plummy

Example Sentences

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“I’ve been a garden-variety political commentator for most of my career,” he said in a plummy Sydney drawl.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2024

The Times, ever devoted to its vision of L.A.’s plummy future, wrote pages and pages about real estate, larding its stories with words like “stately mansion” and “palatial dwelling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2022

"That kind of very sloppy, very plummy way of speaking is indicative of a certain socioeconomic level of an English person," Moore described of Charley's accent.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2022

It’s plummy, with an intense minerality that I find irresistible.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Philby answers confidently, in the plummy tones of the English upper class.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell