Sentence examples for plucking that from inspiring English sources

Chances are that by plucking that number out of the ether you have done a better job than Google of predicting the percentage increase in the number of flu-like illnesses that will strike Americans over the next few weeks.

The basic idea is to look at each line in the "staff" of the tab in the same way you look at your guitar; each line really corresponds to a string, and each number tells you which fret to hold down when plucking that string.

"I was saying, 'Keep plucking that chicken,' " he explained later.

Some comments on Web sites speculated that Mr. Anastos might have meant to say, "Keep plucking that chicken".

While bantering with the weatherman during the 10 o'clock news, Mr. Anastos said, "Keep plucking that chicken," except the verb sounded an awful lot like an obscenity.

The upstream side of a roche moutonnée has been subjected to glacial scouring that has produced a gentle, polished, and striated slope; the downstream side has been subjected to glacial plucking that has resulted in a steep, irregular, and jagged slope.

I just plucked that number out of thin air and I claimed I was acting as an agent for a friend.

And it is for the gardener — me — to pluck that first ripe Sun Gold tomato off the vine and eat it on the spot.

That he is able to pluck that feeling out of the darkness of those Miami nights makes him a classically heroic figure: he knows his limitations, he knows that life is tragic, but he is still willing to dream.

Be kind: tell her to pluck that damn thing.

It's $500 if you can pluck that chip".