Sentence examples similar to a plucky attempt from inspiring English sources

Apart from a plucky effort from Lahiru Thirimanne, nobody did.

In its plucky attempt to make a splash, building its own phone hardware as well as floating a new software platform, the Sailfish OS makers have crafted a device that's different — sometimes refreshingly so — but the Jolla phone's difference can frequently manifest itself as difficulty.

Netrunner is an asymmetric game, where one player takes the role of a megacorporation intent on advancing nefarious agendas, and the other a plucky hacker, attempting to steal these plans before they can be brought to fruition.

No one wants to see an end to plucky attempts at exotic works.

Investigation of the Arts Council England's guidelines turns up a plucky if misguided attempt to reconcile the imperatives of management consultancy with the wholly unmanageable qualities of original art.

The heroine, a plucky hen named Ginger, has been caught making yet another escape attempt and tossed into solitary confinement.

Previous attempts yielded clunky nausea-inducing disappointments — until a plucky start-up called Oculus VR raised $2.4 million on Kickstarter two years ago and was bought by Facebook for $2 billion in March.

They were recast as a plucky and dangerous underdog.

What are the values that define a plucky Brit?

Abi Stafford brought a plucky twinkle to the opening Allegro.

A plucky, headstrong woman, Ms. Walker has always resisted outside help.