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

Its exhibition design echoes a Tudor palace, and its tone feels closer to a plummy BBC voice-over than the sleek narration of Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall.”

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

Forget every store-bought version: This is deeply plummy, pleasantly sour, possibly citrusy, with a slight spicy bite.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

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

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

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell