How to Use plonk in a Sentence

plonk

1 of 2 verb
  • There are clusters of gravestones, an odd one plonked in the middle of a paddy.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Rather than plonk cargo or the kids behind the rider atop a rear rack, front loaders puts everything out front.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Your wee ones can simply plonk the characters on top to trigger related stories or songs.
    — Parker Hall, Wired News, 11 July 2025
  • For teams with an eye on Europe, having a huge match plonked in the middle of a two-legged tie is hardly ideal.
    — Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • And other players will—for perhaps the first time—have a real incentive to plonk down money of their own.
    — Brett Knight, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • And playback will pause when the headphones detect they're being removed from the wearer's head, then resume when plonked back on.
    — New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That took him to 14, but Khawaja was out three runs later, missing a full toss from Carse that plonked into his back foot.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In terms of a house, there was a semi-derelict shepherd’s cottage that had an ugly 1960s extension plonked on one end.
    — Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Afterward, schoolchildren were invited in to plonk around on a Steinway.
    — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Consider buildings that are an organic addition to your garden, not just some foreign object that has been plonked into place.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
  • As long as the seeds are plonked in the ground before their expiration date, their metabolism swings into action, cells divide, a root shoots downward, and a plant begins to grow.
    — Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
  • But will Jacquet agree to alter what feels like a feature-length selfie, in which the director plonks himself in frame for a great many of the shots and then waxes poetic over the remaining images?
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The idea is to plonk the machine in a venue, university, boardroom, medical facility and so on, and allow folks to chat with a life-like 3D hologram of a person who might be thousands of miles away.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Netflix’s bracingly nasty action-thriller Apex is a fine addition, plonking the star down in a rugged Australian landscape and throwing nature’s formidable might at her while stirring a psychotic serial killer into the mix.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The cellar houses predominantly old world wines—with a wall dedicated to Bordeaux and Burgundy, respectively—though there is also a selection of new world plonk from the Americas and Australia.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2023
  • View gallery - 8 images Vinyl records have been finding more and more new ears in recent years, and Mixx Audio has a novel turntable to help keep the groove moving – one that also rocks a CD player plonked right in the middle of the platter, as well as flexible connectivity.
    — New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026

plonk

2 of 2 noun
  • Developers rip out protective mangrove swamps to plonk hotels by the water’s edge.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • At that time white grapes made up the majority of the region’s plantings, but most of those were destined for distillation or simple plonk.
    — Fortune, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Later, microphones picked up a booming plonk when Cody Parkey’s kick hit the right upright on a point-after attempt.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
  • These whiskey makers churned out dozens of different brands ranging from headache-inducing plonk to venerable greats such as Redbreast and Jameson.
    — Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
  • When dusk would hit, those just off a long day of work could knock on the sturdy wooden shutter and throw down a couple of Florin for a generous pour of family plonk, passed over by a servant on the other side.
    — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Pauline is extraordinarily tolerant of Garance’s drinking, which escalates under lockdown to two boxes of cheap plonk a night.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026
  • The champagne house opened in 1882, in the Russian River Valley, and has been producing plonk ever since.
    — David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Counterfeiters started obtaining empty bottles of expensive wine and filling them with plonk, and even created ersatz wine by mixing sugar water with artificial color and flavor.
    — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2013
  • Among whites, sauvignon blanc was the star, although chenin blanc, known locally as steen, was by far the most widely planted, having arrived in the 17th century with the earliest Cape settlers, who mainly used it to make cheap plonk and brandy.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 23 June 2017

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