Sentence examples for pluck a language from inspiring English sources

Their narrative argues that jazz is much more than a timeline of musical movements and "great men": "Charlie Parker didn't pluck a language out of the air".

I challenged him, and he plucked an Urdu-language book off his shelf, thumbed through it, and began reading triumphantly about the 1993 raid on David Koresh's cult in Waco, Tex.

Research a language, any language.

She is a magpie, plucking language from myriad arenas: bestiaries, business documents, tourist pamphlets.

Pluck a New York politician from his comfortable home.

Pluck a dozen and bend them between your fingers.

Perch your iPhone nearby and pluck a string.

Participants pluck a capsule of psilocybin from this chalice and the session begins.

Learn to pluck a goose.

Pluck a leaf from the top of the pineapple.

"The War Against Cliché" fulfilled its title through the critic's weeding and plucking at the language of his subjects, as if he were depilling a sweater.