Example Sentences

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The result, they say, will be plunging currencies, corporate defaults and a sustained growth slowdown over the next few years.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2015

“In a few weeks I will be plunging right into the water with them.”

From New York Times • May 22, 2015

And, though none of them are dancers, they will be plunging feet-first into its world for their next show, Squally Showers, which will premiere at the Edinburgh fringe this August.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2013

She will be plunging forecastle under into the Atlantic combers now.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold

She will be plunging wildly in the ditch directly, and never fairly get out of it for about an hour and a half. 

From Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses by Smith, Horace