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plummy

[ UK /plˈʌmi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. very desirable
    a plummy leading role
  2. (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich
    the radio announcer's plummy voice

How To Use plummy In A Sentence

  • This is the best-selling Australian red wine in the United States, and no wonder - soft and thick on the palate and packed with plummy fruit flavors.
  • To get this look, Lori used silver shadow, a plummy cream blush and a white shimmer lip.
  • Finally, here are two juicy Spanish reds that do the same food-suitable job as the Italians, but with the extra plummy dollops of fruit you would expect from the Tempranillo grape.
  • THERE was much hilarity at the High Court last week when a plummy judge turned the air blue. Times, Sunday Times
  • Especially when O'Reilly is on, they're responding to brilliant TV, and if you ever rolled your eyes at Walter Cronkite's plummy version of papal infallibility, you can appreciate why O'Reilly's barroom contempt for traditional newscasts 'smugness has its appeal, even if you know his pretense that their bias is flamingly liberal, rather than blandly institutional, is a crock. The Murdoch Touch
  • If you've only time for lipstick, opt for a sheer pink for porcelain complexions and plummy or medium-red for darker skins, otherwise you'll look haggard, not hot.
  • She has an old-fashioned, classical air about her, with her rich, raspy, plummy tones.
  • Filmed in only one take at Chicken Inferno 2004, this work is definitely worth five minutes of your time, if only to hear our friend, Jay's plummy dialogue.
  • A plummy shadow looks stunning as long as it's not too red, or you'll look ill.
  • To get this look, Lori used silver shadow, a plummy cream blush and a white shimmer lip.
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