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Synonyms for plunged

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pluhnj
Phonetic Transcription : plÊŒndÊ’

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Définition of plunged

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to put or thrust violently into," also intransitive, from Old French plongier "plunge, sink into; plunge into, dive in" (mid-12c., Modern French plonger), from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare "to heave the lead," from Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged; plunging. Plunging neckline attested from 1949.
  • verb dive or fall fast
Example sentences :
  • He, too, plunged into the sea, and Bunsby and the captain were left alone.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Her brother's and sister's triumph upon the difficulties into which they have plunged her.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He plunged into talk with the boys, making them answer questions.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Fretted by the pain, he plunged into the wilderness to hide like a wounded deer.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Ongyatasse at our head, we plunged into the river after them.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • There was a stage cough, and Kitty plunged into the room, carefully unnoticing.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The Chevrotte was gaily singing, and she plunged into it like a startled fawn.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • So it was that these two young persons were plunged in grief.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • So she went to the next shire, and liked it so well that she plunged off to London, then to the Hebrides.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • The card-players have plunged suddenly in medias res of bargaining.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

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