But not three yards from shore I plumped in head over ears; and if ever I was heard of more it was rather by God's grace than my own prudence.
And the great baby plumped upon his knees, and did as he was bid; and none the worse for that!
Here I plumped against a soft, but resisting body.
The Coliseum I knew, of course, from a woodcut in the history-book: so to begin with I plumped that down in the middle.
Then she came back to the rug, plumped down in her rocker with a sigh of relief, and reached for a large, white box--the five pounds of chocolates which she had sent for.
He plumped the heavy glass down upon the grimy counter in the dusty far corner of the little store and stared sourly at Pete Hamilton, who was apathetically opening hatboxes for the inspection of an Indian in a red blanket and frowsy braids.
He had seen her in blue water: he had seen her readiness to jump to the rescue once when a market-woman, stepping out of a boat to his yacht on the Tabus, plumped in.
I took an oar in one of the boats, and we won a prize; and when I was landing I didn't stride enough to the spring-plank, and plumped in.
Her little heart fluttered at being drawn in, when it should have been plumped up to her neck, and very nearly displayed to the public; but her father was stern upon some points, and never would hear of the classic discoveries.
Here the chalk of the Sussex backbone (which has been plumped over and sleeked by the flesh of the valley) juts forth, like the scrags of a skeleton, and crumbles in low but rugged cliffs into the flat domain of sea.
Leaning heavily on her, he walked with an effort andplumped down on it.
Danton plumped into the first door at the left of the stair-head.
I'll let you look in the glass--see how your cheeks have plumped out!
The child was plumped down on a stool to await punishment from me.
Exactly in front of him she staggered, threw her arms about like a windmill, and plumped down on all fours.
Miss Snaith plumpedhim into a chair behind me, and left him to grow quiet, while I went on with my writing.
The McGurk had wedged them all together as tight as they would fit into a peacock-blue jardiniere, and plumped it down in the center of the table.
By the time I had removed my own extra covers and plumped up my pillow and settled comfortably, I thought of those fourteen bundled-up babies in the fresh-air nursery.
Judd plumped into a deep chair near her and, pondering, blew great smoke-rings at the portieres.
He swooped down at such a pace that he plumped right to the bottom.
Mrs. Reed-Warbler leant so far over the edge of the nest that she would have plumped into the pond if her husband had not given her a good shove.
I went stoutly for the Protectionist, but the priests plumped for the Free Trader, and their congregations have been regretting it ever since.
Punin all at once flushed crimson, the blood seemed to rush to his head, he plumped heavily down on his knees.
Onisim looked at Pyetushkov and plumped heavily down on his knees.
Mrs. Chater plumped back into a chair; with huge hands fanned her heated face.
Directly Howard came to us the editor dropped the Rose like a hot coal; plumped for this and put me in charge.
With shattering thud he plumped heavily to his full length upon the floor; Mrs. Major pressed him to earth.
He had taken his books into the copse, had somehow lost his way in getting out, and through thick undergrowth had plumpedsuddenly upon the building.
George found an empty compartment; helped his poor Mary to a corner; roughly dumped the cat-basket upon the rack; moodily plumped opposite his Mary.
She just plumped down flat among the onion tops and lay gasping.
She plumped him into the bed beside Nellie, and scuttled in beneath the coverings.
She displayed no commendable cunning when, to sharpen and fortify Braintop's wits, she plumped him at breakfast with all things tempting to the appetite of man.
From a doorway hard by came shrill bursts of hysterical laughter; and with the laughter plumped out, even as Tavannes crossed the court, a young girl, thrust forth it seemed by her fellows, for she turned about and struggled as she came.
The question was answered by the thing itself, which now appeared from the bottom of the box, vigorously lifted by Fox's hand and plumped through the bran upon the carpet.
Then with a resolute toss of her head the adventuress plumped into her bed, where, for aught we know, she carried on her vile conquests and miserable villainies in her dreams the whole night long.
She promptly plumped for Viola, partly from real conviction, and partly because she was chums with the Captain.
You've plumped upon my secret, so I may as well tell you.
She ran up panting, clasped her hands before him with a cry, and plumped down at his feet.
The captain suddenly began sobbing, and plumped down on his knees before the President.
Climbing into the boat, she plumped herself down with a look which seemed to defy any power to remove her.
Down she plumped beside the bed, and began to dig and cut at the potatuses to get them up.
The road back was easier than I had feared, for I had the slope of the hill to guide me; but I was mortally weary of my load before I plumped it down inside the stockade.
There heplumped me down, and stood glowering at me like a cat with a sparrow.
Now I hope you understand at last how much other people appreciate me," rebuked Hippy, as he plumped himself down in the swing with an energy that set it swaying wildly.
That time I plumped myself down in your seat when we were bound for Overton College to begin our freshman year, I was too much wrapped up in myself to know how lucky I was.
You have come out against reprisals, which means that you have dared to voice the overwhelming sentiment of the country at a moment when the Government has plumped for whole hoggism and given Sinn Fein its finest advertisement.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plumped" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
