Plucked

Examples

• I suppose,' with a jerk, 'you have sometimes plucked a pear before it was ripe, Master Copperfield? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She plucked and tore at her arms for a little time; but I held her hands, and she soon dropped off. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Able men who have passed their examinations will do these things sometimes, not less than the plucked Fred. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her rich black hair was all about her face, her face was flushed and hot, and as she sobbed and raged, she plucked at her lips with an unsparing hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He's only been plucked twice--so was I--but he's had the advantages of Oxford and a university education. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• By Gad, sir, he explained to the public in general, what a good plucked one that boy of mine is--what a trump he is! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He had plucked it off again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He sprang forward to enter, but the specter plucked him back, and waved threateningly before him a. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She wants a year of coming of age, and if you plucked up a spirit she needn't want a month of being married. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I plucked at my hair. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And the child delivered a note; the little dove dropped on my knee, its olive leaf plucked off. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When a string is plucked in the middle without being held, it vibrates simply as a whole (Fig. 184), and gives forth but one note; this is called the fundamental. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She gave me a seat by her, and after my face cooled off, I plucked up courage and looked about me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• One single white hair streaked her nut-brown tresses; she plucked it out with a shudder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Like many a plucked idle young gentleman, he was thoroughly in love, and with a plain girl, who had no money! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The wretched whelp plucked up a ghastly courage, and began to grow defiant. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If the stretched string is plucked with the fingers or bowed with the violin bow, a clear musical sound of definite pitch will be produced. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And still the forced spirit which the whelp had plucked up, throve with him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But as I did so the face suddenly disappeared, so suddenly that it seemed to have been plucked away into the darkness of the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I was so mortified at being treated in this way, that I plucked up spirit enough to speak. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I should have looked into my own heart, and found this new growth springing up there, and plucked it out while it was young. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Old habits, old restraints, the hand of inherited order, plucked back the bewildered mind which passion had jolted from its ruts. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She begged him to choose it for himself, but he refused to do that--I could not understand why--so she plucked it for him, and gave it into his hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Holmes and I followed them down the lane, and my friend plucked at my sleeve as we came out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The neck was drawn out like a plucked chicken's, making the rest of him seem the more obese and unnatural by the contrast. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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