How to Use plucky in a Sentence

plucky

adjective
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  • The movie laid the groundwork for more plucky princesses.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The time when plucky wannabe tech titans could do no wrong is gone.
    — The Economist, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Some plucky souls jump over the fires as a way of ensuring good luck and health.
    — National Geographic, 20 June 2019
  • For the plucky Welsh racehorse Dream Alliance, well, a lot.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2021
  • The plucky lead melody, bright and piercing, lingers in the air like a fond memory.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 July 2022
  • In school, teachers lauded the plucky kid with good grades.
    — Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The Nuggets turned the heat on in the third quarter, both with their plucky defense and their clever offense.
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Of course the plucky bunch won, 1-0, with their only shot on goal in the tournament.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • But in a twist, the plucky survivors in the fiery aftermath proved to be ferns and hardy, ground-dwelling birds.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 May 2018
  • None of this is to suggest that the Red Sox are plucky underdogs.
    — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
  • For most of the last decade, the Coyotes were the plucky little hockey franchise that couldn’t.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Our plucky teen heroes learned a lot about the Mind Flayer over the course of two seasons.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2019
  • Garrett Matthias took on his cancer in a unique way and the plucky 5-year-old took the same approach to his death.
    — PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018
  • The plucky coyotes and wild boar of the world will thrive in the absence of humans, for example.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Tenacious and plucky, Nancy had a boyfriend, the handsome Ned.
    — Jennifer Fisher, Smithsonian, 2 July 2018
  • The Gunners could be in for a tricky test against Viktor Goncharenko's plucky side.
    — SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Now and again, a catchy country or plucky pop song from Swift really hits the spot.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 6 May 2018
  • That is the name given to the plucky band of basketballers from Argentina that took the Olympics by storm in 2004.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The Clippers wouldn’t be viewed as a plucky little team anymore.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But no one, not even the plucky Danes, could take England’s moment of joy, as the home team won 2-1 in extra time.
    — Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2021
  • And the major tech firms can no longer plausibly pass as plucky start-ups.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 12 June 2020
  • Boston had Miami on the ropes in Game 6 but couldn’t close out this plucky foe.
    — Alex Kay, Forbes, 29 May 2022
  • That Peter Parker sure is a plucky little son of a gun.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024
  • Mid palate a swirl of fruit and plucky acidity and a touch of tannins and a plush lush creamy finish.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The plucky roadster remains tiny, lightweight, and rear-wheel drive.
    — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
  • The plucky blue tank engine doesn’t appear in the debut story.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In the first season of Emily in Paris, the show’s plucky American heroine doesn’t speak a lick of French.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • But the surprising elisions work to exaggerate Bonnie and Jim’s circumstances, putting dents in Vance’s version of their plucky, up-by-the-bootstraps story.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2024

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