Sentence examples for plucking up from inspiring English sources

Celia remembers plucking up the courage to speak to him for the first time.

She wishes that she had stood her ground after plucking up the courage to call 999.

Plucking up courage I sat down at the white grand piano in the lounge and played a tune.

Though some claim that the president is plucking up courage to remove the prime minister, Commodore Bainimarama is more likely eventually to usurp the position of the president.

When he takes a piece, he does it with fanfare, plucking up his opponent's piece and slamming down his, an action at once brash and daunting.

But with Patrick Vieira finally plucking up the courage to leave and hardly anyone coming in, maintaining that record will in itself be an achievement.

You never pluck up because you rip the flesh.

This summer, her clothing line was plucked up by Henri Bendel.

When he felt hungry, he plucked up some of the food and ate it.

I recently plucked up the courage to ask a GP about it and he looked blank.

The picking style pioneered by Earl Scruggs, he said, "is plucked up with the fingers.