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Sentence Examples We were once again amazed how the plucky gallerist has managed to cram so many art works into such a tiny space. The plucky pastor finally found the courage to tackle the hissing intruder. But the plucky pensioner fought back, trying to push his attacker back outside his front door. Being both a princess and plucky, she not only survived all this but grew up to become a great and resplendent Queen. But the plucky youngster has now made a full recovery and is looking forward to a happy Christmas with her family. A plucky pensioner told today how he was battered in the face by an armed robber as he bravely prevented a post office raid. The plucky farmer is understood to have startled the thief who eventually broke free and made his escape to a waiting car. Two plucky pensioners fought off a burglar who forced his way into their home. A plucky teenager successfully sued her own dad to force him to provide for her university education. Now staff at the surgery where she is being treated are trying to find a good home for the plucky pet who has already won their hearts. A plucky woman kept a tight grip on her handbag during a tussle with a would-be robber. The plucky youngster managed to kick his attacker in the kneecap before getting free and running home. It represents Londoners as brave, plucky individuals determined to carry on with their lives come what may. The plucky teenager managed to attend yesterday's ceremony despite being rushed into hospital earlier this week. But not only has the plucky youngster fought her way back to fitness, she has also excelled herself in the world of sport. Anyway, full marks for a plucky young lady, who braved this despite the fact that the water was very cold. It's not ideal but then it's a plucky, little club which thrives on the unexpected. Of the rest, Belgium was unlucky, despite giving a plucky performance in every game. The plucky youngster had to wait two years after her cancer treatment was complete before the operation could be carried out. Could you check how our plucky guys and girls are getting on with Olympic rounders, French cricket and bowls? Show More Sentences The down-and-dirty, half-hour drama is the story of an unlikely duo of ex-cons who fall in with a plucky waitress at a notorious dead-end diner. Not so a plucky process server, who barged in on the Lord and slapped a statement of claim on him. Iona is a very plucky, determined, headstrong lady and is the unsung heroine in the whole of this saga. But ouch, there comes her boyfriend with a Hinglish tongue and a punkish plucky attitude. If you're a laid-back intermediate or a plucky powder hound, you'll love it. A plucky schoolboy fought off a robber who tried to steal his sweet money by elbowing him in the stomach. The plucky adventurer is also attempting to trek up Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in July. It seems the perils of plucky Paula are to continue, whether she wins or loses. These are songs built around a yearning violin, a plucky banjo riff or an accordion sigh. Women in satin dresses display a plucky determination as well as lush beauty, as men sweep them off their feet. But seconds later the plucky rider had regained her composure and remounted her animal. I still think it was a plucky thing to do though, even if they were aided and abetted by the Bizzies. Loans, grants, wage-subsidy programmes and uncompleted leases have also drawn back some plucky retail businesses. A plucky mother-of-four tackled muggers who had snatched a handbag off a pensioner. But, rather than mope, the plucky Canadian songbird decided to make the most of it. Deciding to beat them at their own game, the villagers, led by the plucky Bhuvan, challenge the Britishers to a game of cricket. The plucky 12-year-old rider and her trusty 15-year-old buckskin gelding weren't about to let opportunity escape them this year. If England can set more challenging totals, they could yet make the leap from plucky losers to deserved victors. But, instead, the plucky teenager is an academic high-flier and the life and soul of his school, where his name is a byword for good natured generosity. Another ballad adopts plucky strings, airy keyboard and light drums. Show More Sentences The plucky youngster, who is battling cancer of the spine, was delighted to be allowed home from hospital in time to watch the nail-biting final on television. I quite like the plucky little Englander thing, because it's the way the hive mind of London, if not the country, copes with attack and it's a good mechanism. Her family was one of the few where all off the siblings joined the army, but plucky Mary was first in line. But then, excepting Strike and his plucky assistant, Robin, almost no one in this story is particularly nice. That is why I would invite the Commission to be rather more plucky at this juncture and to make its political priorities clear. It is a classic tale of good and evil with an orphan hero, a plucky girl to befriend him, dastardly villains, a bit of a twist and an element of magic. Could it be our plucky lads were actually playing with loaded dice? Scotland might again be its own worst enemy, rubbishing a plucky enterprise which succeeded in publishing a handful of worthwhile books against the odds. Well yes, all right, he did admire the plucky little bleeder. When will documentarians learn that much of this material can stand on its own, without an alternately plucky and maudlin background score, telling us what to feel? I may not be in the target audience for The Help, but I read every plucky page. Trailing in Piura to a plucky Costa Rican side who knew their opponents' game by heart, the Tricolores kept on plugging away. So does WestJet, the plucky independent air carrier that has a reputation of dealing with its customers in a very respectful way. But in the symbolic realm he represented the plucky underdog – the simple house painter teaching those snobby Yankees a thing or do. Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of Division One and extended their unbeaten home run to 14 games, but made hard work of disposing of plucky Preston. If 2012 was the year Britain shed the tag of plucky losers, Wiggins was head of the revolution's vanguard. The bleak, snowy hills of Scotland are the setting for a slicey, dicey Roman invasion against the dashing, plucky Celtic tribes. Pickford plays her customarily plucky heroine in a serio-comic role that borrows as much from Chaplin as it does the German expressionists of the period. And yet the Charade's plucky 1.0 litre engine will deliver you the fastest acceleration and the best maximum speed available in this class of car. My own boy-hood was one of the best any American could have had, for I was a plucky young shaver who engaged in nothing but the most wholesome and vigorous activities! Show More Sentences Theirs was a plucky struggle against the monstrous machines of profit. The Argentine driver was then forced into the grass by Atletico Madrid's plucky Maria de Villota but eventually recovered to reclaim second spot at the flag. Despite their setback against Japan, the Caribbeans gave a good account of themselves and the 3-1 scoreline barely did justice to their plucky performance. The plucky islanders went down to a comprehensive 4-0 defeat, but given the suffering they had gone through, the mere fact they played at all was a triumph in itself and pointed to a brighter future for the country. Brazil's superstars had considerable trouble overcoming a plucky Belgium side 1-0 in a display which left spectators in Shenyang more than a shade disappointed. But after the drubbing of the massively outmatched hosts, the SC 07 Bad Neuenahr player is expecting a far tougher outing against plucky Australia. We'll be offering interpretation activities and information sessions so that community residents and park visitors can learn more about this plucky pair and see how the courtship progresses throughout the summer. The victims this time were plucky Uzbekistan, who defended their early lead tooth and claw despite being a man down for a large stretch of the game. Kerbi Rodriguez scored a brace in the opening-day 2-0 win over the plucky Caymans and two days on, he added four more in a 12-0 thumping of Anguilla. The first series won critical acclaim and landed former River City star Jayd Johnson a BAFTA for her portrayal of plucky copygirl Paddy Meehan. Three tries in an 11-minute first half blitz left plucky Ponty with too much to do. Fellow agents include harp seal demolitions expert Short Fuse, snowy owl intelligence analyst Eva and plucky polar bear Corporal. For the first time on tour however Wales plugged their leaky defence to shut out the plucky outbackers. Eckardt used silence as a key component, causing breath-taking tension in the omnipresent plucky pointillistic fulminations. As the mayor's bus drew to a halt, a pupil at the school, who was supposed to symbolise plucky dedication to learning in a tough place, scrawled a graffito on the side. For, sure as David fells Goliath, and tortoise vanquishes hare, nearly every international sporting tournament sees the public's imagination captured by the exploits of some plucky underdogs. The plucky Arizonan comes across as a woman who holds herself above the fray. The plucky vermin concocts a delicious soup, only for kitchen worker Linguini to take the credit. And it was the plucky Algerians who sensationally ran out 1-0 winners to qualify for the world's greatest tournament for the first time in 24 years. If their status as plucky underdogs doesn't get neutrals rooting for them, then the prospect of seeing whatever carefully rehearsed celebration they unveil in the event of their first league title win surely will. Show More Sentences Huntsman is the plucky outsider, plugging away at one state, visiting town after town after town, winning votes literally one handshake at a time. Of sporting heroes, working heroes and plucky migrants. Shock and Penguins of battle Dr Fellow agents include harp seal demolitions expert Short Fuse, snowy owl intelligence analyst Eva and plucky polar bear Corporal. The character of the plucky yet proper Alice has proven immensely popular and inspired similar heroines in literature and pop culture, many also named Alice in homage. Examples from Classical Literature Whereupon the maid, in plucky fashion, threw a cottage loaf at Maclachlan and took him fairly in the chest. The question the plucky Durrell was asking himself was whether they had been held up by one man or more. The plucky young girl then accompanies her uncle, a bluff, hearty lumberman, to Northern Michigan. He was alert and enthusiastic now, where aforetime he was passive and plucky. Amory knew that she was not plucky in the least, but it did not displease her to let it go at that. Davidson, a plucky Australian officer attached to us, was among the killed. He thinks he has done a plucky thing because he's as strong as a brewer's horse. And Lady Jersey is in all ways admirable, so unfussy, so plucky, so very kind and gracious. She talked of her griefs in a plucky, riant way, making eternal fun of herself as a giddy fool. He was good-natured, plucky in a hard-headed British way, and gentlemanly. Sadly, the plucky Carpathia was sunk in 1918 after she was torpedoed by a U-boat off the Irish coast. Her shop thrives using unusual ingredients and Mrs Lovett takes plucky street urchin Toby under herwing. Despite her plucky efforts to make sense of them, Alice's dream worlds remain utterly capricious and unnavigable. The former MP's plucky triumph in the Bushtucker trial ensured campmates went to bed with a bellyful of grub. I must confess that I was stupefied with admiration for this plucky man. The plucky polecat was discovered starving to death, living in a dustbin cupboard at a Birmingham house. I left Sandy kneeling there, corpse-faced but plucky and hopeful, and rode down to the pigsty, and struck up a trade with the swine-herds. Ben shook in Adam's iron grasp, but, like a plucky small man as he was, he didn't mean to give in. And there was Therese herself descending the stairs, frightened but plucky. She was plucky, however, and began to speak at once, although she had not the slightest idea what she was going to say. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of plucky? Words that rhyme with plucky What is the adverb for plucky? What is the adjective for plucky? What is the noun for plucky? Translations for plucky Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words pluck up your courage plucks plucking pluckiness pluckily pluckiest plug Plug plug-and-play plugged plugged-in plugger 6-letter Words Starting With p pl plu pluc pluck