plunk
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 ● Mar. 18, 2026
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
But even through those periods, there’s so much music in those shows that I was always able to have a guitar around, sit at a keyboard and plunk out some songs for the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
That doleful mood pervades these interpretations: a sadly beautiful tone; an emotional climax that evaporates rather than reaching a resolution; a heartbreakingly simple plunk of high keys.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
When she returns to plunk a plate down in front of me, her lips are pursed primly.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
