Sentence examples for attempt to pluck from inspiring English sources

But yesterday, its new owners put in a record bid in an audacious attempt to pluck a player from the grasp of their great rivals, Manchester United.

Burley's attempt to pluck at least a point from the match involved the replacement of Miller with Kris Boyd and the removal of Hartley for Kris Commons, but the gesture had seemed doomed to futility long before it was even made.

This is the latest instalment in a seven-year adventure, which saw Hayabusa visit Itokawa in 2005 and attempt to pluck dust from its surface before returning home.

Do not attempt to pluck out ingrown armpit hairs.

Before you attempt to pluck or "do" your eyebrows as part of your make-up routine, wash your face.

He had eyes only for the ball and was attempting to pluck it out of the air above his own shoulder.

It took him about three attempts to pluck up the courage to jump through them, but he managed it in the end.

Studio make up artists attempted to pluck her trademark thick brows, bosses asked for her teeth to be straightened, her hairline to be shaved back (a standard practice endured by Vivien Leigh and Rita Hayworth).

I try to pluck it and miss.

And harrowing rescue attempts by Coast Guard helicopters to pluck Kulluk crewmembers from a deck that pitched and rolled with each wave.

Edwards, who was looking so comfortably out in the middle, attempts a heave-ho over deep mid-wicket, but there is Perry to pluck a comfortable catch out of the sky.