked from here, mouth from elsewhere, lips cut and pasted from yet another source. Annabelle Gurwitch on family — the one you're born with, and the one on your book cover 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z I plucked it from the floor, trying not to laugh, and set it back on the table again. Collected Poems 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z She plucked and hit the strings and stress bars inside the piano. Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell Improvise at the Stone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z I was plucked from a Manhattan street, placed in a police van with 12 others and shuttled downtown to a holding cell in the basement of police headquarters. I marched with my daughter and got arrested — and I’m proud 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Mendoza included an image of a miniature hot rod and a family photo plucked from her husband’s wallet, encased in a resin cube. A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z I plucked bibs and bobs of turtle from between the top shell and underbelly. Choice Tables: In Chengdu, China, Remaking Sichuan Food 2010-11-16T00:30:00Z Patterns and melodies from plucked strings run through this meditative track, but electronic and acoustic reverberations mingle to make it at once more intimate and larger than life. Jeff Tweedy’s Homesick Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z She plucked the pins from her hair and stabbed them into his tongue. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z And the magic unborn in “Blonde” is an ahistoric imposition — an image that feels plucked from the narrow imagination of a modern male director. The Empty Spectacle of Marilyn Monroe’s Fantasy Fetus 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z As the track builds around her, from a lone plucked guitar to an electronic citadel, she recognizes her own vulnerability, ponders it and takes the leap anyway. Shakira and Ozuna’s Breakup Bachata, and 7 More New Songs 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Life-size paintings of strung-up plucked chickens and turkeys are a highlight here. ‘Chaim Soutine: Flesh’ Review: Bloody, Brilliant Still Lifes 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The scenes of subjection seem plucked from a showcase at the Grand Guignol. A Photographer’s Elaborate Transformations in His Childhood Bedroom 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z There is no fairy godmother in the Grimm version, though Disney did not invent her: she was plucked from Charles Perrault's version of the tale. Tangled: ironically ever after 2011-01-14T15:00:18Z Driven by conga and bongos, topped with acoustic guitar and solos plucked on the tres, with trumpet cheekily answering the singers, it was sly, romantic, definitively Cuban and not just for local delight. Review: At Globalfest, a World of Cultural Keepsakes With a Dance Beat 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z That stairwell in “Better Things,” which wraps its third season on FX May 16, along with every wall, is crowded with canvases Ms. Adlon plucked from the sprawling personal collection in her Los Angeles home. ‘Better Things’ Is Pamela Adlon’s Personal Gallery 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Barsha’s brightly hued mixed-media pictures include several that feature birds and one that depicts a blossoming book, plucked from a series shown earlier this year at the McLean Project for the Arts. In the galleries: Brentwood Arts Exchange filled with flora 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Kuniyoshi plucked the notes with a plectrum, a pick made of horn that fits over the finger. T Magazine: Island Records 2012-11-16T18:00:23Z One year, the ringmaster plucked George and Jack from the crowd and led them into the arena, where clowns doused the boys with shaving cream. A fond farewell to Ringling Bros. and the wonders of the circus 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Marie played the harp; did he sometimes call her up when insomnia struck to ask her to hold the receiver in her lap as she gently plucked the strings? The Sympathetic Spy Downstairs 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The electronic, steady, reflective beat kicks in and Higham's smooth vocals soothe your soul and the beat gets louder and stronger, meeting a guitar that's being quietly plucked in the background. Aquilo – New Band Up North #24 2013-04-29T16:00:01Z I scanned the display for that reddish-tinged Goldilocks, plucked one and drew it to my condomed nose: nothing, meaning the inside was tasteless, mealy and horrible. A love letter to all the produce I haven’t picked 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Bach's chromatic harmonies, so prickly when heard on a delicately plucked string, became monumental and modern. Originality enlivens the birthday party for Hurricane Mama 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Stewart gently plucked the evening’s final note, and instead of letting it decay toward silence, he muted it with the flat of his hand. Review | In the heart of an ‘empire in decline,’ Blacks’ Myths try to spark another big bang 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The author was not chewed on by bears, plucked dangling from the edge of a pit, buried by an avalanche or made witness to the rapture. Books of The Times: ?Wild? by Cheryl Strayed, a Walkabout of Reinvention 2012-03-27T15:51:40Z But more often, he pulls his voice through meandering, patience-trying repetition over simple chord sequences, like work songs or chanteys, plucked on a guitar or plinked on a piano. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z It’s an achingly personal and finespun track plucked out on baritone ukulele. Ruston Kelly Survived Addiction and Heartbreak. It’s in His ‘Dirt Emo.’ 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z As Lane lobbies Mina to let him investigate, she’s reminded why her sister’s case attracts so much attention: a golden-haired, aspiring beauty queen, plucked from the safety of a wholesome warm bed. Murder in the Brain-Broiling Heat and Red Dust of the Outback 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z That became the most useful point of sonic similarity between piano and the plucked koto. Piano and koto meet in 'Strings and Serpents' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Expect a whimsical soundtrack accompanying painted-over teen idols plucked from fan magazines and historical figures with extra appendages. Datebook: Boxing painters, teen idols and John Altoon's short career 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z “Devil We Know,” which makes its world premiere here, is the centerpiece of the record, an appealing back-country portrait comprised of a slow-rolling piano melody, deftly plucked acoustic guitar and the teens’ tender, swirling voices. | Teenage Folk-Singing Sisters Hit the Big Time 2013-08-12T18:46:11Z He opened it with skeletal acoustic-guitar songs: brief melodies that he sang in a thoughtful, private voice, threaded through austere patterns of plucked and trilled notes, backed by a percussionist tapping a calabash. Music Review: Bombino at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2011-11-30T23:18:27Z You’d be a chef who was plucked for the latest season of “Top Chef,” potentially on the verge of becoming famous. He’s ready for his ‘Top Chef’ spotlight. And he wants to use it to talk about African food. 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z They're the expendables of pop, the singer or rapper plucked from the shadows by a producer, heading straight back to those shadows once their single starts to slide down the charts. Katy B: On a Mission ? review 2011-03-31T14:29:01Z In the context of overall softness, a forceful plucked tone or a little eruption sounded overpowering. Music Review: Helmut Lachenmann?s Pursuit of Delicate and Eerie Sounds 2010-04-02T22:16:00Z The inner movements are the most delightful — a restless, questing Prestissimo in the second movement, with mutes on, and an astounding variety of plucked sounds in the fourth movement. CD reviews: Bartók by heart, for the heart 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The scientists found that “peak force was 16 percent greater and total energy absorbed was 37 percent greater in the furred compared to the plucked samples,” per the report. Beards evolved so men could take punches to the head, study finds 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Feathers flew at Jean Paul Gaultier, where plumage plucked from just about avian species from the common chicken to the stately swan dressed up his gorgeously cut staples - pinstriped suits, trench coats and bustiers. Couture ends with revolution, as masses enter show 2011-07-06T22:46:06Z Mr. Anderson is a guitarist, and he writes, in Mr. Korf’s words, “with a special emphasis on plucked instruments.” Review: Riverside Symphony Offers Nostalgia and Tibetan Tones 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Alternately comic and sincere, the dance tells a star-is-born story of a young woman plucked from the corps to become a prima ballerina. 'All Wheeldon,' all aglow at PNB 2011-09-26T18:03:04Z “Common Burn” and “Lay Myself Down” were lazy, hazy tunes full of plucked guitars, slow harmonica and singer Hope Sandoval’s spacey vocals; in other words, they sounded exactly like Mazzy Star’s original work. Music Monday: 15 Albums to Look Forward to in Early 2012 2012-01-09T15:30:27Z Shouldn't these old tunes be plucked from the days of their infancy and plugged into a 2023 cartridge to be born into new life? I saw The Cure with my parents. Here's why I hope they don't end up on TikTok 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The vegetable matter is peeled, plucked and trimmed into a messy heap that is larger than the center bit we manage to save. Diving Into the Artichoke, That Delicious Mess 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Mosley took center stage for a driving performance of his song “Abraham,” including a virtuoso bass performance, bowed and plucked, that lived in the territory between Charles Mingus and Bootsy Collins. Review | Kamasi Washington’s playing is a mighty howl at Lincoln Theatre 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Can he have forgotten that in Henry IV Part One Hotspur is in fact slaughtered by the future Henry V, and the flower of safety is very much not, in fact, successfully plucked? Culture coach: the week's essential arts stories 2012-06-21T12:55:42Z You don’t have to be a cultural alarmist to wonder what other works could be plucked from the museum’s collection and pitched like so many wares. Censured Delaware Art Museum Plans to Divest More Works 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z “Meek’s Cutoff” announces the theme early with a shot of a character carving the word “Lost” into a log, one of many details plucked from history. Oregon Frontier, From Under a Bonnet 2011-04-01T20:53:01Z The music is restrained and meticulous, all graceful melodies, plucked strings and shimmery keyboard tones. Review: Sufjan Stevens’s Quietly Moving ‘Carrie & Lowell’ 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z And the soundtrack's running order was compiled before the film began production; Beachwood Sparks' lovelorn By Your Side was plucked from a playlist O'Malley compiled at the end of the original comic books. Edgar Wright: why the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack matters as much as the movie 2010-08-18T15:47:00Z As he plucked the vocal melody of “Ashes to Ashes” on his acoustic guitar, Bowie’s lyrics scrolled across my consciousness — “I’m happy, hope you’re happy, too” — and I felt like a participant. Perspective | This is what our nightlife sounds like in a pandemic 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z It tells the story of Nadya Vall, a 13-year-old model from Siberia, who is scouted and sent to Tokyo to look for work – plucked from one wasteland, set down in another. Fashion's real victims 2012-02-13T19:30:01Z He attacked his guitar as much as plucked it, a ferocious solo performance that was easily the night’s highlight. Concert review: Fleetwood Mac at the United Center 2013-04-14T06:08:00Z Once the women start feeling slightly comfortable, the producers point and laugh and bring in three more limos full of buxom, sequined, plucked, waxed and spray-tanned beauties. 