Example Sentences

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Cold plungers tend to speak in the evangelical tone of the convert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Later, after the man recovered at San Francisco General Hospital, his son gave the doctors there some advice: Put toilet plungers next to all of the beds in the coronary unit.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

As in real casinos, the most consistent winner is the house, especially when it’s got small-time plungers on the floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2021

Alex has people ask her to sign plungers when she's out and about.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2019

My feet swell big and heavy like plungers, but I drag them across the linoleum floor straight center where Uncle wants to show off the new dance we learned.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros