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• I'm short in General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.From the entry short
• Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.From the entry torch
• I plunged nose first into the water.From the entry first
• Brexit has rocked the foundations of the nation and plunged everyone into a state of heightened constitutional anxiety.From the entry constitutional
• She waited a long time to upgrade Windows, hoping the worst bugs would be worked out before she took the plunge.From the entry upgrade
• Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.From the entry headlong
• We ran a bus plunge story on page 6 to fill the empty space so we could make deadline.From the entry bus plunge
• Critics argued that the nation's complete elimination of corporate regulations had plunged it into an era of ultracapitalism.From the entry ultracapitalism
• She waited a long time to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, hoping the worst bugs would be worked out before she took the plunge.From the entry upgrade
• Trailing diamond sprays of ice, he glissades fearlessly across snowfields that plunge into blue infinity.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic. From the entry gird
• For all its nosebleed ascents, bitcoin also has had some gut-punching plunges.2024 November 19, Jeanne Sahadi, “Bitcoin has smashed records. Should you invest?”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 04 Jun…. From the entry volatile
• Other prominent Chinese dissidents and activists on the platform reported a plunge in follower counts, too.2024 March 18, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, “A dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media…. From the entry dissident
• With the short notice to leave Nuwara Eliya, Bill and I plunged into dizzied activity.2023, Wendy Nordick, Indelible: A Social Worker in the Wake of Civil War. From the entry dizzied
• Bitcoin has still plunged in value by almost two-thirds this year, it should be said.2022 December 14, Nils Pratley, “Bitcoin has rallied. What are crypto’s true believers still smoking?”, in The Guardian. From the entry rally
• As I plunge myself deep into her lady flower, again and again and again— !"2019, Shaun Barger, Mage Against the Machine, page 146. From the entry flower
• After grabbing a quick bite, they'd hopped a train and coursed along plunging grape-vined hills to Lausanne.2019, Amey Zeigler, The Swiss Mishap. From the entry grape-vined
• The bus then veered, broke through the bridge fence and plunged into the Yangtze river.2018 October 28, Chen Aizhu, Li Pei, “Two dead after China bus plunges 60 meters into river: state media”, in Christopher Cushing, editor…. From the entry Wanxian
• There were no showers for the players, only a communal plunge bath.2015, Neil Phillips, Doctor to the World Champions: My Autobiography, →ISBN. From the entry plunge bath
• Gas prices there have plunged and electricity production is shifting fast from coal to gas-fired power stations.2013 January 16, Fiona Harvey, “Peak oil theories 'increasingly groundless', says BP chief”, in the Guardian. From the entry shale gas
• If Y(t) plunges below C, it needs a serious medical attention and a comatic state may evolve.2012 October 3, Ranajit Chakraborty, C.R. Rao, Pranab K. Sen, Bioinformatics in Human Health and Heredity, Newnes, →ISBN, page 406. From the entry comatic
• That night he watched as an airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana plunged groundward in flames.2009 April 6, Debra Black, “'I have to live for my father'”, in Toronto Star. From the entry groundward
• There were low groans of pain as the field plunged into the perishingly cold water.2009 January 5, Matthew Weaver, “Our man in the ... Annual mud race in Essex”, in The Guardian. From the entry perishingly
• Just as he was about to plunge his wanger into Jonny, Jones arrived.2008, John Patrick, Country Boys City Boys, page 160. From the entry wanger
• I was pretty much going to be the last one among my peers to take the plunge.2007, Dr. David Gudgel, Brent Gudgel, Before You Get Engaged, page 203. From the entry take the plunge
• Bus plunges had become an inside joke, with editors scouting the wires for new ones.2006 November, Jack Shafer, “The Rise and Fall of the “Bus Plunge” Story”, in Slate, The Slate Group, archived from the original on 25 Jun…. From the entry bus plunge
• They know he can fly too close to the sun -- and plunge into self-destructive indulgence.1996 March 3, Pamela Constable, “BACK TO YOU, GUILLERMO”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026. From the entry fly too close to the sun
• Use a cherry-pitter, a handy gadget, to plunge pits out of cherries.1994, Debra Stark, Cooking at The Natural Gourmet, Lexington, Mass.: Scarecrow Enterprises, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry cherry-pitter
• I stop at one of the largest of these pools, undress and plunge in.1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone…. From the entry cheekful

Meaning of plunge

1. verb To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
2. verb To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.
3. verb To baptize by immersion.

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Questions about plunge in a sentence

How do you use plunge in a sentence?

Plunge is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He flicked a switch and the room was plunged into darkness.”

What is a short sentence with plunge?

“profits plunge 90%”

What does plunge mean?

Plunge means to thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.