'The Bachelor' Watch: Here's Your Prince Farming 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The previous year, film-maker Sean Baker had plucked her from obscurity in Los Angeles to star in his transgender comedy Tangerine. Mya Taylor, the transgender actor who could make Hollywood history 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Joy, who specializes in shaping the eyebrows of Hollywood stars, spots a photograph of Oprah Winfrey in the newspaper wearing someone else’s arch, and she realizes her most famous client is being plucked by another. | 'Hot in Cleveland': Valerie Bertinelli and Friends Meet Betty White 2010-06-15T22:49:00Z The team had plucked the man who played Ted Kennedy off a French news broadcast — he wasn’t an actor, he worked for a think tank — and Snodgrass was getting both creative and desperate. The man who plays JFK in ‘Jackie’ looks uncannily like the former president. He’s Danish. 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Ear wax is eaten, nose hair is plucked and a tranquilizer dart is deployed. ‘Paddington,’ an Adaptation of Michael Bond’s Books 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In one photograph, we see rows of half-harvested kale, with their lower leaves plucked, making them look like tiny palm trees before the distant skyline of Manhattan. Review | Dig into these gorgeous books for gardening inspiration 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Walsh had been plucked by executives of the upstart Fox Broadcasting Company while working as an advocate for missing children and crime victims after his son, Adam, was murdered in South Florida eight years earlier. The End of America's Most Wanted: Good News for Criminals? 2011-07-29T09:00:00Z The writer plucked a fresh copy of the book from the pile and started over—this was not the first time she had botched and bought a copy of her own book. Grammar and Punctuation in Hiram, Ohio 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Perkinson’s music evoked centuries of Black American music, between lavish pizzicato sections which called to mind the connections between the American banjo and West African plucked string instruments and bluesy slides from note to note. Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The lobby’s gorgeous interiors look plucked from a set of “Mad Men,” with patterned red-and-cream carpeting and curved cognac-leather couches illuminated by golden pendant lamps. A Durham Hotel With a Sense of Place and Midcentury Style 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The desert light slanted down, the wind plucked at the water. Personal Journeys: A Case for Getting Far, Far Away 2013-05-16T17:46:20Z A small ensemble plucked at their instruments nearby. Pasty cookoff: A family tradition, stuffed with taunts They’re plucked from the present day and dropped into the early 1960s in the second season, which begins with a bout of time travel and again tasks them with saving the world. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Black Is King’ and ‘Little Women’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z On my salad was goat cheese that I plucked off, pecans and fresh watermelon. This two-ingredient combination finally got me excited for "clean eating" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Appearing onstage in crinoline-lifted dresses and bright red lipstick, the sisters seem plucked straight out of the 1950s. The New Sound of Muscle Shoals 2012-12-25T13:20:15.353Z She was a willowy, ash-blond fashion model when veteran film director Howard Hawks plucked her from the pages of Harper’s Bazaar in 1943 and molded her seductive screen persona. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ The album's opening track "Best of Friends" allows elements to slowly build, first with a carefully plucked chord set, then the pound of a drum, topped off with howling vocals. Review: Much-hyped Palma Violets delivers on debut 2013-03-18T17:42:18Z Three fingers plucked the air, then he swept forward to guide the sound to a crescendo. ‘We’re Like Athletes Here’: The Maestro With a Gym Habit 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Here are descriptions of five works that especially kill me — and the painters I would pick to execute them, plucked from my dream team of artists. Still Life: Still Life: Gallery of the Meadowlands 2012-07-10T16:24:06Z I plucked her name from a list the local authority provided because she lived nearby. In praise of my childminder 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z “I went to her room to ask, but every time I plucked up courage, I would hear her hair dryer going.” How we met: ‘He was in a shell suit and trainers – I asked him to go back and change‘ 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z He had nonchalantly plucked it off its perch and it now rests in his palm, looking as sedate and nonvenomous as a spider the size of an adult’s palm can look. Beneath the surface — caving and diving — Belize is breathtaking 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z That version plucked the story out of Herbert Hoover's time and plopped it into the Obama years. Bet your bottom dollar that NBC's "Annie Live!" will usher in a new inclusive era for an old classic 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z In February 2003, she plucked up her courage and phoned him. How we met: ‘I don’t think she wanted to be a vicar’s wife’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Now, Ms. Thompson is forging a blowzy, romantically disheveled style with bouquets that look as if they were plucked whole from a Cornwall hedgerow. An ?Outsider? Blossom Upends the Flowerpot 2011-03-30T22:41:16Z From the quiet plucked opening onward he sounded more in his element in Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata, in which his reedy, slender tone better served the work’s austerely expressive purpose. Music Review: A Viola and a Piano in Search of Common Ground 2011-05-01T21:13:51Z Likewise, the princess in Sleeping Beauty was not originally woken by a kiss, but "plucked" and impregnated while comatose. Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale 2012-12-24T08:30:01Z Four teenagers from the housing projects in the north of France are plucked from obscurity; they’re the “worst” behaved, the most problematic among the kids who showed up to audition. France’s Fault Lines Are Exposed in an American Film Showcase 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z At low tide, the mollusks are much more likely to get plucked from the sand by clam harvesters. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z What followed was a relationship plucked from romantic folklore. My Choice Isn’t Marriage or Loneliness 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z In “October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things,” an enjoyably eerie if overwrought piece, the ensemble adapts yarns plucked from “Fragile Things,” a collection of miscellany by the fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. ‘October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z So her owner reached down, plucked her up and sat her on the bed, where she became more uncomfortable as she realized what was happening. Your Dog Has Seen Me Naked 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Select audience members might also be plucked for special interactions or quests. Can’t Repeat the Past? An Immersive ‘Great Gatsby’ Thinks You Can. 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Monk carefully plucked Neutron from her tank, held her in the air and pressed their faces together in what she called a “nose kiss.” The Secret Muse of the Downtown Scene? Turtles 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z When it came to the crucial moment, the girl plucked from the audience wouldn't, or couldn't, pull the trigger. Edinburgh festival: day four at the fringe 2012-08-09T12:33:16Z The refined arc of her raised arms; the elegance with which she holds and turns her head; the plucked, lucid emphasis of her arched feet are all riveting. Review: Balanchine Jewels from Paris, Moscow and New York 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z During the following two months, the fuzzy chicks are born and fatten up before they start to molt and resemble plucked feather dusters. Antarctica is becoming easier to visit. Here’s how to get to the bottom of the world. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Some of the best looks at Ralph Lauren's show on Thursday were borrowed from the boys in a collection plucked from a closet of a British aristocrat. NY Fashion Week finishes up; shows begin in Europe 2012-02-16T22:21:16Z Sevigny, meanwhile, was plucked from the streets at the age of seventeen by a Sassy editor who liked her overalls. Chloë Sevigny at Forty 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The painting has been taken off the wall and the artist plucked from mythologizing history to be briefly returned to his studio. In ‘National Gallery,’ Frederick Wiseman Plies His Art 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z She plucked an acorn from the ground and examined it, turning it over in her fingers. Fear, joy, grief, gratitude: The whiplash of parenting during existential chaos 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Yet I came to love these loquacious, nutty women, who Stillman seems to have plucked from Jane Austen and rolled in equal parts P.G. Damsels in Distress: Heathers, Without Cruel Intentions 2012-04-05T10:45:50Z Across the ages of Man, humans have collected objects of all kinds, starting with pebbles plucked off the ground and squirreled into pockets. Nic Cage’s dino bones blues: The scientific ethics and international crimes behind the eccentric actor’s latest Hollywood-scale drama 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z From that slush pile, the judges plucked eleven talented performers to compete in a special round of elimination; the twelfth contestant in the YouTube round would be chosen by popular vote. Jackie Evancho and the Politics of Childhood 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z “Reef fish populations are already struggling due to warmer sea temperatures and ocean acidification caused by global warming. The last thing they need is to be plucked off reefs.” Finding Nemo sequel Finding Dory 'could damage exotic fish populations' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It featured wacky names, like Dimwiddle — a Pynchon trademark — and recurring jokes about obscure topics that seemed plucked right out of a Pynchon novel, including riffs on the Esperanto language, vegetarianism and tantric sex. Pynchon Intrigue Abounds Over ‘Cow Country’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Her grandmother was a well-known actress, plucked from obscurity à la Lana Turner. Review: ‘The Girls’ Has a Great Start. Too Bad About the Rest. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Midshow, he plucked a woman from the audience to take home a cherry tree — as long as she promised to plant it and take a picture. Cake gives the crowd what it wants at the Moore Theatre 2011-02-13T23:28:04Z Using reverberating plucked notes and whistling harmonics, he created the illusion of space and the acoustics of abandoned industrial architecture. Review: Todd Reynolds, Live and Recorded, at the Jewish Museum 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It's a romantic story: A young woman, plucked from her arcane studies, reinvigorates a stagnant community with the power of her song. 'The Sound of Music' at the Ahmanson is fresh and lively 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The other two panels depict Saint Lucy, who plucked out her own eyes and offered them to an unwanted suitor; and the Archangel Saint Michael, whose task was to weigh the souls of the dead. Salvaged saints: Michael Landy's martyrs invade the National Gallery 2013-05-22T18:30:01Z This bombshell fades without entirely disappearing even as Julio and Emilia meet at a party and, shortly after, initiate one of those intoxicating, self-serious romances that seem plucked from a French New Wave film. Movie Review: ?Bons?i,? From Chile, Directed by Cristi?n Jim?nez 2012-05-10T22:15:46Z His acoustic guitar looks 100 years old and, when plucked, sounds like it desperately needed a fresh set of strings. Review | At just 22, Colter Wall has clearly taken in country music traditions 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z WikiLeaks dumped so many anxiety-inducing classified Afghan war documents that this sprig of dialogue from “Gravity’s Rainbow” seemed freshly plucked: “Everything is some kind of plot, man.” ‘On Immunity: An Inoculation,’ by Eula Biss 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Loops of plucked violin and layers of vocals add up to a statement of no-nonsense, matter-of-fact individualism from Brittney Parks, who records as the one-woman electronic band Sudan Archives. The 65 Best Songs of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z With the dynamics of P. J. Harvey, “Transformer” blasts a blues-rock riff, then drops to a single plucked note, then goes on to crash and subside again and again. New Music: Grace Woodroofe, Tim McGraw, Richard Galliano - Review 2012-01-23T23:00:11Z As for the nettle, Harris boldly plucked a stem and held it up. In Oxford, England, a botanical garden for both self-indulgence and self-improvement It’s as if Ballet Theater plucked a page from the casting manual of New York City Ballet, which often throws young dancers into principal parts. A Corps Dancer Leaps Into His Romeo Debut 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z And plenty who were captivated by the timeworn image of the pretty, convent-educated waif in lace and velvet plucked from the shops of King’s Road. