Words similar to pluck

Example sentences for: pluck

How can you use “pluck” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The missionary told the cook what to prepare for dinner: “Go out and catch that old rooster, pluck it, and put it in the refrigerator.
Staccato violins pluck out stereotypical Chinese music.
But the image is colored, too, by the existence, in both AE and BE, of a type of light, mobile hydraulic crane provided with a basket or platform enabling one to approach a tall structure (like an American ice-cream sundae) from above to pluck the cherry from the top.
Is it acceptable to pluck "Little Nut" Miller off St. Kitts?
Usually, to make a first name into a nickname we just pluck out the most prominent syllable, like Sue from Susan , and either leave it plain or make a diminutive out of it by adding - ie or - y: Susie or Suzy .