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How to use plug in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Plug means a pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. Example: “I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.”

Examples of plug by meaning

nounA pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

  • I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.

nounAny piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

  • Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.

nounA flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.

  • He preferred a plug to snuff.
  • He preferred plug to snuff.

nounA worthless horse.

  • That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

nounA book that fails to sell.

  • Many New York booksellers promoted the impression that Quaritch had sent only 'plugs' (i.e. unsaleable books).1997, The Book Collector, volume 46, page 184

nounA promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example...

  • During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
  • She used her televised tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.

nounA body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

  • Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.

nounA type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

  • The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.

More sentences with plug

  • I've discovered why the TV wasn't working – the plug wasn't in!From the entry in
  • That plug fit into the other socket, but it won't go in this one.From the entry fit
  • Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs.From the entry dead
  • There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.From the entry apocryphal
  • I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.From the entry marry
  • He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.From the entry adapter
  • We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.From the entry adapter
  • He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.From the entry pull the plug
  • It's a wonder the director didn't pull the plug on that project months ago.From the entry pull the plug
  • AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.From the entry av
  • This function takes that diff and plugs it into the larger structure.From the entry diff
  • He kept plugging away at the work until it was done.From the entry plug away
  • Helen is a real spark plug. We're lucky she's on the team.From the entry spark plug
  • If an equation has three unknowns, you can plug in two of them to find the third.From the entry plug in
  • My computer redetects my mouse and keyboard each time I plug them in.From the entry redetect
  • The sink is blocked, put a rod down the plug hole and shuggle it about.From the entry shuggle
  • I fumfered with the USB stick, trying and failing to plug it in.From the entry fumfer
  • Do you know how to wire a plug?From the entry wire
  • The TV won't work with the plug out!From the entry out
  • Insert the plug, press the switch, and Bob's your uncle.From the entry Bob's your uncle
  • "Pee-yew, you stink!" said Judy, plugging her nostrils.From the entry pee-yew
  • If you know two sides of a right triangle, you can find the third by plugging them into the Pythagorean Theorem.From the entry plug into
  • You've put the plug in the wrong way round again, but don't worry your pretty little head: I'll fix it.From the entry don't worry your pretty little head
  • I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.From the entry gap
  • Now that we have changed the brake pads, the oil and the spark plugs, we can give this car a clean bill of health.From the entry clean bill of health
  • It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets.2026 January 7, 'Mystery Shopper', “Cornish cream - without the jams?”, in RAIL, number 1052, page 48. From the entry struggle
  • But we should not be afraid to tell them to plug in their blasted headphones.2026 August 16, Jemima Kelly, “Can we stop with the public ‘blasterbating’, actually?”, in Financial Times. From the entry blasturbator
  • The antimemetics groups would keep plugging away without her regular input.2024 October 8, Harry Blank, “The Foreseeable Future”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 810. From the entry boojum
  • Those data points, and others, plug into an artificial intelligence model they’ve made.2022 November 24, Pranshu Verma, “Sam's Club's AI knows how much pumpkin pie you'll eat this holiday”, in Washington Post. From the entry plug into
  • Without adding antiseize, these plugs can seize or bind to the head.2019, Nicholas Goodnight, Kirk VanGelder, Automotive Engine Performance, →ISBN, page 430. From the entry antiseize

Meaning of plug

  1. noun A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
  2. noun An electric socket: wall plug.
  3. noun Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

Full definition of plug

Questions about plug in a sentence

How do you use plug in a sentence?
Plug is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.”
What is a short sentence with plug?
“He preferred plug to snuff.”
What does plug mean?
Plug means a pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plug (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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