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z Even though I would say there can be other ways of thinking, my interpretations are valid; they’re not plucked out of the air. Hilary Mantel talks about her Cromwell saga coming to screen and stage 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Fittingly, the plucked strings underpinning the track come from a citara Gay bought while traveling through Mexico. Blues, jazz, electronica. It all flows through Ben LaMar Gay. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z To help, we’ve plucked out the 50 best films currently streaming on the service in the United States, updated regularly as titles come and go. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Now some museums are tentatively entering that realm by offering choice objects plucked from their galleries for digital transformation; the development costs range from $13,000 to $75,000 per project. Can You Save London From the Inferno of 1666? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z In his preheroic life, Captain America is Steve Rogers, a plucky, scrawny bantamweight of a guy, with a body like a plucked and undernourished chicken. Captain America: The First Avenger ? review 2011-07-28T14:00:01Z I plucked Allegra from her seat at the counter and held her for a moment. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z I had to be toned and tucked, waxed and plucked, and wrapped up in peelable, matching underwear. Want good sex? Get married 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z But from the outside, it's a cautionary tale of what happens when living, breathing individuals are plucked from obscurity and offered everything they think they've ever wanted. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z “Mosaique” featured the cellist Jonathan Gotlibovitch, who exhaled, clicked and hissed as he plucked the cello and rubbed and tapped its body. Music Review: Meitar Ensemble at Roulette 2013-04-19T21:24:58Z Ms. Montgomery switched violins for the quartet’s performance of her lively “Strum,” which featured insistent plucked rhythms and elegiac melodies. Music Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Play Piazzolla and Golijov at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-10T21:10:36Z Dr. DiGiacinto plucked out three relatively large fragments of disc material, which he likened to crab meat in appearance. Mariusz Kwiecien on the Mend for ?Don Giovanni? at the Met 2011-10-24T11:01:06Z Then Zephyr plucked periwinkles from marsh grasses and watched them unfurl, looking like alien snails. On Virginia’s Chincoteague Island — all this and ponies, too 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Frontman Win Butler made frequent excursions into the audience and, during the song Flashbulb Eyes, plucked a camera from a press photographer and carried it on stage to capture the band's performance. Arcade Fire warm Glastonbury crowd 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z But we’ve plucked out a few notable exceptions, an eclectic mixture of action thrillers, romantic comedies, thought-provoking documentaries, and much more. ‘Zeros and Ones,’ ‘Juliet, Naked’ and More Streaming Gems 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The melodies are plucked ever so lightly over accompaniments that are often skeletal counterpoint, exquisitely understated. If Friends Play Your Songs, They Just May Change Your Tune 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z From the latter, we plucked an hors d’oeuvre of potato beignets — three delicate, airy spheres with thin, crispy exteriors — mounted on salsa verde and dusted with wispy shavings of pecorino. Choice Tables: Beyond Cheese Steaks: A Tour of Philadelphia Restaurants 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z Then my brows: I’ve actually never plucked my eyebrows — even on shoots. Stella Maxwell Is Fine With Her Bath Turning Black 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z One night, Sophie is plucked from the orphanage by a giant hand and whisked away to a place she doesn’t realize. Review: Spielberg's 'BFG' Honors Roald Dahl's Spirit 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z She plucked a name off the list, rented a cello and began lessons. In Middle Age, Reviving Dreams of Playing Music 2012-02-29T22:50:10Z Inside David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton’s “Consolidated Life,” a free-standing box painted to look like a skyscraper, are endless rows of desks seemingly plucked from the corporate offices of “The Apartment.” Art Review: Alternative Worlds Where Even McMansions Are Tiny 2011-06-16T23:06:49Z There is a bar that spills onto the palm-studded white sand beach; a dining room festooned with African baskets; and meals flavored with lemongrass, turmeric and cardamom plucked from the hotel’s elaborate spice garden. 5 Rural Retreats Worthy of a Detour 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Then her voice was piping and insistent, and she plucked harp patterns with the steady, relentless momentum she learned from West African music. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z She plucked hundreds of fans from social media to hear “Reputation” early, at Secret Sessions held at her homes in Rhode Island, Los Angeles, London and Nashville. Taylor Swift, Entering a New Era, Sticks to a Safe Space: Tumblr 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z In one of the film’s most poignant scenes — one that was plucked from the book but has not made it into most previous adaptations — Jo confides her own anger to Marmee. This Is ‘Little Women’ for a New Era 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Or anointment by the freshly plucked but seriously used tampon hurled with uncanny accuracy at another enormodome. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z As we meandered among rows of coffee trees heavy with bright-red fruit — which are hand-picked — Ms. Patton plucked a coffee cherry from a branch and popped it into her mouth. 2010-01-15T22:44:00Z Witherspoon's Bradley Jackson looks like a more familiar fit for her, a reporter from a conservative Southern family who Alex plucked out of cable news obscurity for entirely self-serving reasons. "The Morning Show" shifts to cover the pandemic, but still needs a shot in the arm to find its soul 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z If it breathed, the Andersons had bred it, shot it, snared it, stalked it, plucked it and gnawed it from the bone. Blitz Street, Out of the Frying Pan and Coronation Street 2010-04-19T22:05:00Z “What died didn’t stay dead,” Swift sings over Kleenex-soft tufts of piano and plucked strings. Review | Taylor Swift really can’t help herself 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z They’re quite soft, very much like plucked strings, the bass more in it than the treble, like what Alfred Brendel does. A Young Pianist Learns Liszt From Listening 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z There’s a kind of elation in seeing both famous and obscure phrases from the plays plucked and resituated, the effect first-rate — distancing, salutary. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The coach reached into his bucket, plucked out a ball, and showed it to the shortstop, who nodded and dropped into a shallow crouch, his hands poised just above the dirt. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z Seemingly more suited to small, dark indie movies, he plucked the Hughes script from a pile of features Warner Bros. had sent him and "threw caution to the wind." 'Christmas Vacation' is a loopy holiday classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z One day I plucked up courage and asked Papa to let me fight in one of the real shows. Billy Moore’s first Muay Thai “Fight Night” in Thailand 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Their music – finest when plucked and twanged on acoustic instruments – and their Kiwi deadpan are better suited to smaller auditoriums: tonight's event is low-key by arena standards. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z But it turns out Mr. Durst’s remarks were significantly edited; rather than being consecutive, the two sentences had been plucked from among the 20 in his rambling remarks, and presented out of order. As Durst Murder Case Goes Forward, HBO’s Film Will Also Be on Trial 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In each episode, young women are plucked from heartland obscurity and dispatched to New York, where they are styled, photographed and trotted before Mr. Lipps, who decides whether someone is signed. Scott Lipps, Agent for Fashion Models 2011-11-30T23:10:32Z A fly swatter and a lute are also plucked, and there's some intermittent singing about the frosty weather, but such liberties are the exception rather than the rule. A licensing decree prohibiting reviews of 'The Room' at REDCAT overshadows the production, which is iffy 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z In the tangled stanza he creatively plays with clucked and plucked and how other rappers don't paint pictures, they just trace them. Jay-Z's "The Black Album" turns 20 and is more relevant than ever 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z They usually memorialized days that had passed routinely for most people, and it was always a little jarring to see them plucked from oblivion. On Kawara, Conceptual Artist Who Found Elegance in Every Day, Dies at 81 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Held at the Wooly, a too-cool lounge in the Woolworth Building, it attracted more than 150 publishing insiders, many of them plucked from the mastheads of Vanity Fair, Harper’s Magazine and Esquire. His Own Best Character 2011-05-18T20:55:46Z The players are plucked from bands all over the world: virtually all the first violins are leaders of their respective orchestras. Prom 26 World Orchestra for Peace/Gergiev 2010-08-06T11:01:00Z When she was 18, a rival of her father had already made a not-very-veiled allusion to her plucked chastity: “It is a fine thing to distribute the flowers after having yielded the fruit.” She Quickened the Pulse of 17th-Century Music 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z His leather coat is buttoned to the throat and he lopes across the beachfront terrace wearing a pair of fluffy, leopard-print loafers he might have plucked from a pensioner's feet. Postcards from Cannes: Liam Gallagher 2010-05-16T21:20:00Z When Cain calls the crowd "the best", a debate ensues over whether or not he's being disingenuous and ends with an eager fan, plucked from the front row, outstaying her welcome on stage. We Are Scientists – review 2012-07-26T15:42:48Z Her second novel, It's Classified, explores what would happen if a woman were plucked from relative obscurity and elected Vice President of the United States — only to find herself completely unprepared for the job. Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace 2011-10-05T14:05:00Z He hit them with drumsticks and plucked them with guitar picks. TV on the Radio Releases a New Album 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z In that Barcarolle the women’s briskly plucked footwork makes you feel the music’s underlying rhythm; meanwhile the flow of that melody is matched by their slow progress across the stage with calmly spacious arms. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z Words seem to be plucked from the air, with great care and wonder, in “Reread Another,” a charming Target Margin Theater production based on the writings of Gertrude Stein. Review: Revisiting Gertrude Stein’s Writings in ‘Reread Another’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z I plucked up the courage and approached them like a fanboy. Unsung hero of photography Thurston Hopkins turns 100 2013-04-12T14:56:00Z As they are, each of those cuts could have been randomly plucked from or inserted into the Ramones’ catalog without anyone knowing the difference either way. Joey Ramone's Posthumous "...ya know?": You'll Almost Wish You Didn't 2012-05-22T10:45:20Z How screen performers must crave the command that Bowie asserted over his own transmutations, and envy the fruits that he plucked from new technology. David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Proxmire also plucked vintage Vanity Fair “Spy” prints from the pile of the couple’s art collection. Looking to unplug in your own house? Here’s some inspiration 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z What if you donned the binding garment of maturity only tentatively, and accessorized it with mockery, as if it were a hand-me-down from Grandpa or an ugly shirt plucked from a used-clothing rack? Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z I plucked a thatch of fragrant wild thyme and returned to the port. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z As announced by the show’s title, many of the pieces in Watergate Gallery’s “Dealer’s Choice From the Back Room” were plucked from its archives. Review | In the galleries: A confection of a show that draws on the richness of Vermeer 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z An American Olympic-hero-turned-double-agent, Weston is a character plucked from a different era, and this subplot seems less about a national security threat than like a six-figure poker game. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 7: Whac-a-Mole 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Lines have been plucked from the novel, yet even at its wordiest, the film is never weighed down by the burden of faithfulness. ‘Martin Eden’ Review: Reading and Writing His Way Out of the Pit 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The growing constellation of sounds leave a body that trembles with power and fragility, like a delicately plucked guitar string reverberating with the intensity of an avalanche. In an endless news cycle, art at Glenstone both echoes and quiets the chaos 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The Kindle is wonderful for drunk people because you can climb into bed, press one button, and The Anatomy of Melancholy instantaneously materialises before you, plucked by the so-called Whispernet out of the surrounding ether. Buying books is fun, with a glass in your hand 2010-10-01T23:08:00Z Over the next two hours, we were repeatedly divided and subdivided into small groups, plucked away for one-on-one scenes, and marched through halls lined with cheery posters spouting bons mots of inspiration. An Immersive Play That Transports You to a Chicago Public High School 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z After a seven-year hiatus from music, Hilary Duff is back on the scene with her breezy new single “Chasing the Sun,” plucked from her upcoming fifth album. Hilary Duff opens up about 'difficult' split, return to music 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Rain drizzled, and my heart felt plucked with each chord of the guitar. Grieving together, and also apart: A Jewish American wrestles with identity, belonging and trauma 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Along the narrow roads, the only other pedestrians were women carrying freshly plucked leaves in large sacks or bundles of tea plant branches to use as firewood back home. In the Hills of Sri Lanka’s Tea Country 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Your belly pooches out, ever more parabolic, while your legs dwindle down to mere sticks, two knobby rods with the surface tension of plucked poultry. Does This Swimsuit Make Me Look Fat? 2011-06-08T20:34:03Z “I remember in the ’60s, I plucked my eyebrows and they never grew back.” Marilyn Minter, an Artist Who Resonates and Repels 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The plucked footwork and changes of directions in her “Davidsbündlertänze” role seem full of feeling. Debuts at New York City Ballet 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z “High Life” is about a space ship, flying far outside the solar system, populated by a group of convicts plucked from death row. For Denis and Pattinson, a cosmic connection in ‘High Life’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Cascades of plucked African kora briefly and dizzyingly spin off her harp in “Go Long.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z The rise of reality shows led to a ceaseless parade of instant hate figures, plucked from obscurity and flung onscreen for us all to sneer and point at. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z This week's Big Little Recipe is actually two recipes, both plucked from our upcoming cookbook, and both dreamed up with WFH lunch — but make it fast — in mind. A lunch for when there's no time for lunch 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z For Ms. Bouder, the creature is a special role: she first performed the part in 2001 when she was plucked from the corps de ballet to replace an injured dancer. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in a Balanchine and Robbins Program 2012-01-27T22:23:54Z Once the duck settled in, the contestants decided together which of the three envelopes attached to the sweat shirt they wanted, and then Cosby plucked the envelope, opened it up and revealed their winnings. What Bill Cosby said to my mom 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z And as we climbed up higher on the ridgeline, I nibbled on tart strawberry guavas plucked from overhanging trees. Next Stop: Hiking in Hawaii?s Waimea Valley 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z He also has a flair for swiping things; past larcenies include hairbrushes, water bottles and, one time, a spatula, plucked from the counter as it was being used. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The play’s episodic structure can make it seem like, well, a series of television episodes plucked from different seasons. Review: ‘Daphne’s Dive,’ Where Everybody Knows You’re Broke 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z It wasn’t Disney or Nickelodeon executives who plucked it from among the millions of other videos on YouTube. The Mysteries of “Baby Shark” 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The story of George and Ben seems to have been plucked from a meadow of narrative possibilities; an interesting movie could have been made about everybody in this one. 'Love Is Strange’ Stars John Lithgow and Alfred Molina 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Twizzle dug in behind his ear, plucked out a wood tip Black & Mild and passed it to me. My reading from hell: A writer's road to self-promotion is paved with live, in-person disasters 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The term applied to this is long-legged, which means plucked but not drawn. 20 best autumn recipes: part 2 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z At last Odysseus grasps his great bow “and plucked the string, which sang like swallow-song,/ a clear sweet note. The suitors, horrified,/ grew pale.” Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Its sounds are nearly all synthetic, but with hints of breath, plucked string and resonating wood in them. Music Review: Booka Shade?s Dancing Mood at Music Hall of Williamsburg 2010-05-26T21:04:00Z According to lore its producer Harve Bennett plucked Khan out of the series because he gave the story what he believed that the first movie lacked, which was a singularly motivated villain. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" ventures into the wrath of Khan's legacy through his descendent 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Six years ago, Beltrán plucked an Anadara shell from the sand while working as an assistant on a Bruce Weber shoot in Virginia Beach. | Sara Beltran 2011-11-10T16:13:26Z Other times there are peaceful hymnlike sections, often like a lament, with the violin carrying the melody over plucked or drawn-out string accompaniment. At SSO, a new concerto and kudos all around 2012-01-22T20:29:04Z Arnold famously plucked Katie Jarvis, the star of her gritty 2009 film Fish Tank, off a railroad platform, but you couldn’t tell from watching her that she was a complete novice. The Bold, the Beautiful and Yes, Occasionally Boring New Wuthering Heights 2012-10-05T14:30:23Z But the glamorous jewel box of a theatre looks like it was plucked from New Orleans' fetid heyday. New York's most risque cabaret to open in London 2011-01-28T19:52:04Z For 90 merry minutes, the lovebirds plucked the feathers from the dead birds. Stanley Tucci: Actor, Writer, Family Cook 2012-10-02T20:25:00Z Each table is surrounded by baskets filled with organic produce plucked from the garden that day. How to cook, and eat, like an Italian: a foodie week in Puglia 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z “There’s also these low, plucked bass notes, which are also pulsing but at different rates.” The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: Scoring ‘Gravity’ 2014-02-05T21:24:28Z Portrayed by the chapel’s towering, hyperactive, pompadoured owner, Brendan Paul, the King incongruously plucked out melodies by AC/DC, Kiss and Metallica as the encore bride danced alongside him. Las Vegas After the Shooting: Renewing Vows, Embracing Community 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Later on the boat, he plucked marsh thistles, and happily described how he spices his cooking with them. Fauna, Flora and Freighters in the Danube Delta 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Ask for the salad featuring banana blossoms, the fleshy, tear-shaped flowers plucked from the end of banana fruit clusters. At Hanumanh, Laos is the here, now and wow 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z What Mr. Sharp has in his favor is a beloved play and a great back story: just 26, he was plucked right from school for a Broadway stage. Tony Voters Speak, in a Royal We 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I turned off the engine and heard it crunching on berries plucked from nearby branches. On Skyline Drive, make way for a rented Maserati. (Are you listening, deer?) 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z He was an Englishman deeply attuned to classic American overfriendliness, and as Gruber, he plucked our eagerness to be liked and trusted like a string on a harp. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In fact he’s played every single plucked instrument part I ever wrote. Bridge Records Holds Onto Its Niche, With a Very Firm Grip 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z Track titles such as "NoSleep", "TaxiTaxi" and "Girls" set the tone, and sharply plucked strings combine with double bass and piano fragments to create momentum. There's nothing new in genre-mixing 2011-02-24T22:32:01Z It’s as if the retrospective’s organizers had, in desperation, dropped some slips of paper in a hat, closed their eyes and plucked one out at random. A Director of Ideas With Decades of Them 2011-05-22T01:13:01Z The lead author, Christopher J Ferguson, from the department of psychology at Stetson University in Florida says that the AAP recommendation, which has now been lifted for over five-year-olds, was largely plucked from the air. How much screen time should I let my teenager have? 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z College boys like Kurt were plucked from classes on thermodynamics, calculus, and mechanical engineering, given a few months’ hasty training in combat skills, and shipped to Europe. Kurt Vonnegut’s POW nightmare: Inside the World War II battle that shaped “Slaughterhouse Five” 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z It felt as if someone had plucked it out of her head and dropped it into the real world. ‘Heartstopper’ Is a TV Love Story With the Soul of a Comic 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Buried down in the basement, unadvertised, is a newly installed collection of religious art, paintings from the Byzantine to the Baroque plucked from churches in the surrounding countryside. In a Quiet Corner of Italy... Trieste 2011-04-29T19:35:37Z “The phrase fake news is like a loaded gun that Kellyanne deftly plucked out of reporters’ hands and pointed at their heads,” she said. Samantha Bee on Kellyanne Conway: 'Soulless, machiavellian despot' 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The opening melody, gently plucked on Sharrock’s guitar against a tumble of drums, promises a conventional, even folksy, tunefulness. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Before bringing their dynamic characters to life, taking on roles that seem like they were made for them, Woon-A-Tai, Jacobs, Factor and Alexis were plucked from relative obscurity. "No more 'Indian in the Cupboard'": "Reservation Dogs" is the new direction of Native storytelling 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Likewise, the casts he assembles when he directs aren’t the typical bunch of strangers plucked from auditions and thrown together in a rehearsal room. The Professor of Pratfalls 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z For one starter, Aglietti served scallop crudo topped with sliced gooseberries, red chili and basil leaves plucked from her home garden. In Los Angeles, a Dinner Where Dessert Is Picked From the Trees 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z After tea leaves for black tea are plucked, they're withered, rolled, oxidized for varying amounts of time, then dried. An exploration of the wonderful world of teas 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z As the ballroom opens for the afterparty, I inadvertently push in line to be served a cocktail inside a real pitcher plant plucked from a vine, mysteriously smoking at its brim. My Baftas adventure: Dev Patel, liquid diabetes and clapping injuries 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z In one instance, Mr. Hagen’s left-hand bass line combined with Mr. Solomon’s timpani and plucked double-bass notes into a rough, syncopated line of balled-up power. Music Review: Unsuk Chin Celebrated in Composer Portrait at Miller Theater 2014-03-16T20:54:53Z Mr. Walker, 25, rubbed his forehead and plucked a strand from his eyebrow and carefully placed it inside a thin clamp-like device called a pipette tip. Tickling Worms in the Lab, Tickling Funny Bones Onstage 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z A survey released last year by the academy found that in the previous five years, 81 percent of its 1,600 members had used information plucked from social networks. Field Notes: Divorce Lawyers? New Friend: Social Networks 2011-05-13T15:19:51Z “I don’t have any training, and 40 years ago I was plucked from a rock band at CBGBs by Milos Forman,” she said, referring to the director of the film version of “Hair.” Unconventional Summer Stars, Including a Helicopter 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z For example, aboard the Carpathia, the ship that plucked the survivors out of the water, first-class passengers had to be crammed into rooms because they wouldn't sleep in third-class cabins. 'Titanic Tragedy': what went down with the ship 2012-04-05T18:16:55Z “Prevention is better than treatment. The world is in distress,” the chorus intones, its plucked accompaniment giving the track a distinctive West African lilt. In coronavirus, Senegal rappers find a new enemy to fight 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles show, too, will consist of sculptures, photographs and other material plucked from the film of the same title. Matthew Barney, Artist and Ex-Boyfriend, Gets Museum Show in Los Angeles 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z In a witty touch after the concluding verse, Mr. McMillen plucked a piano string, which suggested a lute. Music Review: Da Capo Players at Merkin Hall, Musing on Night 2010-06-03T22:18:00Z Police whistles and a feverish drum set, which Salonen first plucked from the world of rock 'n' roll for his Violin Concerto, break up a Balinese monkey chant that gets out of control. L.A. Phil alum Lionel Bringuier wows in Zurich 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Nick plucked at his six-string while a woman with a shaved head breezed past en route to the treatment area, and a man in a wheelchair went by. Teen volunteers with guitar at cancer center 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z LENOX, Mass. — In the music world, it is not uncommon to hear of stars who were plucked from the chorus. At Tanglewood, a Young Musician Leaps From the Stage Crew to the Stage 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Farmers in both states harvest berries daily, rotating their time across the fields so that each plant gets plucked every two to three days. Why does a strawberry grown down the road cost more than one grown in California? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z As in Mr. Coleman’s recent bands, one bassist plucked walking lines while another played with a bow. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z It’s a lot to sift through, so we’ve plucked out 100 of the absolute best movies included with a Prime subscription right now, to be updated as new information is made available. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps that’s why these depictions of individual wildflowers, plucked visually from their surroundings, nonetheless hint at the landscapes in which they grow. Review | In the galleries: Finding the unknown within what is known 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z It also, generously and wisely, includes others who played vital roles, such as the unflappable flight attendants and the ferry boat crews that plucked passengers from the deadly cold. Sullied: with Sully, Clint Eastwood is weaponizing a hero 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z What if our greatest design innovations aren’t sparkly Silicon Valley exports but ingenious ideas plucked from indigenous history? Review | How can we live more sustainably? Indigenous groups have some ideas. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z At a corner pho shop, the waiter plucked her from our arms as soon as our noodle soup arrived. Journeys: Traveling in Southeast Asia With a Rock-Star Baby 2010-12-17T20:45:37Z Appropriately, Very Peri is the first Pantone color of the year that was not plucked from an existing catalog of thousands of hues, but instead was developed from scratch. Creating a Color of the Year for All Time and Space 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z A fragment plucked from the book’s molten center, but one that concentrates “Antkind”’s strengths, and its real concerns. In Charlie Kaufman’s Novel, a Comic Hero Is Haunted by a Lost Film 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Then there was the piece plucked from the trash in the 1970s. Hit 'Antiques Roadshow' keeps on trucking for PBS 2013-07-01T21:56:15Z Gambrel likes to choose a deep-toned accent color — plucked from another element in the room, such as an accessory or a fabric — for the room’s trim. Who says wall trim has to be white? These designers are breaking the mold. 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z When a giant computer-generated snake that appears plucked right out of “The Scorpion King” slithers into frame, it is actively difficult to keep watching. And your new worst film of 2017 is… “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z She told the judges, plucked from the audience, to rate the performers on a scale from 0 to 10. A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan 2012-12-14T17:13:34Z Speaking by phone a few days later Ms. Spalding said the performance had come about unexpectedly, at Mr. Zimmer’s urging; once again she’d been plucked from the ensemble for a star turn. Esperanza Spalding on a Year in the Spotlight 2012-03-16T15:58:59Z A third modification, Williams-Johnson said, plucked from the runway, is for puffed sleeves. All Knit Up in Sweater Instagram 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Still, even as an increasing number of filmmakers are being plucked from the indie world and television to helm big-budget tentpole films, Trevorrow is well aware of how improbable the whole thing seems. 'Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Nanshan is the latter, a mini theme park, with zones and features plucked from some of the skiing world’s more famous places. Ready, Set, Ski! In China, Snow Sports are the Next Big Thing 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As Ms. Cheek, 37, disappeared into the July night, the man plucked the card from his fries. The New Dating Tools: A Card and a Wink 2010-07-21T23:51:00Z He plucked it off the hook with a sigh. ‘I never know what to get my dad’: The 11th-hour angst of a Father’s Day at Home Depot 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z “And what happens to this place when he gets plucked off the face of the Earth? We’ve still got a lot to learn.” Jon Tester could teach Democrats a lot about rural America — if he can keep his Senate seat 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z I plucked tiny mussels, squid, bits of salmon and a rangy prawn from a saffron-scented, fennel-thick sea whose delicate balance was nearly upset by a dreadful saffron rouille plopped on its shore. Le Grand serves Gallic fare with American flair 2011-06-16T20:38:13Z Ina brought the appliance home, unpacked it, and set it on the counter, where it would remain for seven or eight months before she plucked up the courage to even turn it on. The almost-lost, cult-favorite Cuisinart magazine 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z He was on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, so has been plucked TV documentary celebrity pool, rather than the "I've achieve actual fame through hard graft and commitment to my art" kind. Big Brother's return 2011-08-18T19:25:00Z What is also remarkable is how the letter – and others that amount to a family history plucked from the destruction of the Holocaust – came to be in my mother’s possession. 'She was like a second mother': the German woman who saved our Jewish family history 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z “Olivia evokes the most fleeting gestures and instants, plucked from the flow of time and memory and felt through her choice of words and the overall rhythm,” Scorsese writes. Olivia Harrison writes poems about late George Harrison 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Charles de Vilmorin — who was plucked from relative obscurity last year to head up one of Paris fashion’s most iconic houses — has a lot to prove. Balmain calls for peace and truth in Paris Fashion Week show 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z To my left is an expanse of lawn that looks plucked from a golf course. The London guide for chocolate lovers 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Every element in the band — including a small acoustic guitar with objects stuck between strings and fretboard, keyboards, drums, and various homemade instruments, percussive and plucked — arrives masked with echo, distortion and warping. New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z I thought the filmmakers had plucked someone out of Queens and typecast him. Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' is a true American horror story 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Three perfect children played a game of leapfrog on the grass as the Sun Raven Band plucked mandolins. Personal Journeys: Would a Gay Man Be Welcomed Home in Montana? 2013-08-21T16:14:33Z His arms are patient; they follow a plucked note fully into its decay. Dance Review: Paco Peña Flamenco Dancers at the Met Museum 2013-01-22T23:03:43Z Learn to cook pizzas in an original wood-fired oven with ingredients plucked from the estate’s gardens. These Are the World's Most Romantic Hotels 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The supplies plucked from the ground were often tucked under hardy plants without spikes, but these didn’t offer relief from the sun, either. "Finding the bones was heartbreaking": What I learned about migrants picking up trash at the border 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z We see a woman pining in a forest alongside a vina, a plucked string instrument with two hollow spheres for resonance; between her and the sky is a brilliant field of solid red. ‘Divine Pleasures’ Celebrates the Colors of Desire in Indian Paintings 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z BILOXI, Miss. — Glen Campbell leaned over his blue electric guitar, plucked a few strings and made a sour face. Campbell shines in 1st show since Alzheimer's news 2011-07-18T10:26:20Z One expects Lemon to feel this way, since Zucker plucked him from his weekend anchor post and gave him his own weeknight show in prime time. Canceling CNN's Jeff Zucker show – an ignominious career of ruining networks & developing characters 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The timbres, mostly plucked or struck, were highly percussive and occasionally reminiscent of Steve Reich’s pieces for drums and marimbas. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Half an hour later, high up in apricot-laden branches, I plucked a perfect specimen — barely fuzzy with just a hint of a blush — and bit into it. | Explorer: Unforgettable Foods, from Austrian Apricots to Parisian Butter 2011-09-30T19:03:18Z Strings and wood were scraped by bows, tapped and plucked by fingers. What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z This is the site of the “Into the Pixel” exhibition, a juried collection of 16 digital artworks printed on canvas and plucked from the kinds of video games being marketed nearby. Pixels Floating on the Art World’s Margins 2013-06-12T20:37:13Z All come in colors that can be plucked from any midsize box of crayons. What to see in L.A. galleries: street-art ethos, a mesmerizing digital canvas, wild tapestries 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “Eclat” is a study in bright sonorities, generated principally by the piano and seconded by other plucked or struck instruments, while the winds, brass and strings concern themselves with the logic of these sonorities. Is Berlin the world's best orchestra? Answer is irrelevant in two concerts of ferocity and finesse 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z It is also an immersion in subtle differences of texture: between a string rubbed and gently tapped, or plucked with a pick versus a finger. Music Review: Stockhausen’s ‘Freude,’ by Chamber Music Society 2012-10-19T23:32:59Z The bowed ensemble sound together against the plucked virtuosities of lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, harmonic suspensions clash in despair and resolve in consolation. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z Burchill tells stories as if she were writing them, which made it less of a conversation and more a series of entertaining anecdotes plucked from her mental Rolodex. Julie Burchill, Desert Island Discs: radio review 2013-02-15T07:00:52Z Williams continued to dish that her husband, whom she did not name in the essay, recently “plucked up the courage” to borrow her blade while she was away for the weekend. Wife shames cyclist husband for shaving his legs with her razor 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Ashton Kutcher and Katy Perry’s admiring tweets and millions of followers may have helped, but most of all it plucked, plucked, plucked at our heartstrings. Rating Breakup Anthems: How Does Gotye?s ?Somebody That I Used to Know? Stack Up? 2012-05-15T10:00:50Z On Monday night, all 60 performed snippets of the songs that they had sung at regional competitions in six large medleys and then six - three men and three women - were plucked to sing solos. Calif., Fla. teens win high school theater awards 2012-06-26T16:01:04Z It was equipped with pedals for rapid changes of registration: the type and number of strings plucked each time a key is depressed. Rafael Puyana obituary 2013-03-09T18:43:43Z A maraschino cherry sits on top like a little heart, waiting to be plucked. I Love Paraguay, an Ode to a Homeland 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z They hired her as the cover — an operatic understudy — for the title part, already a coup for an unknown singer in her mid-20s plucked, as it were, from the chorus line. A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z I'm sure the fact that I'd been in Sleeper meant my manuscript was plucked off the slush pile and read, but I felt very self-conscious about only being signed on the back of past glories. From pop star to chiropractor: musicians' post-musical careers 2010-09-23T21:29:00Z One by one, the girls get plucked like the petals of a flower. "American Idol": 5 theories on Pia Toscano's shock ouster 2011-04-08T17:16:41Z A family’s cabin is plucked from its spot and discovered 10 miles away. An Oklahoma KFC plays porn for its customers: The week in weird news 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Most of the stories weren't wholly accurate, but all were based on nuggets of truth, and some of the quotes seemed plucked from actual conversations. | Jude Law 2012-11-29T14:00:21Z In the television show “What We Do in The Shadows,” vampires stumble through the modern world with high jinks and queer debauchery seemingly plucked straight from Stoker’s novel. How Bram Stoker’s Dracula Became ‘Dracula Daily,’ and an Internet Sensation 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Remember Bradley was a relative nobody plucked from a small market while Christina, one board member points out, is popular enough to be on cereal boxes. The stunning, rude awakening of Nicole Beharie's Chris Hunter on "The Morning Show" 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z When Michaels cast his new NBC sketch comedy show that year, he plucked Newman to be part of the original "SNL" lineup. The Groundlings: improving improv in L.A. for 40 years 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Someone plucked up the courage to ask them both if they'd like to play something on the record. Pink Floyd in race against time to reissue albums 2011-05-12T03:31:04Z There's no message in ; the lush artificiality of Jean Harlow is its icon, her eyebrows plucked, her hair as silver as the screen, the camera catching the sheen of her satin dresses. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z "They got plucked and polished and waxed and some of them didn’t eat for two months, and all for what? To sound the same?" she said. Kellyanne Conway Slams Emmys for 'Sameness' of Trump Criticism 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The town sits on a hilltop, its skyline marked by a tower that looks like it was plucked off a giant chessboard. | Ciao, Tuscany! 2012-08-09T15:21:49Z BA This week, the Paradise family have further animated chats in brightly lit rooms, nearly always resulting in someone doing or saying something accompanied by perkily plucked violins. TV highlights 26/06/2013 2013-06-26T06:00:05Z And he astonished me when he told me that at age 9 he was plucked off the reservation, against his parents’ wishes, and sent to Philadelphia to live with a white family. A Conversation Between Philip Caputo and William Least Heat-Moon 2013-07-11T18:37:57Z Two other characters appear as if plucked out of memory: Maria, Andy's former mistress, and her husband Ralph, a onetime soccer referee. Review 2011-04-12T23:37:43Z Her second novel, It’s Classified, explores what would happen if a woman were plucked from relative obscurity and elected Vice President of the United States — only to find herself completely unprepared for the job. Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z Some aspiring hip-hop producer needs to sample the plucked strings from the intro. LeRoy Bell in Elton John video from 1979 2011-10-10T16:43:08Z The stoical widower, the satellite relatives, the shadowy ancestors passing silent judgment on the present — these are fixtures of Maxwell’s imagined world, plucked from the stream of his own experience. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The baseball scene is one that could have been plucked from Maps to the Stars, featuring Cusack as a millionaire self-help guru. John Cusack: ‘Hollywood is a whorehouse and people go mad’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But Batmanglij’s mother, plucked from school as a young bride at 15, didn’t let her in the kitchen, insisting she get her education first. Najmieh Batmanglij is the grande dame of Iranian cooking. It’s time you knew her name. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Harvey more or less takes over Stravinsky's scoring, but grafts on to it the equivalent of a baroque continuo group of struck and plucked instruments. Messages ? review 2011-04-03T20:45:01Z He is the youngest marathon runner ever – he started aged four, after he was plucked from an Indian slum by his coach. Tonight's TV highlights: Great British Food Revival 2011-03-16T00:05:01Z An exaggerated black-and-white check dress was plucked by Cardi B for the cover of her debut album, “Invasion of Privacy.” Christian Cowan’s NY fashion week show went 102 stories up 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Years later, when the designer’s friends started having children, he plucked strands of his signature raven locks and embroidered the newborns’ initials on baby blankets that he gave to the new parents as gifts. Rick Owens Stitches a Souvenir 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The sentence reverberates like a plucked string because it speaks to the premise of the entire trilogy. Review | With ‘Kudos,’ Rachel Cusk completes a literary masterpiece 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z His cadenza in the first movement felt so much like speech that a simple plucked chord became a punch line that sent a low ripple of laughter through the audience. Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens the Tanglewood Festival 2013-07-07T21:57:38Z My eyebrows were plucked to a single arched line, my mouth set in a jaded moue. T Magazine: Vexed in Venice 2011-12-01T00:10:20Z Each of the companions was plucked out of the drudgery of 21st-century London life and made to "grow as a person" in increasingly heavy-handed ways. Who he? 2010-03-31T11:46:00Z It's a horrid creature though, a CGI hybrid with the head of a skinned goat, and the body of a plucked chicken. TV review: Merlin; Good Cop; The Thick Of It 2012-10-14T13:00:00Z As it happens, the story line is plucked from the marginalia of World War II history. Review: ‘The Catcher Was a Spy’ Shares a Peculiar History Lesson 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Poultry is on the menu in “Dead Fowl” and “Brace of Pheasants,” which flank a Bacon painting of a plucked chicken suspended over a platform or butcher’s block. Art Review: Two Meaty Visions of Flesh and Blood 2011-05-12T21:55:51Z The dozen actors who play the family members, and their friends and enemies, are largely plucked from the Kammerspiele’s permanent ensemble. Drama, in German, in the Shadow of ‘Leopoldtstadt’ 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Many of the extras were personally chosen by Mr. Demme during a casting call, and some were even plucked off the street on a whim. Something Genre Crossing, Something Bold 2011-05-13T23:03:02Z There are also chairs made of wrought metal leaves, as though some goblin had plucked the furniture from nature. An Art Menagerie Touched With Magic 2010-03-29T15:27:00Z In 1967, he was plucked from Vermont at age 24 and drafted into the Army. Review | The 3 best new audiobooks to listen to in August 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Such rescue stories come wreathed in romance as a film is plucked from the brink, like a silent-screen heroine pulled from train tracks at the last minute. The Race to Save the Films We Love 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “I actually plucked two of them myself,” Dr. Diamond said. Iolani Palace in Hawaii Is Recovering Its Looted Furnishings 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Instead someone plucked it from the burning wreckage and later sold it to a musician on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. ArtsBeat Blog: Peter Frampton Reunited With 'Best Guitar' After 31 Years 2012-01-03T21:51:09Z Staffan plucked a leaf from the tree and laid it on the facsimile of the journal. A Botanist in Swedish Lapland 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Roitfeld plucked a coat from his first runway show and wore it throughout the season. The 9 Lives of Carine Roitfeld 2011-12-21T22:53:02Z To enhance the Gothic darkness that exudes from the mind of Riccardo Tisci, Givenchy’s designer, bowers of flowers, purple orchids and irises, seemed to have been plucked from the heart of darkness. Special Report: Fashion: A Question of Brand Identity 2011-03-07T19:22:15Z That, despite being plucked for a few plum Hollywood roles, and acclaimed theatre work, if she hadn't somehow impinged further on the public consciousness it might be time to jack it in? Olivia Williams 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z In one corner, a 5-foot whale baleen like a feather plucked from a griffon; in another, a prototypical washing machine, its tub made from a half cask of whiskey. What I remember about the dust 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” is a tight, chilling little piece of terror filmed in stark black and white and scored with violins that shriek as if they’re being plucked by knives. ‘Hitchcock’ is surprisingly sunny 2012-11-30T03:28:09Z A few plucked from the gold-plated platter: the meaning of coffee to a Sufi, Emirati and Yemeni; baklava tales; and a Lebanese man’s quest to visit all 47 U.S. towns named Lebanon. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z At Bloomsbury Flowers, Welford talks wistfully of a magical night when Margot Fonteyn plucked a flower from her bouquet and handed it to her partner Rudolf Nureyev. How ballet fell for flower-giving 2012-12-18T20:00:01Z Seafood plucked from Pacific waters, produce grown in nearby valleys and rich, creamy just-made cheeses and butters are just a few of the treats you'll find on the menu in San Francisco. Where To Eat In North Beach 2010-05-10T20:00:00Z This is not food that is merely plucked from a field and waved over some steam. Review | Fancy Radish dazzles diners with no need for meat 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z My mother plucked the newest pack of razor blades from the slot next to the nail clippers and went to the front door. The Christmas Wreath 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z A Kodiak bear stands on his hind legs in the sale section; some of his claws were plucked out over the years. I vacationed at the East Coast’s quintessential rest stop. It’s more inviting than it looks. 