plop
Example Sentences
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Instead of plopping us into an eternity in media res, Freyne introduces something novel to this process: a choice.
From Salon
For solo travelers or couples, that means plopping down next to strangers.
Not surprisingly, increasingly fewer fans want to devote their Saturdays to cheering for a team that too often finds itself plopping into a Brookside bunker.
From Los Angeles Times
For “Picture You,” which is about longing to know a lover’s secrets, Roan serenaded a blond wig plopped atop a mic stand — a bit of absurdist theater she played completely straight.
From Los Angeles Times
“Suddenly with a plop, the egg landed on the straw. With clucks of pleasure the hen shook her feathers, nudged the egg with her beak, and left,” Goodall wrote almost 60 years later.
From Los Angeles Times
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