plummy

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Recent Examples of plummy 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 Oh, certainly, the plummy voice on the other end says, that’s no trouble at all. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 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 See All Example Sentences for plummy
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Adjective
  • White Christmas, Michael Curtiz's ecstatic musical about a song-and-dance duo working to save a Vermont lodge with the help of two mellifluous sisters.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The mellifluous voices carry a lovely, velvety texture, but don’t be fooled.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jon Heyman of the New York Post recently projected Suárez would sign a massive five-year, $135 million deal in free agency this winter, which would almost certainly be too rich for the Phillies' liking.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The pay package for Musk, already the world's richest person, consists of 12 tranches of shares to be granted if Tesla hits certain milestones over the next decade.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Cooks use honey to sweeten and moisten baked goods, mellow vinaigrettes, and balance sweet-and-sour sauces.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Word Up, made with Amara Planta chartreuse, offers a mellow, sideways take on the classic Last Word cocktail that, in the end, will leave you upright.
    Timothy DePeugh, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The country twang of her Nashville origins has been replaced with sonorous synths, and in the case of Showgirl, a throwback to the retro electric guitar sound of her bestselling 2014 album 1989.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The work contains sonorous bouts of sorrow, but rage is its primary register.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Our goal is to create something that’s not only entertaining and emotionally resonant, but also true to the imagination and cultural curiosity that have defined Playboy for more than seventy years.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Southern Taurids come from Comet Encke itself, and some of them may be in a debris cluster called a resonant swarm.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Plummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummy. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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