Sentence examples for pluck away from inspiring English sources

"We just continue to pluck away.

Rival stations in New York have been trying to pluck away the Cablevision customers who ordinarily watch Fox's local newscasts.

Fast-forward to 1989, when Mikhail Baryshnikov bestowed his own staging upon Ballet Theater, only to pluck away the rights with his 1990 retirement.

Older readers may recall terror in the classroom at having to pluck away in public at a violin or croak vainly in the direction of the higher notes on Do Re Mi etc.

The phone has been ringing at the desk of John Nash, the Nets' general manager, but only from teams looking to pluck away Kendall Gill, whose contract expires at the end of the season; the teams are offering little in return.

And yes, sometimes deals do come quickly, as with the new Waldorf Astoria in Las Vegas, which Hilton was able to pluck away from Mandarin Oriental.

A string band plucked away.

He was plucking away at an upright bass fiddle.

He rose to market editor there, and then was plucked away to be W magazine's fashion editor.

But I no longer hear as much about Mike Bloomberg, or Laurene Jobs, or somebody plucking away the New York Times.

– but Chip Kelly's proven himself as a offensive mastermind, and they plucked away DeMarco Murray from division rivals Dallas.