She was plucking up the courage to ask for a raise after months of preparation.

She needed to pluck up the young carrots from the soil for tonight's stew.

The unresolved scheduling conflict proved to be a crow to pluck for the team.

Before the market opened, he counted the crows to pluck.

Each morning she plucks up the courage to call her estranged father.

She plucked up the courage to speak to the committee chair during the meeting.

On the cold morning, the old woman is plucking her goose as the first flakes begin to settle on the ground.

Before admitting the mistake to the team, one must pluck up one's courage.