Word Finder - plunged

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To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.

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to plunge the body into water

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To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.

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to plunge a dagger into the breast;   to plunge a nation into war

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To baptize by immersion.

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To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.

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he plunged into the river

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To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.

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to plunge into debt;   to plunge into controversy

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To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.

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To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.

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To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).

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To overwhelm, overpower.

Taking a deep breath, she plunged in.

Horse and rider plunged down the side of the dune toward them.

The dog plunged from the forest as she dodged the closing screen door.

She took a deep breath and plunged on.

She plunged into the food on her plate, discovering that Brandon wasn't bragging about his mother's cooking.

She plunged into her coat and stomped into her boots.

When Mom & Dad died, she had been plunged into responsibility up to her neck.

She shivered despite her lamb's wool coat, her hands plunged deep into pockets that contained weapons.

The man whom they called Tikhon, having run to the stream, plunged in so that the water splashed in the air, and, having disappeared for an instant, scrambled out on all fours, all black with the wet, and ran on.

As she watched, the horses plunged down a dune, sending a spray of white sand into the dry air.

Her cheeks flushed again and in her desperate search for something to explain her preoccupation, she plunged into the subject of the curtains.

At that time, when everything was plunged in darkness, preaching alone was of course sufficient.

Pierre pushed forward as fast as he could, and the farther he left Moscow behind and the deeper he plunged into that sea of troops the more was he overcome by restless agitation and a new and joyful feeling he had not experienced before.

The ground gave way under her foot, and with a sickening lurch of her heart, she plunged downward.

At Ecbatana the death of Hephaestion for a time plunged Alexander into a passion of mourning.

He gave an angry thrust to his horse, which had grown restive under him, and plunged into the water, heading for the deepest part where the current was swift.

The five-year-old angel, whose appearance in her life several weeks ago plunged her into the Immortal underworld, squeezed through the cracked door.

Men leave their customary pursuits, hasten from one side of Europe to the other, plunder and slaughter one another, triumph and are plunged in despair, and for some years the whole course of life is altered and presents an intensive movement which first increases and then slackens.

Ed plunged to a stop and Alex pulled her up into the saddle with him.

Finally she plunged in.

Her heart leaped and then plunged with his next words.

Nehemiah, the cup-bearer of Artaxerxes at Susa, plunged in grief at the news of the desolation of Jerusalem, obtained permission from the king to rebuild the ruins.

His dying agonies were shortened by an Italian soldier, who mercifully plunged a sword into his body.

The failure of the hopes entertained of Sabbatai Zebi (q.v.) had plunged the Jewries of the world into despair.

For the present their means were very scanty, and, as the ardent royalism of his brother officers limited his social circle, he plunged into work with the same ardour as before, frequently studying fourteen or fifteen hours a day.

One fair-haired young soldier of the third company, whom Prince Andrew knew and who had a strap round the calf of one leg, crossed himself, stepped back to get a good run, and plunged into the water; another, a dark noncommissioned officer who was always shaggy, stood up to his waist in the water joyfully wriggling his muscular figure and snorted with satisfaction as he poured the water over his head with hands blackened to the wrists.

He didn't regret what he had done, even if it plunged his war-beleaguered people into another war.

The neckline plunged far enough to expose the beginning swell of her breasts.

In June 1823 he returned to the United States, where he found himself plunged at once into the bitter struggle then in progress for the presidency.

I plunged into the oncoming billows, as a strong swimmer dives into breakers, and struck, alas, 'tis true, the bedpost!

Lisa tossed Giddon a towel and plunged her hands into the soapy water in the sink.

Finally she plunged into conversation with him.

At that moment, the bobber plunged under the surface of the water.

Instead of waiting for the Other to attack again, Darian spun and plunged his knife into the creature's belly.

She trotted until she was parallel to the lights then plunged into the deep snow, forcing her way into the forest.

It roared on the tin roof and plunged off the eves, where the wind caught it and drove it across the yard in horizontal sheets.

On the 2nd of June 1882 his death at Caprera plunged Italy into mourning.

It rapidly absorbs the elements of water wherever possible, so that a strip of paper plunged into the gas is rapidly charred.

As governor, Seward favoured a continuance of works of internal improvement at public expense, although this policy had already plunged the state into financial embarrassment.

But harmony was not thus to be restored; hardly had the council dissolved when the church was plunged into the Monophysite controversy.

He now " plunged into the ocean of the Augustan history," and " with pen almost always in hand," pored over all the original records, Greek and Latin, between Trajan and the last of the Western Caesars.

He left the regiment La Fere with regret on the 14th of June 1791; but at Valence he renewed former friendships and plunged into politics with greater ardour.

To leave such a foe in his rear, while he plunged into the heart of Russia would have been hazardous indeed.

A violent agitation for his recall, in which Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman joined, was organized, but without success, and in August he returned to South Africa, where he plunged into the herculean task of remodelling the administration.

Prince Andrew collected all his strength in an effort to recover his senses, he moved a little, and suddenly there was a ringing in his ears, a dimness in his eyes, and like a man plunged into water he lost consciousness.

She gripped the steering wheel as the vehicle plunged down a steep hill.

Within minutes a truck plunged down the hill and into the yard, stopping in a spray of gravel in front of the house.

With the obstruction removed, water plunged down the creek bed, dragging debris with it.

Her kicks were ineffectual against the guardsman's chainmail, and his sword plunged into her chest.

Talons pierced Rissa's stomach as Memon plunged his hand into her body, withdrawing a black creature the size of its arm that pulsed and writhed.