- present participle of plunge.
plunging
Example Sentences
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Births fell last year by nearly four percent, plunging the fertility rate to an 80-year low, national statistics show.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The index more than doubled its value since the start of the year to rise above 9,000 points in mid-June, before plunging to 5,500 within a few weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The news sent shares of listed Tata companies plunging and has led to questions over what lies ahead for the gigantic salt-to-steel conglomerate that owns Air India, Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But global oil inventories are lower than they were at the start of the war, plunging by over 400 million barrels in the past six months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
And the feet and wildly plunging bodies followed them.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