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z On set, special effects supervisor Michael Lantieri plucked a guitar string underneath the cups to create the ripples; a vibrating motor above the windshield made the mirror shake. 20 things you might not know about "Jurassic Park" 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z As if that didn't suffice, he's diagnosed with terminal cancer and finds himself obliquely responsible for a terrible tragedy plucked from the newspaper headlines. Inarritu delivers straightforward tale on death 2010-05-17T16:21:00Z As if plucked from a patisserie display case, Mr. Mason’s novel is a gorgeous confection. New Fiction From Tatiana de Rosnay, Richard Mason and Others 2012-02-22T23:06:04Z Steadily paced and coloured with beautifully spare instrumentation, mostly plucked guitar and rippling piano, there's none the less a quiet propulsiveness that tugs through each song, imbuing things with the sense of unseen things stirring. Beth Orton: Sugaring Season – review 2012-09-29T23:05:30Z He's plucked him from nothing and nowhere and turned him into a killer. ‘Homeland,’ Season 6, Episode 5: Quinn Is Not Your Ideal Babysitter 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z I say strangely, because it also felt completely ridiculous, a silly amalgam of plucked rituals and forced feeling. American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Many will be prepared in a large, open-flame hearth, and some will feature vinegars, misos, pickles, preserves and other pantry items made in-house with ingredients plucked from local woods and valleys. Why this chef plans to avoid lemons and olive oil 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z But such technological marvels can feel unnerving, as if they’ve been plucked from a dystopian novel. Rogue One: the CGI resurrection of Peter Cushing is thrilling – but is it right? 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Her caramel-colored leather jacket was modeled after 1940s styles plucked from costume houses for inspiration. 'Hunger Games' fashions come to fiery life 2012-03-21T00:41:50Z It’s part of the “beautiful princess plucked from obscurity” thing, an old-fashioned fantasy that manages to co-exist and survive even in a society that’s increasingly skeptical of all things pink and princess-y. Why Benedict Cumberbatch's Engagement Is All About Us 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The bird is plucked from a bath of fish sauce and tropical herbs before it goes into the hot oil, giving it extraordinary savor. Soi 38 brings the tastes of Thailand to vivid life Now he walked up to the oboist — the Duck’s musical body double — plucked a sheet of music off his stand and stuffed it in his mouth. Music Review: ‘Peter & the Wolf,’ at Guggenheim Museum 2013-12-15T22:23:25Z She plucked up the courage to share this second, more intimate script with Wilson and Gavron. Rocks stars: meet the teenage cast of the hot new British film 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z A man obligingly knelt beside her and plucked a radish from her torso with his teeth. Does Cranberry Sauce Come With That Flogging? 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Luke Conibear and Isaac McKelvey, a pair of DJ-producers in Manchester, England, known as Duke & Jones, plucked the audio from “Chicken Shop Date” and set it to a backing track with an easygoing beat. How Louis Theroux Became a ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ Sensation at Age 52 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z In 1953, Robert Rauschenberg, who was then an up-and-coming American artist, plucked up the courage to ask Willem de Kooning, an established abstract expressionist, for one of his drawings. Banksy and the tradition of destroying art 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z That bodes well for the latest posthumous album plucked from the Hendrix musical vaults, which producers say has stood up well to the test of time. Jimi Hendrix estate rolls out "People, Hell and Angels" studio set 2013-03-03T14:51:45Z Queen Elizabeth In Shakespeare’s day, they were plucked to nonexistence. Eyebrow Makeup: How to Get Your Brows in Shape 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Shellfish was abundant, too; huge coastal beds were stacked with oysters, clams and mussels, just waiting to be plucked. Same Vegetables, New Flavors 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Its microscopic bits of feathers were plucked from hummingbirds, parrots and other birds. A Designer’s Sale of Memorabilia 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z It's about celebrating music — and buying physical albums plucked from wooden bins in real-life stores on actual streets. Paul Simon, others, release albums in time for Record Store Day 2011-04-11T21:15:04Z The movie is an Italian “giallo” film — a broad genre that can contain elements plucked from murder mysteries, detective crime or horror, including the slasher subgenre. A Quiet Word With Italy’s Master of Horror 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z On this Monday in February, they have been plucked from their grungy fantasyland and dropped into a rented film studio in South Brooklyn. The Real Housewives of Sustainable Fashion 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Mike Will also deploys little background interjections — a vocal snippet, a saxophone flourish, a handful of plucked guitar notes — as ingenious, near-subliminal attention-grabbers. Alicia Keys, on and Off the Digital Grid 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z So there are items on the menu that were plucked from Richard II’s cookbook, but then given the Heston Blumenthal treatment. David Tennant Craves Old English Dinners and Cigarettes After Sex 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z She plucked other details from the Argonautica, an epic poem about the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, which describes how Circe performs a purification ritual for Jason and Medea. Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The group can go big, busting out a kind of bravado that borders on camp, or deliver perfect harmonies over simple ballads plucked on acoustic guitars. Watch out, country bros. The Pistol Annies are back. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z He mines the many meanings of her unpolished fingernails, her eyebrows that never looked “effortfully plucked,” her slimness. Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z Then in comes the banjo, plucked with steel finger picks, followed by the autoharp, the mandolin, the percussive beat of an upright bass. On Virginia?s Crooked Road, Music Lights the Way 2011-05-20T19:29:44Z For decades, these scientists have plucked petrified hominids from the Afar Depression, where the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden meet. Welcome to the Ruthless, Cutthroat World of Paleoanthropology 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Beyond its final attempt to pluck its viewers’ easily plucked heartstrings, I hope “The Good Place’s” legacy is one of inquiry, rumination and, most of all, a healthy dose of doubt. Review | What did ‘The Good Place’ teach us? That even eternal bliss needs a happy ending. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z If your daughter’s little friend plucked the glasses from the nightstand and crushed them in her bare hands while your daughter slept angelically nearby, I’d take up the parents’ replacement offer. Social Q?s: Host Without the Most 2012-01-12T21:21:53Z The gentle sounds of the plucked string instruments in the continuo section lent an intimate feel to the motets. Music Review: Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin 2013-01-03T23:10:05Z One of the malefactors plucked Mr. Franzen’s glasses from his face and absconded, while the second handed the author a note before he also fled. Franzen?s Glasses Pilfered 2010-10-05T12:37:00Z Playing the marimba with headless mallets, Ian Rosenbaum made glissandi sound like a wooden roller coaster, and the coordinated accents of struck wood and plucked strings were piercing. Dance Review: ‘Capture/Release’ Uses Lar Lubovitch Dancers 2013-06-26T21:49:30Z Laugh if you will, but the vegetable, plucked from a nearby organic school garden supported by PYT, is a serious pleasure, caramelly and slightly peppery going down. This is what L.A. restaurants do better than any other city’s 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Tone Capone was more than happy to dissect the revised track, noting some low-frequency oscillation on the bells and plucked strings. How ‘Us’ Turned Weed Anthem ‘I Got 5 on It’ Into a Creepy Horror Theme 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z A collection of movie and TV satire plucked in comic-strip format from the pages of the magazine. Guide to coffee table books as holiday gifts 2012-11-13T20:19:13Z He rose to market editor there, and then was plucked away to be W magazine’s fashion editor. Up Close: Fashion?s Approachable Ambassador 2011-03-16T20:33:42Z But six willing spectators will be plucked from the audience and invited to the stage. ‘The Human Symphony,’ From the New York Neo-Futurists 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Winners are awarded the “best in bloom” honor while losers are plucked away like weeds. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Big Flower Fight’ and ‘Dead Still’ 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z At one point, the rapper plucked two random fans out of the crowd and invited them to perform one of his songs with him. This one tastes bland, too: Sweetlife and the decline of the American music festival 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z They didn’t possess his blend of peacockish flamboyance and vicious invective; the sense that he has plucked his personal style from a low-rent mafia flick. Ageing bulls: have Robert De Niro’s roles inspired Donald Trump? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Pounded just as thin, chicken Parmesan, plucked from the menu’s “Italian Classics” section, also comes with a flaw, tomato sauce so sweet it could almost double as ice cream topping. RPM Italian review: If only it tasted as good as it looks — and feels 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Its purple padded ceiling panels, detailed French doors and antique furnishings look like they were plucked straight from Lily Munster's parlor. Quirky Hotels Across America 2010-07-21T14:15:00Z It’s “My Fair Lady” when she gets plucked off the Russian streets by Dmitry and Vlad, who school her in refined deportment so she can pass for a princess. Perspective | If you’ve seen one princess fairy tale, you know what to expect with ‘Anastasia’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z I gently plucked about a dozen green-fringed cups containing the smooth, white nuts — nature’s thoughtful packaging. In Sweden, a DIY dining adventure 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z He’s like the fellow from the Red Bull ad, but with his wings plucked off. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: Home 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z “Vice” is crowded with supporting players, figures plucked from the limbo between the headlines and the history textbooks whose names chime like alerts on an ancient cellphone. ‘Vice’ Review: Dick Cheney and the Negative Great Man Theory of History 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Buckets of freshly plucked tomatoes, peppers and a large pile of white beans drying in the sun surrounded her. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Electronic chords vibrate with the suggestion of nerves being plucked; the stage turns a deep, spectral red; the girl’s body becomes an anonymous silhouette. Theater Review: Steven Soderbergh Directs ‘The Library,’ at the Public 2014-04-16T02:00:01Z The book has the aura of being found at the bottom of a box in a cellar, plucked from obscurity and brought back in print. In These Elegant Comics, Love and Darkness Collide 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Some of the cars were plucked off used-car lots, given a quick paint job and simply blown up. A Shop Where Movie Cars Are Born, Then Modified 2010-05-15T03:03:00Z Although this collection plucked a few elements from the designer’s glory years — say, 1970s culottes or the famous parakeet-green fur chubby, made over in white feathers. Special Report: Fashion: Chanel: Apocalypse Now 2011-03-08T19:03:08Z It was after midnight when I finally plucked up the courage. A letter to… my mother who blamed me when I was raped 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z The technical methods that make prestige shows that stand above the rest of the rabble weren't plucked from the ether. Turner Classic Movies holds our cinematic past. Does it have a future under Warner Bros. Discovery? 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z It begins with short, minimal gestures — plucked tones, rustling sounds, barely audible sustained tones, bow scrapes — separated by daring silences. Review: Jay Campbell, the Cellist, Displays Strengths at Weill Recital Hall 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z A less-charismatic Burton plucked away at his bass and even took a few turns playing drums, but seemed lost in the music. Broken Bells poetic at the Moore | Concert review 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z But we were too busy fainting and sobbing to mount an offensive, and too grateful to the stewards who plucked the unconscious to safety. The Beatles Awaken a New Sensation 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But the last word belonged to Ms. Choi, who buttoned up the movement with three plucked notes as discreet as they were authoritative. Review: A Quartet With Sunny Energy and Grunge-Band Grit 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Before I could get a good look, we crested a ridge over a rural landscape that could have been plucked from a Grant Wood painting. Journeys: In Iowa, Working to Save Historic Barns 2012-06-01T19:11:06Z Average travelers, he continued, should be just as mindful, if not more, of having their smartphone plucked from their hand by a thief on the street. How Not to Pay the Price for Free Wi-Fi 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, performance began seeping into her work, she said, as she began playing, for example, with passages plucked from trashy novels she bought on 125th Street, pulp titles like “Histress” or “Candy Liquor.” The Serial Sleepover Artist 2011-04-13T23:55:51Z Lawrence D. Cohen, then working for a movie producer in New York, had certainly never heard of him when he plucked “Carrie” from a slush pile. ‘Carrie’ Is Back. Like a Bloody Hand From the Grave. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The films’ source material often seemed plucked from a graduate-level syllabus, drawing from the likes of Bertolt Brecht, the novelist and literary critic Elio Vittorini and the operas of the atonal composer Arnold Schoenberg. Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z On HBO, Marillion is maimed — his tongue plucked out — at the whim of King Joffrey and then vanishes from the show. George R. R. Martin Wants More ‘Game of Thrones,’ Too 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The first of his films to attract wide notice was “Pixote,” which was rooted in true stories and featured a young cast plucked from the streets. Hector Babenco, Director of ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ Dies at 70 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Katherine is plucked from the cramped confines of the computing room and assigned to a team that will calculate the launch coordinates and trajectory for an Atlas rocket. Review: ‘Hidden Figures’ Honors 3 Black Women Who Helped NASA Soar 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The creatures rendered by the local painter include musicians, a dominatrix and a restaurant worker who clutches a cleaver and a plucked chicken. Review | In the galleries: This art will really speak to you 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The producer, Lee Orgel, feared that audiences wouldn’t accept Magoo being plucked out of his cartoon context and plopped into the 19th century without explanation. ‘Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ Back in Prime Time 2012-12-20T23:24:19Z The name was literally plucked from a hat. Review | Remember Elvira? The mistress of the dark is still here, and she has some bombshells to drop. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z A few may have glass tops plucked from the collection in my kitchen drawer, offering an imperfect seal against oxidation. Perspective | What to do with leftover wine? Relax. 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z In spite of a full name — Brooks Oliver Headley — that seems like something plucked from an Edith Wharton novel, he was raised in the suburbs of Baltimore by a mother with roots in Calabria. Brooks Headley’s Cookbook ‘Fancy Desserts’ Doesn’t Do Fancy 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z From a bin of CDs I plucked "Old Songs," a compilation that ranged back to the Civil War. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The giant plucked Lyanna from the ground and squeezed the life out of her as he brought her small slim body toward his mouth. "Game of Thrones" battlefield bravery: Lyanna Mormont 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z House specialty: Almost everything – from the cheese, meat, and beer to the mushrooms, blackberries, and ramps – is made or plucked on site. The 5 best food destinations in the Americas: In a new book, the travel pros at Fathom get you fed 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Johnson plucked her models from among her friends and acquaintances. Betsey Johnson has never run with the fashion elite. That’s why she’s endured. 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z I once plucked my eyebrows nearly to extinction, leaving a terrible arched tightrope over each eye. My daughter’s piercing 2013-09-05T23:00:00Z The songs are rapid mise-en-scènes, with Whack as mordant narrator, as if she’d been plucked from a rambunctious but meditative teen movie. Tierra Whack Stretches the Limits of One-Minute Songs 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The misfire meant we plucked more from the fritto misto, whose blond, barely there batter relies on white wine, another “surprise” in Clark’s arsenal. Review | Via Sophia brings twists to Italian dining at a downtown hotel 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The interiors bring to mind a chic boutique hotel plucked from the city. One couple’s purple house full of eBay finds and sleek condo full of almost nothing 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The time is 2020, robot boxing has replaced the human variety, and the hero 'bot, Atom, is literally plucked off a scrap heap by a scrappy little 11-year-old played by newcomer Dakota Goyo. 'Real Steel': a future where robot boxing is king 2011-10-05T17:34:19Z Seth Aaron arrives wearing a fedora and plucked brows. "Project Runway" recap: Jay vs. Mila 2010-04-16T12:17:00Z People were willing to believe this image, plucked at random from the internet, was a great work of art when it was put in a gallery with a great artist's name attached, they say. What lies beneath 2011-06-09T10:33:59Z “It’s a disgrace. It hurts even to look at this Christmas tree,” one Roman resident told Reuters Television, using an Italian term suggesting that it looked like a plucked chicken. Romans decry 'Mangy', city's threadbare Christmas tree, as symbol of d 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Thyme and oregano, plucked from an herb garden on the hotel’s 10th floor, help season the crowd-pleaser. Anthem celebrates what’s local and classic She plucked a blossom to enclose in her letter. The Second Man in the Front Row: A Forgotten Story of the First World War 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z I could have plucked a Mississippi town and set our show there. Katori Hall on creating "P-Valley," demystifying sex work and the art of filming a pole dance 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z All but one of the “Little America” episodes are plucked from the spare, first-person accounts published two years ago in Epic Magazine. Why Apple’s new TV show tells the stories of real immigrants — with no mention of Trump 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z He plucked a pinch and rubbed it between his fingers. ‘Full Rip 9.0’: major Pacific Northwest quake, major shocker 2013-06-13T22:51:16Z We are treated to tales that sound as if they were plucked straight from an Absolutely Fabulous storyboarding meeting. Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient 2011-08-29T20:30:02Z The leaves won't look as fresh and crisp as if you plucked them straight from the stems but their flavor will be just as pronounced. The best way to store cilantro to prevent sad, slimy leaves 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Stephen, the protagonist of “The Long Room,” catches an unexpected view of himself in a mirror and sees “a bare, forked animal,” a startling and perfect fragment of defamiliarization plucked from Shakespeare. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Hundreds of red, gold and purple flowers, plucked from the Queen's extensive gardens, will be added to ornamental flourishes as Joseph Bennett, a film production designer, adapts the interior. Diamond jubilee boat to be decorated with buttons 2012-05-17T06:00:01Z Self-determination and plucked strings, high and low, frame the self-produced environment for the songwriter, singer and violinist from Ohio who calls herself Sudan Archives because she was inspired by North African music. The Playlist: Justin Bieber Boosts a Friend, and 14 More New Songs 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Further reports on the story are sure to observe that the entire episode might have been plucked from the movies. How to catch a Taliban impostor 2010-11-24T01:01:00Z A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Mark Hamill was plucked from obscurity to play the lead in one of the most popular film franchises of all time. Return of the Jedi? Mark Hamill set for talks to reprise Luke Skywalker 2013-02-21T20:01:44Z Heather Ogden, returning to the company after several years, plucked up her feet with wonderful elegance in “Diamonds.” Dance Review: Suzanne Farrell Ballet Shows Balanchine Pedigree - Review 2011-10-17T21:03:11Z In these pieces, plucked from the last 20 years, Holt takes on infinity and the infinitesimal, the illusion of time, the birth of eugenics, the so-called new atheism, smartphones and distraction. Essays That Make Sense of the Infinite and the Infinitesimal 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The Serenata from Britten's First Cello Suite made a quirky encore, Lloyd Webber's plucked cello sounding like a big twangy guitar. Prom 37: BBCPhil/Lazic/Sinaisky - review 2011-08-12T10:37:25Z As she tells us, with all-too-human bewilderment, “I never, ever expected that life would go by so quickly. Before I’d even taken a good look around me, I’d plucked out my first gray hair.” ‘Harlequin’s Millions,’ by Bohumil Hrabal The plucked, overmuscled men that seem to populate most North American gay ghettoes are almost nowhere to be seen in Berlin. My skinny arm complex 2012-12-16T01:00:00Z When the 10-year-old heroes of “Cop Car” first see the cruiser in question, it’s parked unattended in a field, ready to be plucked like a daisy. Review: In ‘Cop Car,’ a Joyride by 2 Runaway Boys Takes a Wrong Turn 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Looking at our bookshelves, I plucked out a slim volume by Constantine P. Cavafy. Reanimating Cavafy, a Poet of ‘Future Generations’ Whose Time Is Now 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z With ballots, propriety’s yoke we shucked, Not thinking that it could be us we’d …plucked. Style Invitational: Inventing facts—a fake-trivia contest about inventions 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z She constructed her music from loops of her beats, her airy voice and her violin, plucked and bowed in phrases that often evoke the modes of African music. Sudan Archives Is Making R&B Deeper and Stranger 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z An uncertain fate now awaits the musicians, plucked from impoverished provinces to work in smoky lounges and hotel bars overseas. As virus mutes Dubai nightlife, Filipino bands feel the pain 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z There are pimples and oily skin, plucked eyebrows and lip fuzz, lipstick and mascara as well as bare faces. What Teen-Age Girls See When They Look in the Mirror 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z But on Saturday Mr. Burns did intensely scrutinize a hair plucked from the head of a seated adult — me. Spare Times for Children 2012-03-15T22:13:32Z We are told that for Cold Birds the birds in question were transformed into carbon, then ultra-pure graphite, and finally presented on a plinth as rough diamonds surrounded with a ring of plucked feathers. Jochem Hendricks, Juergen Teller, Uwe Wittwer: the week's art shows in pictures 2013-01-17T12:00:00Z |
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