How to Use plunk in a Sentence
plunk
verb
- The pitcher plunked the first two batters of the game.
- She plunked a mug of coffee on the counter.
- She plunked out a little tune on the piano.
- You've been plunking that banjo all afternoon!
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Davis plunked Kurtz to start the rally and drew some boos from the crowd.
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Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com,
al,
11 June 2023
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Sale plunked Martinez in the sixth inning with the Sox up 1-0.
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Paul Sullivan,
chicagotribune.com,
15 Nov. 2019
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Brett Sanchez plunked Will Reed to put two men on base with two outs.
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Andrew Valenti,
NOLA.com,
28 Apr. 2018
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Scherzer then plunked Jon Jay with a pitch to force in a run for a 7-4 Cubs lead.
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Chris Kuc,
chicagotribune.com,
13 Oct. 2017
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My daughter likes to sit at the piano and plunk away at that riff and that song.
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The New York Times,
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2022
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Rest assured; these hotels will plunk in you in the heart of the action.
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Lanee Lee,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Jan. 2023
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Then he got plunked in the ribs at Denver, and may have returned too soon.
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Tom Krasovic,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
18 June 2018
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The sound of cones plunking into rusty buckets fills the woods.
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John Wendle,
National Geographic,
21 Dec. 2017
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Spain Park trailed 5-4 when Teagan Huey was plunked to open the bottom of the ninth inning.
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Dennis Victory,
al,
4 May 2023
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What the heck, let’s plunk ‘em on an apple cheddar pie.
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Heather Finn,
Good Housekeeping,
2 Apr. 2018
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The stretch of 11 straight batters retired ended when Sanders plunked Javeyan Williams in the fifth.
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Andrew Lopez,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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Pittsburgh righty Trevor Williams was the one who plunked Stanton.
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Tim Healey,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 June 2017
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Hence the set, and hence the clothes, which took the 1970s French working woman and plunked her in a galaxy far, far away with the turn of a heel.
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Vanessa Friedman,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2018
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With two outs in the seventh, Rockies right-hander Bryan Shaw then plunked Hamels in the foot.
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Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
12 June 2019
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With a 4-0 lead, Counsell said the Brewers weren't trying to plunk the Cubs catcher.
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Matt Carlson,
Star Tribune,
6 Apr. 2021
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James plunked Matt Chapman in the shoulder blades with a 95 mph fastball.
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Chandler Rome,
Houston Chronicle,
11 Sep. 2019
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The right-hander opened up the game by hitting the first batter and then plunked another Hawk in the third.
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Curt Hogg,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
7 June 2018
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Birdsong and a plunking guitar played on a stereo in the corner.
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Sam Kestenbaum,
New York Times,
7 June 2018
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Gomez then took two pitches and fouled off one before getting plunked to load the bases.
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Eduardo A. Encina,
baltimoresun.com,
27 May 2018
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Brookline batted around in the top of the 10th, taking the lead for good when Reo Shimbori was plunked with the bases loaded.
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Jake Levin,
BostonGlobe.com,
18 May 2018
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Sale then plunked Austin Barnes with a slider to put runners at first and second.
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Julian McWilliams,
BostonGlobe.com,
14 July 2019
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So, plunk yourself in front of a window that doesn’t directly face the sun.
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Popular Science,
24 Mar. 2020
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That's how things worked out Wednesday when Joe Kelly plunked Austin.
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Pete Grathoff,
kansascity,
12 Apr. 2018
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He was plunked in the shoulder in a 1-and-1 count by Angels reliever Noe Ramirez.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
16 July 2019
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The past 2 days, every one went plunking with mixed results.
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sacbee,
29 Jan. 2018
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Phillies pitchers have hit 12 Mets batters this year; Mets hitters have been plunked six times by the Phillies.
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Cincinnati.com,
7 July 2019
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