How to Use plunge in in a Sentence

plunge in

verb
  • Dick gave a whinny and plunged in.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Both the tokens and the coins have plunged in value since the sales.
    — Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Two minutes of cold plunges in ice water sounds like punishment.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Two minutes of cold plunges in ice water sounds like punishment.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And while there is no pool, locals often take a plunge in the lake to swim laps during their workday lunch break.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • The stock plunged in the wake of the rulings, falling to its worst week since October.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The company's stock price plunged in pre-market trading, down more than 25%.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Hudson also took a plunge in a cheeky black string bikini on her Instagram Stories.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • Markets plunged in the initial weeks of the war amid volatile trading influenced by the intensity of the fighting.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • That has resulted in a roughly 70% plunge in COLD shares over the past five years.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • The stock has fallen in four of the last five reporting days, including a 17% plunge in January.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
  • If time doesn’t allow for spa treatments, a morning swim in the indoor pool accompanied by a sauna and cold plunge in one of their two thermal suites might suffice.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Legal and financial analysis software stocks have plunged in recent days, bringing the broader stock market down with them.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • From Saturday, Parisians and tourists can take a refreshing plunge in the Seine, for the second summer in a row.
    — Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • The plunge in the sales of women’s attire at Trumbull Street — once the strongest line of in-store sales — figured into the need for less space.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • The World Liberty tokens that Sun may have sought to unload have plunged in value by more than eighty per cent, to less than six cents each.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
  • The British prime minister’s net approval ratings have plunged in recent months to the lowest levels ever tracked by British polling.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Separately, the chocolate seller has also benefited from a plunge in cocoa prices.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • Adults typically plunge in the 50–60°F range, according to Plunge.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Modern sauna businesses offer communal experiences that combine heat therapy with cold plunges in lakes or rivers.
    — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Iran’s attacks on oil tankers before the ceasefire led to a plunge in traffic through the strait, triggering what’s been described as the largest oil supply disruption in history.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Just beyond the tips of your toes, the precipices and terraces on the walls of the canyon plunged in a series of immense stair steps — down and down again for nearly 6,000 vertical feet.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That defied an almost 27% plunge in sales of new EVs and a 7% slide in overall new-vehicle deliveries.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • That defied an almost 27% plunge in sales of new EVs and a 7% slide in overall new-vehicle deliveries.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
  • In Thailand, tens of millions of poultry were exterminated and consumption plunged in fear of getting infected.
    — Wasamon Audjarint, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Europe confronts energy crunch The plunge in oil and natural gas supply caused by the Iran war, which has already hit Asia hard, is steadily moving west.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Steve Niese swims in Coney Island year-round and did describe the great benefits of cold water plunging in an article of a major newspaper.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The drop reflects the recent plunge in oil and gasoline futures in recent days as traders bet on a US-Iran deal that reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Rather than spending their time packing, unpacking, and setting up the tent, a family with kids can get straight to gathering around a fire or challenging each other to ever-lengthening cold plunges in the spa.
    — Naomi Tomky, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Software stocks have plunged in recent weeks following the release of AI tools that promise to automate tasks like writing documents and managing payrolls.
    — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'plunge in.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: