plunger

Example Sentences

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Because water resists compression, pulling the plunger creates increasing resistance.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

You can’t just burn you house down and walk away, so you grab a plunger.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2025

After breaking the Dalek, the Doctor hands a plunger from his Tardis which marks the "origins of the iconic Dalek arm", the Doctor Who official Twitter page said.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023

At the speed dating event, she was partnered with Tommy Ashman, 25, an entrepreneur and first-time plunger, and described the ice bath as a bonding experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

The masked man pulled the hose over to the center rat hole and pressed the plunger over it, covering it completely.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien