Sentence examples for pluck branches from inspiring English sources

Even so, customers were lining up, begging for help to pluck branches out of windows, suck water from basements and living rooms, and rebuild damaged roofs and homes.

Now I am plucking branches of thyme out of the well-simmered flagelot beans; then I lift out twigs of rosemary and riff my fingers down to thatch the thing I'm making with the strappy tufts of most flavored herb.

The answer depends on your willingness to pluck from real branches faux "butterflies" made of freeze-dried beet powder and Greek yogurt; use only your mouth to accept a pumpkin seed tartlet from the tip of a slender spatula, held by a chef; and reconsider what constitutes a Vietnamese sandwich.

Scores of children participated, waving branches plucked from the trees.

Surucua Trogons plucking insects from branches in flight as well as by sallying to catch flying insects in mid-air.

Because the construction resembles a bird's nest, with exterior ornamentation wedged in without screws or nails, Mr. Romero conceded that children might be tempted to pluck a willow branch here, a maple log there.

My five-course meal began with a botanical lesson in the Felixes' backyard, where the chef pulled at branches, plucking leaves of pineapple sage and lemon balm before passing them off to be scratched and sniffed.

She said she was grateful to the South African soldiers who plucked her from the branches.

Half an hour later, high up in apricot-laden branches, I plucked a perfect specimen -- barely fuzzy with just a hint of a blush -- and bit into it.

There was one occasion when a bird sitting on a low bush was so fascinated by the dog that I was able to lean over and pluck it off the branch by the legs.

The little audience watched in horror as the woodsmen (the preferred title is "tree surgeons"), ran their chainsaws around the trunk's 11-foot girth, killing the oak before its branches were plucked like a sacrificed chicken.