Plunges
[plʌndʒz]
Examples
- If this quantity of water plunges over a 10-ft. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As a selfish man will impoverish his family and often bring them to ruin, so a selfish king brings ruin on his people and often plunges them into war. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Some people say that the manager just plunges his hand into the heap and takes the first that comes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oliver's vigorous plunges against the bit of timber in question, rendered this occurance highly probable. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- After all, when one was fulfilled, one was happiest in falling into death, as a bitter fruit plunges in its ripeness downwards. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Editor: Sweeney