plunk down

Example Sentences

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Plenty of you who regularly plunk down thousands for a business-class seat care about just one thing, of course: horizontal sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the time an up-and-coming rapper plunked down in the open middle seat on his way to the Grammys.

From The Wall Street Journal

I plunked down on the porch steps and strained my ears, trying to hear their voices through the open windows.

From Literature

“If it doesn’t pan out, we have just plunked down a lot of money on the table that depreciates really quickly. And the clock is ticking.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This isn’t the first time that Nvidia is plunking down cash to invest in a partner.

From MarketWatch