plummy

Example Sentences

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Leto’s grumbling Brit-inflected baritone is an unrecognizable concoction of trilled r’s and plummy vowels — and the best performance he’s done in years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Virginia Woolf then got into the act, criticizing the BBC Home Service as middlebrow, despite its newsreaders’ plummy Oxbridge accents.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

“I’ve been a garden-variety political commentator for most of my career,” he said in a plummy Sydney drawl.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2024

These days, clusters of plummy Concords, oval autumn royals and dusky kyohos are decorating dinner tables, doubling as cornucopian decorations and low-effort snacks.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Philby answers confidently, in the plummy tones of the English upper class.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell