plop down
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the loudest: lobbyists and salespeople who have used open seating to zero in on a prospective client or lawmaker and plop down next to them for an in-flight pitch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
In order to sit next to a stranger, I’d have to eschew vast stretches of empty stools and plop down right beside them like a creep, hitting on unsuspecting old people.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
He goes looking down back roads for movie locations and hillsides on which to plop down mock houses.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
There are scattered wooden work stations where guests or visitors can plop down and be or at least act productive.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2023
I plop down on a bench, watching people pass by as they go through the sliding doors of the hospital.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
