How to Use plot in a Sentence

plot

1 of 2 noun

• The movie has a weak plot.
• The book's plot revolves around a woman who is searching for her missing sister.
• The prime minister was the target of an assassination plot.
• They just bought a 12-acre plot of land.
• Police uncovered a plot to assassinate the prime minister.
• As of right now, mum's the word on the plot for season 6.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 18 June 2023
• From the cast to the plot, here's everything to know about Beetlejuice 2.
  — Jillian Pretzel, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• But don’t be fooled: The plot is trite; the cast, a basketful of stereotypes.
  — Ilan Stavans, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• Watch the video to see this author reveal the perfect plot.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
• The film version is said to expand on the stage version’s plot.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2024
• The movie shows her involvement with a plot to bomb a café and her trial for the act.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
• The crops on her five-acre plot include corn, peppers, beans and sweet basil.
  — Jacey Fortin Mike Belleme, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• The novel’s plot pivots around the search for a 6-year-old boy who has gone missing in a dust storm.
  — Alida Becker, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Details of the plot, studio and cast are under wraps at the moment.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 June 2023
• There simply isn’t enough room to develop all the plot strands.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
• Somehow the very appearance of De Niro, in a Scorsese film, is enough to give away the plot.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
• Lennon finds a resolution to that plot point by the end of the Season 2 premiere.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
• That’s part of the point of the play — that none of these young men took the Nazi threat seriously enough — but there’s not much more plot than that.
  — Trish Deitch, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• The compilations double as right-off-the-bat plot twists.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
• The plot is loosely based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac.
  — Joshua Ocampo, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
• Verna’s parents were buried a stone’s throw from the plot of land where her father had grown up.
  — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
• Over the years, the idea remained with her, but as her life changed alongside partner Jeff Bezos, so did the plot.
  — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• But each of these spoofs and goofs had a purpose, rooted in character and plot.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
• The plot now thickens, with sea ice, of all things, emerging as a major player.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
• Austal has purchased two new plots of land, Ryder said.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 16 June 2023
• The docuseries dives into the plot behind the robbery and the mastermind behind it all.
  — Claudia Guthrie, ELLE, 31 May 2023
• From the growing cast to the plot, here's everything to know about the upcoming Avatar sequels.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
• That self-awareness is part of the charm, along with the clever way the plot unfolds and the genuine love Gerwig has for her characters.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• The musical's plot revolves around conflicts between the group of greasers and more affluent teenagers in the city, known as Socs.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• Dedmon devised the plot to cover up the involved officers' misconduct and was sentenced to 40 years in prison - the longest prison term given in the case.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024

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plot

2 of 2 verb

• Have you plotted the route for your trip yet?
• They plotted to steal the painting.
• They've plotted the locations where the trees will be planted.
• She spent her years in prison plotting her revenge.
• We've been plotting growth strategies for the company.
• Students plotted soil temperatures on a graph throughout the school year.
• She carefully plotted her career path.
• See a map of the mounds in the park to plot your visit here.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
• Read on to figure out the best time to plot your escape.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2023
• From their moon base, the Drac’s plotted a takeover of England.
  — Vulture, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the end, Zipf plotted dozens and dozens of languages and got that same minus one slope for all of them.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
• One of the best things about the start to a new year is all the planning, plotting, and daydreaming that comes along with it.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2024
• Plus Dancing With the Stars may be the next show plotting its return to have to reverse course.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• The unearthed theater was found where the hotel planned to plot its own garden.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 29 July 2023
• To the outsider — or perhaps the rival — this feels like a path almost too well plotted.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Studios and our intrepid brand partners wanted to plot with us to bring Alf back to life.
  — USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• Jihan, who arrived in the camp in 2018, spent years plotting escape.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• To see more about the package and plot out your next friends or family vacation, head to bluediamondresorts.com.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2024
• But instead, Jaguar has plotted a two-day route that, on a map, looks like it was drawn by someone asked to hold a pen for the first time.
  — Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
• But in the long run, the administration plotted a doomed course.
  — Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
• Instead, the islands served as a superb base for plotting.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Study this Blue Ridge roadtrip checklist, and start plotting your course.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
• Davis shares several electric scenes with Blyth as Gaul plots new ways to torture the tributes.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
• After the president signs a disarmament treaty with Russia, most of the Joint Chiefs of Staff plot a coup.
  — The New Republic, 22 June 2023
• But for the most part, the project shows a new maturity, avoiding the glib facetiousness and tricksy plotting that have so often been part of the Ritchie stamp.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
• At this point all of the other writers were passing vicious notes back and forth and quietly plotting to take over the show from me.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
• While Stange was away, Haag wound up plotting every pair of remainders — about 120.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• As Dipesh and Honest Lier plotted a route around a nearby mountain, Madan alerted me to a white high-rise.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• The court said that Mr. Xu had plotted to poison Mr. Lin and four other people over an office dispute.
  — David Pierson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
• What resulted is the story of a man, referred to as Kid, who plots to avenge his mom’s death by wreaking havoc on the nefarious leaders who killed her.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024