plop

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

You plop down 65,000 seats one time and you lose a lot of that sort of quirkiness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

They can often be identified from the distinctive plop sound they make when they dive into the water.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

They plop down in most of their destinations accidentally, since Widgit, the map’s keeper, is an inept navigator.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

I get up and let him out and plop down in the window seat for a while.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King