How to Use plunk in a Sentence

plunk

verb

• The pitcher plunked the first two batters of the game.
• She plunked a mug of coffee on the counter.
• She plunked out a little tune on the piano.
• You've been plunking that banjo all afternoon!
• Davis plunked Kurtz to start the rally and drew some boos from the crowd.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 11 June 2023
• Sale plunked Martinez in the sixth inning with the Sox up 1-0.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Brett Sanchez plunked Will Reed to put two men on base with two outs.
  — Andrew Valenti, NOLA.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• Scherzer then plunked Jon Jay with a pitch to force in a run for a 7-4 Cubs lead.
  — Chris Kuc, chicagotribune.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• My daughter likes to sit at the piano and plunk away at that riff and that song.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022
• Rest assured; these hotels will plunk in you in the heart of the action.
  — Lanee Lee, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
• Then he got plunked in the ribs at Denver, and may have returned too soon.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2018
• The sound of cones plunking into rusty buckets fills the woods.
  — John Wendle, National Geographic, 21 Dec. 2017
• Spain Park trailed 5-4 when Teagan Huey was plunked to open the bottom of the ninth inning.
  — Dennis Victory, al, 4 May 2023
• What the heck, let’s plunk ‘em on an apple cheddar pie.
  — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 2 Apr. 2018
• The stretch of 11 straight batters retired ended when Sanders plunked Javeyan Williams in the fifth.
  — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• Pittsburgh righty Trevor Williams was the one who plunked Stanton.
  — Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 June 2017
• Hence the set, and hence the clothes, which took the 1970s French working woman and plunked her in a galaxy far, far away with the turn of a heel.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
• Take my meds, drink my protein shake, plunk on my piano, out the door at 7:30 a.m.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 6 May 2024
• With two outs in the seventh, Rockies right-hander Bryan Shaw then plunked Hamels in the foot.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019
• With a 4-0 lead, Counsell said the Brewers weren't trying to plunk the Cubs catcher.
  — Matt Carlson, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• James plunked Matt Chapman in the shoulder blades with a 95 mph fastball.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
• The right-hander opened up the game by hitting the first batter and then plunked another Hawk in the third.
  — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2018
• Birdsong and a plunking guitar played on a stereo in the corner.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Gomez then took two pitches and fouled off one before getting plunked to load the bases.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 27 May 2018
• Brookline batted around in the top of the 10th, taking the lead for good when Reo Shimbori was plunked with the bases loaded.
  — Jake Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2018
• Sale then plunked Austin Barnes with a slider to put runners at first and second.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2019
• So, plunk yourself in front of a window that doesn’t directly face the sun.
  — Popular Science, 24 Mar. 2020
• That's how things worked out Wednesday when Joe Kelly plunked Austin.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 12 Apr. 2018
• Then plunk it in the center of the table and let everyone dig in, with plenty of crusty bread for mopping up the sauce.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
• After missing a week after he was plunked, Kjerstad returned and went 2-for-18 at the plate.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024