plop down

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the loudest: lobbyists and salespeople who have used open seating to zero in on a prospective client or lawmaker and plop down next to them for an in-flight pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

I wanted so badly to ask him what he was writing but would have had to yell across the bar or plop down next to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

They plop down on precious objects, put their feet up and generally make themselves at home on the stools, benches, side chairs and sofas scattered about the exhibition.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024

He goes looking down back roads for movie locations and hillsides on which to plop down mock houses.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

I plop down in one of the high-back chairs under the portrait of Pastor Eldridge.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas