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Recent Examples of plummy
At one point, Melanie Field, who plays Sonya, mocks the plummy British sound of Bonneville’s Vanya.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Eschewing cult-leader cliché for a plummy everyday friendliness that eventually circles round to sinister, Ben Whishaw cleverly plays Elon as equal parts guru and grifter: His counsel is sometimes obvious, but what the person needs to hear just the same.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
The land surrounding the estate, once a rich source of Piedmont’s dry Barbaresco and plummy Barbera wines, could be planted with enough new vines to produce around 100,000 bottles a year.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Your summer beauty plans may include a cult-classic lip color, a sultry plummy eye, or a golden-peach pop of color on the cheeks.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Eschewing cult-leader cliché for a plummy everyday friendliness that eventually circles round to sinister, Ben Whishaw cleverly plays Elon as equal parts guru and grifter: His counsel is sometimes obvious, but what the person needs to hear just the same.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
The land surrounding the estate, once a rich source of Piedmont’s dry Barbaresco and plummy Barbera wines, could be planted with enough new vines to produce around 100,000 bottles a year.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Your summer beauty plans may include a cult-classic lip color, a sultry plummy eye, or a golden-peach pop of color on the cheeks.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummy
Adjective
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Standing behind a keyboard, Charlie Puth, known for his mellifluous touch on songs, added a sweet coating to a beloved song.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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The exhaust note is mellifluous.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Young certainly could make adjustments based on that reality, but his language is so rich that his poetry also frequently makes its own lyrical case.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Quince version has a burgundy interior for a rich-looking touch of color.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The bowl-back was exquisitely mellow.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Butter yellow is everywhere—from runways to celebrity homes—but there’s something undeniably comforting (and nostalgic) about this mellow hue.—
Lauren Jones,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Ballet Orchestra, close to wrapping its 50th anniversary season, sounded especially sonorous in the score’s horn passages.—
Rachel Howard,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The sonorous presence of actor Morgan Freeman will be one of the highlights of the Beatles on the Beach festival in Boca Raton on March 12-15, which will include a March 14 performance by Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Vineland is wildly different—set in a different decade and full of Pynchon’s typically batty rocket-flights of fancy—but PTA finds a thread of resonant plot and character that feels true to the source material and ripped from our very dark headlines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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There are moments, in director Joe Mantello’s grand and spare production, set in a kind of purgatorial garage, when Lane’s innate funnyman persona casts resonant shadows.—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Plummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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