plunk

Example Sentences

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Pretty soon, I felt a plunk, plunk, plunk on my pajama top, and there was a wet spot in the middle of my chest.

From Literature

And the time an up-and-coming rapper plunked down in the open middle seat on his way to the Grammys.

From The Wall Street Journal

I plunked down on the porch steps and strained my ears, trying to hear their voices through the open windows.

From Literature

“If it doesn’t pan out, we have just plunked down a lot of money on the table that depreciates really quickly. And the clock is ticking.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The scene is a family dinner in which ordinary household noises — the scrapes, plunks and clatter — and speech are pitched at irregular volumes and lack directional focus.

From Los Angeles Times