as in mellifluous
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Recent Examples of plummy
Lightly chilled, this bright, plummy red from Piedmont is mouthwatering and juicy yet structured enough to stand up to pizza or barbecue.
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Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024
Crushed rose petal aromas, plummy fruit and notes of spice.
—Elin McCoy, Fortune Europe, 11 May 2024
These days, clusters of plummy Concords, oval autumn royals and dusky kyohos are decorating dinner tables, doubling as cornucopian decorations and low-effort snacks.
—New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Reviewing a collection of Tom Wolfe’s journalism, Hitchens deplored Wolfe’s affectations and his plummy conservative politics.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
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Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024
Crushed rose petal aromas, plummy fruit and notes of spice.
—Elin McCoy, Fortune Europe, 11 May 2024
These days, clusters of plummy Concords, oval autumn royals and dusky kyohos are decorating dinner tables, doubling as cornucopian decorations and low-effort snacks.
—New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Reviewing a collection of Tom Wolfe’s journalism, Hitchens deplored Wolfe’s affectations and his plummy conservative politics.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plummy
Adjective
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And how apropos that the mellifluous double name of Caretta Caretta is the Latin name of the loggerhead turtle species.—
John Oseid,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Sheen’s mirthful eyes, mellifluous voice and overall vibe of sinister good cheer stood out in a cast whose job was largely to look pained and pale.—
Sean T. Collins,
New York Times,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Larry Ellison, also one of the world’s richest men, is facing regulatory hurdles with the Paramount-Skydance merger that would see his son, Skydance CEO David Ellison, running the combined media assets.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Eating purple foods rich in anthocyanins may help support gut health, ease inflammation, and reduce oxidative stress (cell damage).1 1.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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Reverend Bryant, the minister of a predominantly Black congregation, mellow in private but fiery in the pulpit, unites a community in death as in life.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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For all the brand-new chaos Kitty brings to KISS in the sophomore season of Netflix’s XO, Kitty, things ended in a more mellow way compared to the finale of Season 1.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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An early title card commemorating James Earl Jones, who died in September at age 93 and whose sonorous voice dignified and shaped the character of Mufasa for generations of Lion King fans, strikes a tender chord.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Dec. 2024
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For plumbing more sonorous depths, there is the optional Roku Wireless Subwoofer (another $180).—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
3 May 2020
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Hepburn’s hatred of fascism and the Nazis was especially resonant to people on Reddit.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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As in his 2020 The Invisible Man, director and co-writer Leigh Whannell gives the title character a brand-new origin story, with a greater emphasis on the themes that have helped make these Universal monsters so resonant over the decades.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Plummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plummy. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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