How to Use plum in a Sentence

plum

noun

• That deal is a real plum for the contractor.
• The hint of plum in this rich red adds warmth to a classic tone.
  — Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 13 Sep. 2022
• Slivovitz plum brandy might be the best-known in the United States as a fiery drink.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• The jasmine wax and plum oil will make your lips feel and look great.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2024
• This job was very much a plum, important to the school.
  — Town & Country, 17 Aug. 2023
• The apples and plums are also still ripening on the trees.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 15 Aug. 2023
• The image showed a cystic mass about the size of a plum on the patient’s left frontal lobe.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
• Remember him, with the Christmas pie and the plum on his thumb?
  — cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
• The ceiling is gold, the banquettes are plum, and the curtains are a shade of champagne.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• Things may have changed since the oxen and plum puddings of George III.
  — Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022
• Bibliothèque starts with fresh and fruity top notes of peach and plum.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
• Note: Sloes are a type of drupe (a stone fruit that is not a plum nor a berry) that tastes a lot like a cherry.
  — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• And Martinet, at least, does get the plum voice role of Mario and Luigi’s father.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
• There are some hints of apple and plum as well, with just a bit of menthol on the finish.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 July 2023
• Red plum, white pepper, dusty soils with red currants on the palate.
  — Tan Vinh and Owen Bargreen, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022
• Still, the gallant Pascal gets the plum Joan date that starts with a Ferrari ride.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
• On her way to see him Yuskavage picked up a deep plum T-shirt and matching socks from the Gap.
  — Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2021
• That said, a few things are probably true about that plum cake.
  — Victoria Marin, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• This new-for-fall deep plum shade is a showstopper, too.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• The wine shows dark cherry, plum and spice notes, with a light oak influence.
  — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
• The plum dress was just right for a stroll along Puerto Vallarta's Malecón one evening.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• The nose leads with cotton candy grapes, plum, and orange.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
• After pointing out Kakadu plums—a cousin of the Kakadu peach—growing on a tree, my guide gives me one.
  — Jessica Wynne Lockhart, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• The $8 Underserved is a mix of sweet plum, ginger, lemon and tonic.
  — Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2023
• In the mouth there are flavors of red plum, red raspberry, and dried sage and rosemary leaves.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
• In 2003, doctors found that Melanie had a benign tumor of the pituitary gland, about the size of a plum.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 July 2022
• Isaac’s were stuffed with jellyfish and plum, mine with mustard greens and salmon flakes.
  — Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
• Crisp aromas bulging with red fruit that includes plums.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• The conversation turned back to the draft picks the Bears own, including the plum choice coming from the Panthers that should be one of the top picks in Round 2.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
• Blended with a bit of cabernet sauvignon and malbec, the wine shows notes of wild plum, dark chocolate and black cherry.
  — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024