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Recent Examples of plumpedRip a few inches of the side seam of the pillow that needs to be plumped and add the filling.—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Jan. 2026 Post application, my complexion is luminous, plumped and hydrated.—Ellie Davis, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025 Shop the Laneige lip mask that editors and celebrities both use, plus the Covergirl lip gloss that plumped up Kelsea Ballerini’s pout during a PEOPLE photoshoot.—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 After a treatment, you are guided into a cavernous grey stone and wood relaxation room with six oversized day beds, plumped with heavy pillows and wool blankets.—Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Otis had won Fat Bear Week three times, but starting that year hit a dry spell in which he was constantly outshined by younger bears who plumped up with a quickness.—Erin Berger, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2021