plunger

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

The plunger of the syringe attached to the needle would be pulled back and, hopefully, urine quickly accumulated.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 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

One: Turn the filling plunger counterclockwise as far as it will go.

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