plum

Example Sentences

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Further along the table, a three-tiered honey cake sits near a wholemeal plum cake with spiced icing, while a Swedish princess cake draws gasps of admiration with its dome of sponge, jam, custard and marzipan.

From BBC

As important, our neighbors quickly embraced us, popping over occasionally with gifts of homemade “kulen” sausage or home-brewed plum brandy.

From The Wall Street Journal

I glanced down at the new dress Ma had made, a low-waisted gray silk embroidered with a spray of plum blossoms at the shoulder.

From Literature

He addressed her as “darling,” and later, “sweet pet,” and “sugar plum”; he thought her “loveable.”

From Literature

Flament had been handed a plum job at the French Embassy.

From BBC