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

There was a joke about a toilet plunger microphone that went by too fast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Four: Hold the nib above the ink bottle and turn the plunger counterclockwise again until three drops of ink fall back into the bottle.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg