plop

Example Sentences

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Chandor isn’t sure what she’d do if Chonkers tried to plop down somewhere else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 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

You could plop her performance into a big Hollywood comedy and it would work just as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

They can often be identified from the distinctive plop sound they make when they dive into the water.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

She reached over and took hold of the napkin and gave it a good shake, and Despereaux tumbled out of the napkin and landed right directly, plop, in a measuring cup full of oil.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo