How To Use Plump In A Sentence

Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
No creditor is gonna want want a piece of your sweet assets these days unless you've got a nice fat down payment and a plunging debt-to-income ratio that reveals a nice plump credit score. How To Be A Sexy Borrower - The Consumerist
Roger appeared with a plump stubborn Welsh pony, attached to a funny little cart which he gayly informed them was a "gingle. The Spanish Chest
The dual texture will give the dense pigments of a matte lippy plus a plump satin finish. The Sun

The dual texture will give the dense pigments of a matte lippy plus a plump satin finish. The Sun
Their yaks share these high, sunny pastures with blue sheep and plump marmots.
He was rather plump, and was wearing a ridiculous hat.
It also uses hyaluronic acid, kigelia extract and isoleucine to plump out crepy skin. Times, Sunday Times
Throwing my heart monitor out the window I plumped (no pun intended) for the dessert of fresh profiteroles served with butterscotch sauce.
Described as plump, fleshy, bitter, salty and succulent all at once, their taste remains on the palate long after swallowing.
In Shakespeare's "Henry IV," the rotund, free-living Falstaff character was known as Plump Jack, famous for his speech defending jovial indulgences--"banish plump Jack and banish all the world. To Ski Or Not To Ski
But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
Don't linger over the options, just plump for one straight away. Times, Sunday Times
Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually exhausted. Artichoke
Everywhere in the 19th century students of folklore itself a newly invented word plumped up their local legends, sagas and fairy tales just as much as Jacob Grimm and Richard Wagner did in Germany. Hitler's Golden Book
A plump, fast running bird which keeps to the undergrowth, the black francolin only flies when disturbed.
Fully plump, after indulging in a complete Jamaican breakfast on the plane: ackee, saltfish, coco-bread and plantain chips something I would definitely not recommend before doing on-camera work at a lingerie show, I landed in Kingston ready to "dutty wiiine" it up--or at least relax and make a quick stop at the delectable Manley Airport veggie juice bar for a healthy detox. Chie Davis: Kingston Lingerie and Swimwear Fashion Show
The waiter, almost literally staggering under the weight, plumped a huge oval plateful of sizzling ribs in front of Lili.
Topped with shredded carrots and a very sweet dressing, it also featured plump raisins sprinkled throughout, a very nice touch.
A mighty swipe had knocked the plump grey catnip mouse out of the bag and Ackroyd leaped for it with a hunting cry. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
But, as we reported last week, the company have finally plumped for their own services.
She plumped herself on the couch, looking and sounding exhausted.
Hetta was a short, plump, demure young woman, with the softest smoothed hair, and the brownest brightest eyes. Tales of all countries
She wore a pearl necklace to match those on her dress and even her hair, a tower of blonde streaked curls done up in such a fashion that a few loose strands framed her plumpish face perfectly, was adorned with strands of pearls.
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This yard, however, had been transformed into a lush garden full of plump, red, juicy tomatoes.
Actually they're bean flakes that plump up to become frijoles after you add boiling water.
On the other is the open-air lounge, with a fully stocked bar and comfy Indonesian daybeds with plump throw pillows, and low tables that double as footrests.
She wasn't a totally overweight woman; just a bit plump from all the snacks and goodies she constantly ate throughout the day.
I tried a (free with coupon) lip plumper from a chain body and bath place and it felt like someone was rubbing fiberglass across my lips ... they felt injured after about 10 minutes. Do my lips look plump?
I've been called a lot of different things in the last couple of years, but ‘a plump, wrinkly old washerwoman from Fez, Morocco’ wasn't one of them.
Grandmother Hastings was short and plumpy and her white hair was curly and her eyes were blue. Brother and Sister
In one corner, you'll find an enclave of butchers, delicatessen and food stalls, including a cluster selling plump, briny Gower cockles and fresh laverbread. Swansea's top 10 budget eats
Kim and Coquette spent their days curled around each other in sunny spots like Siamese wreaths, and Mom’s Persian Ming Ming spent hers down at the water hole catching barble—plump catfish that tasted of mud. Rainbow’s End
With so many brands and types of wine on the shelves, many bemused Scottish consumers plump for a bottle because the design on the label looks good.
Jon plumped for the main course of skewered collops of Mallaig monkfish, but wasn't too keen on the other half of the combo, that Shetland salmon.
Again, there are echoes of Shakespeare, who liked to coin words such as vasty, steepy, and plumpy. On useful tautology
Potential difficulties were solved when he caused to be constructed for himself a fine, plump, hollow pullet out of papier mâché, the breast being composed of two lids.
She was not exactly your blonde bombshell type: plump, short, always casually dressed, and bitingly acerbic whenever she had the chance.
Six massive shapes wrapped in cling film rise from the floor: rotund, curvaceous, one shaped like a fennel bulb with an elegant slender neck, another like a Russian doll, yet another plumped and segmented like a swollen gourd. A Potter's Monumental Inspiration
Wine is dark red gemstones, liquor plump body, Delicatemellow taste.
You have the Martini exactly right - except you've not mentioned what is to me one of the definitive attributes of a Martini: its plumpy silkiness. Liquid Lunch (Martini Manifesto)
Not for them the comfort of top hotels and plump feather pillows. The Sun
You see, " began Larry again, -we didn't know you'd missed the first train so we came down to meet you - and we thought you might be in disguise - so when a plumpish boy got off the train, we thought he was you! Separate
Grissell, the daughter of trainers Gardie and Diana, had a depressing afternoon at Plumpton on Monday when she had to pull up her horse Downe Payment in a handicap hurdle. Tattenham Corner
They'd filled the crystal decanter on her bedside table with fresh water and plumped the pillows and put a nightdress ready.
In this one, chunks of white crab meat and plump tiger prawns vie for your fork's attention. Times, Sunday Times
He is middle-aged, like Benjamin, and slightly plump.
Shy, plump, wearing a hand-knitted blue angora bolero, slaved over by my mother unpicked more than once to get it just right for the big occasion.
Timmy Murphy, a leading steeplechase jockey in England, received a seven-day suspension on Monday for apparently throwing his whip at his mount after they both fell in a race at Plumpton.
Caribbean bananas taste better than dollar bananas because they are less chemical, less plumped up with fertilisers.
The debate over the safety of GM foods continues even as more and more customers in the supermarket reach for the bright-red tomato, the plump juicy chicken and the perfectly round head of lettuce.
Fillers add volume under the surface of the skin to plump up creases, divots and hollows from the inside out.
‘Come piggies,’ he calls to a family of plump Red River hogs.
Blackberry and sweet oak flavours spill onto the palate giving this wine a plump satiny texture.
Her eyes were painted with dark kohl, hair brighter than Bridget's was, lips plump, face broad and distinctive.
I was talking about Michael Moore, who just so happens to be, err, unpleasingly plump.
The other was the plump man who had used the machine to correct his test.
People who may or may not have cancer are plumped down in circles on comfy chairs in focus groups. Times, Sunday Times
She had a full, plump figure. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born
But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
The plump cook chided me, slapping my small hand away when it reached for one more chocolate chip cookie.
He plumped up his cheeks in an expression of annoyance.
Women plumped for similarly high-flying partners, including managers, architects and designers, and lawyers.
Judging from the sweet perfume of the raspberries and the plumpness of the currants they'd obviously just been picked.
A short plump pirate with an eye patch over his right eye, messy hair and a tangled beard.
Smiling caterers, in long white robes, served delicious spiced lamb, chicken, mounds of delicately flavoured rice and plump dates and figs.
She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
In another, tidy rows of young vegetables are being trickle-hosed into plumpness.
Despite her refusal to buy anything, the salesman measured her bed while she lay on it and plumped up pillows around her back and feet.
When she is given the opportunity to hire an assistant, Carla plumps for the oddball Paul, a comprehensively under qualified but malleable parolee in whom she spots considerable potential.
But, Varys' "plumpness" is not crucial to the plot I know, he's a eunuch and he is a bit of a "master of disguise" anyway... Insider: Sean Bean cast as Ned
He plumped out of the house
On the road we had huge meals at roadside tin shacks run by plump maidens. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War
He was rather plump, and wore a black patch over his right eye.
But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
On a cool spring day in 535 I went with Metaxas to the Great Palace, where he sought and found a plump, eunuchoid individual named Anastasius and had a long, animated discussion with him. Up The Line
So low was he that he preferred Gibsen’s tea-time salmon tinned, as inexpensive as pleasing, to the plumpest roeheavy lax or the friskiest parr or smolt troutlet that ever was gaffed between Leixlip and Island Bridge and many was the time he repeated in his botulism that no junglegrown pineapple ever smacked like the whoppers you shook out of Ananias’ cans, Finnegans Wake
She was plump-faced with a pleasant smile and bobbed black hair that had frizzled a bit in the humidity outside. Lance Mannion:
Plump and juicy, they are ideally served in a mariniere sauce with crusty homemade bread or chunky chips. The Sun
She plumped up the pillows for her sick daughter.
Father Conmee sat in a corner of the tramcar, a blue ticket tucked with care in the eye of one plump kid glove, while four shillings, a sixpence and five pennies chuted from his other plump glovepalm into his purse. Ulysses
There was much happiness—Arthur now had a plump baby daughter, Mary, to dandle on his knee—and, thanks to Sherlock Holmes, the wherewithal to do a “proper” Christmas, with all the trimmings. Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile
The speeches were numerous, but crucially short (the sweepstake winner had plumped for 33 minutes), and the perennial post-reception disco was splendid.
Sipping a decadent tamarind margarita, I sank into a plump towelling-covered chair.
Heck, there even was a short, plumpish, blonde attendant who sounded Russian.
They plumped for the option that gave them the most flexibility and control. Times, Sunday Times
As a lesbian I worry about anyone who says they want to kill me and destroy the "evilness" of my plump, middled-aged, mother-of-a-college-kid self. Fred Phelps & the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas: Turning hatred into a religion
It showed a large, plump man, already balding but with a pink, childlike face.
Not for them the comfort of top hotels and plump feather pillows. The Sun
As a Saami herder fed one plump animal, the Governor General wanted to know what reindeers usually eat.
This oozes plump merlot charm, she says. Times, Sunday Times
Its fattening qualities plumpen the tissues and so raise the lines of the face and gradually obliterate them. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture
She was also short and slightly plump, while the twins were fairly tall and Rosita was thin, but built up from training.
Twenty-five years ago, at Vassar, where we met, she was a pretty, plumpish hippie girl.
We do not use the latter term invidiously, but merely to denote a pair of smooth, plump, highly-coloured cheeks of capacious dimensions, and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of the lips than for any marked or striking expression it presented. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people
One of their biggest fans, he says, is an attractive, ballsy, slightly plump female friend who constantly complained that men didn't see her inner beauty.
It was with motherly affection and worry that she mindlessly tucked her daughter in tighter, trying to get the creases out of the sheets and plumping up the pillows.
Plumpness is still considered desirable today.
The liver was plump and full of flavor, and it melted beautifully on my tongue.
Next time, I think I'll add some plump cherry tomatoes, too.
Television broadcasters on this side of the pond have already plumped for old favourites.
I plumped instead for the raspberry jam tart with lemon grass crème fraîche, which was without a doubt the best dessert I've eaten all year.
The company had spoken to other food companies and even considered closing the unit before plumping for a management buyout.
‘Come piggies,’ he calls to a family of plump Red River hogs.
I was tempted by one of the specials, braised pigeon, but the thought of all those plump pigeons in York's Parliament Street guzzling titbits of junk food from tourists put me off.
Let the couscous plump up for 15 minutes, then fork it through to separate the grains.
At any rate, he ran back two or three yards and plumped down behind a rock.
She retains her usual colour and plumpness, which is a sign that the maternal exertions have not been too much for her. The Life of the Spider
She was one of the rather plump Irishwomen, with soft brown hair and hazel eyes, and a beautiful, rather distant repose. The Plumed Serpent
In addition to difficulties in finding a spouse, plumpness may also lessen sexual activity.
She plumped up the pillows for her sick daughter.
When no answer was forthcoming, the plump girl began to bawl noisily.
Like all little girls, she was very "ticklish," and when he dallied with his fingers about her plump neck, she dropped to the ground and kicked and rolled over to get away from him. The Daughter of the Chieftain : the Story of an Indian Girl
They plumped for a third party ticket.
Onward it came across the moonlit strip of grassy plain and the soft light falling upon it revealed a plump body clothed in a coat of black fur with white stripes while above, like a silvery halo, waved a bushy, plume-like tail. The Black Phantom
Their red "puddy" fists were fat, and their naked legs round and plump enough. The Toilers of the Field
Teddy-bear that the matter had to be adjusted by distracting his attention in the direction of some drilling soldiers, while Wally concealed the toy under the embroidered rug which protected the plump legs of the "duchess" -- who submitted with delighted gurgles to being tickled under the chin. Captain Jim
Quick and easy cosmetic treatments are readily available, with clinics, salons and even your local gym promising to smooth out wrinkles or plump up lips.
Just as he had uttered the last patriotic sentiment, he received a slight admonition from behind, by the point of a gen d'arme's sword, which made him leap from the table with the alacrity of a harlequin, and come plump down among the thickest of the fray. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 4
He is sitting on a settee in his hotel suite in One Devonshire Gardens, a plump and compact figure in a black pinstripe shirt and black trousers.
This oozes plump merlot charm, she says. Times, Sunday Times
Great for plumping saggy skin and calming creases. The Sun
When buying, plump for something handmade and crafted with care. Times, Sunday Times
Great for plumping saggy skin and calming creases. The Sun
So anyone who assumed from her plumpish figure that she was out of shape was in for a rude awakening. Bodily Harm
In fact, most British writers plump for licensed premises. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, despite their diminutive size, his figurines (they are primarily female) often had hourglass shapes that hinted at plumpness and fertile futures.
This drawing shows Mary not as the calm and sedate Theotokos holding the infant, as in Byzantine icons, nor as the serene and radiant young woman holding a plump and settled baby, familiar from early Renaissance paintings.
The lesion was composed of mononuclear cells and plump spindle cells arranged in a plexiform pattern.
My couzin the one that got married is short and fat. but not really fat but plump. -
For now, though, they are plump and ripe for roasting. Times, Sunday Times
Art in his plumpy boy stuck with arrows like a skewered capon? Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett
Boucher's cupidons bear the family traits of their elder sisters, Boucher's nymphs and shepherdesses: a plump litheness; long-lashed wide ingenuous eyes; small light-tipped noses.
Like a little plumped up raisin, he exudes vanity, smugness and frailty and desolation in equal measure.
People are paying for pads to make their tushes look tighter, their bums plumper. Susan Harrow: Get a Body Like Jennifer Aniston?
The artichoke was plump and juicy, served with bright red tomatoes that looked more suntanned than sun-dried.
As I leaned against a pillar jotting down my thoughts, a somewhat plump woman holding a foldable umbrella walked by.
The plump girl had finished her lollipop and threw the stick over her shoulder.
The most common type was that of mild obesity which men call "plumpness," a quality so prized since the world began that the women of all races by natural selection become relatively fatter than men. City of Endless Night
The Old World has only about 50 species of suboscines, and these fall into three small groups: the outrageously colorful, short-legged, plump pittas; the broadbills; and the asities.
The procedure also plumps up the infraorbital hollow, eliminating the shadow effect that lends a tired, droopy basset hound look to the face. Simple Skin Beauty
She was a plump mole only a little older than the visitor, but with warm motherly eyes and pleasant grey fur.
Time was when he was lean of girth -- as becomes an accountant, who is hinged dyspeptically all day across his desk -- but by this agreeable stowage he has now grown to plumpness. Chimney-Pot Papers
Or the plump and moist quail which the menu calls deboned, but isn't quite. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
I plumped for whole grilled lemon sole with smoked salmon and wasabi butter, while my companion chose grilled halibut with wild mushrooms on creamed leeks and pine kernels.
He moons through vast owlish specs as he plumps cushions and scurries off for an ashtray. Times, Sunday Times
When buying, plump for something handmade and crafted with care. Times, Sunday Times
Once the cushions had been plumped up to her satisfaction, she wouldn't allow her children to sit on them.
Simmer for about 5 minutes until the sultanas have absorbed most of the liquid and are plump and juicy. Times, Sunday Times
I've always had thin lips and I wanted them plumped up to be fashionable.
From here the path climbed up to the Col de Tricot (2120m) through meadows which must have been spectacular when it was in full flower earlier in the year, but now offered a tasty mid-morning snack of beautifully ripe, sweet, plump blaeberries (or myrtilles as they are in France). Day 1-Les Houches to Auberge du Truc
I remember photographs of my mother in her teens, a small girl given to plumpness, her pale face round, her lips thin.
Great for plumping saggy skin and calming creases. The Sun
This prejudice trickles all the way down to the bottom feeders, like the two plump southerners selling the kind of gunsights that project red dots onto chests or foreheads of intended victims.
Here, too, were to be seen the likeness of the -- iron-hearted, it should have been -- Duke, presenting a birth-day present, or something of the sort, to a moonfaced yonker that sat fair and plump upon the knee of its royal mother. Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada
For all his plumpness Tuck was no mean opponent at the game.
Fat teenagers rejoice, you can now blame your parents and the first five years of your life for your plumpness.
Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
In many feminine bodies we still recognize the trail of plumpness - a special charm of the past days.
The other way is to inject collagen or fat to plump up the cords and bring them back to youthful suppleness.
It came with a wonderful rice pilaf, dotted with raisins, plump cranberries, nuts, seeds and thinly sliced almonds.
While many would plump for winter as Scotland's best hillwalking season, I find it difficult to choose between spring and autumn.
Miss Delord plumped herself down upon the edge of the proffered seat, her toes bardy touching the floor. The Net
The pews were already full, and women had plumped down in the aisles, their children scattered around them.
I remember that Frank was impressed by the world-class knowledge and skill of the Soviet poultrymen, but he said their chickens didn't grow to be as plump and juicy as ours because their diets didn't include enough protein. The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
Grandpa Izzy says that Margaret is zaftig, which is Yiddish for pleasingly plump. The View from Saturday
‘Good evening, ma'am,’ the plump elevator attendant chirped.
The mussels should be plump, juicy and taste of the sea. Times, Sunday Times
A plump, red-faced man is demanding a third helping of sherry trifle. The Sun
Blackberry and sweet oak flavours spill onto the palate giving this wine a plump satiny texture.
we dropped the rock plump into the water
The marinades are used to plump up the chicken before it is covered in spices and fried.
The investigators found that men typically want women's faces to have feminine shape and feminine reflectance (such as plump lips and wide eyes), while women typically want men's faces to have masculine reflectance (such as swarthier skin) but a feminine shape. What makes a face appealing to the opposite sex?
Pressing down the contents of the full bowl with his thumb, he suddenly plumped upon the ground, the crutch beside him, the one limb under him so that he had the seeming of a legless torso. CHAPTER 2
To one side of her a young boy in overalls sucked on his ticket, to the other a plump man frowned through a monocle at a pocket watch chained to his vest.
So it has plumped for choice. Times, Sunday Times
May all the worms be plump ones in that great lake in the sky. The Sun
It was a new style of salmagundi; some of the boys were doused into each other, some were jolled against the tree, some sent grabbling on their faces down the hill; here one was plumped smack on the ice, there another, after being sufficiently whisked and shaken, was left standing. Margaret
‘It temporarily plumped up the skin on my thighs and rear,’ said one.
Plumpton is a good choice for relocation: it is five miles northwest of Lewes. Times, Sunday Times
An example is collagen, for the biocompatible soft-tissue implants used to plump wrinkles.
My skin seems a little more "plump," - the minimal wrinkles in my laughline and eyes are less noticable. Epinions Recent Content for Home
The plump body of the clown is made from partly-filled pudding basins to give the shallow domes required.
Standing naked in front of my full-length mirror, I like…no, love, what I see: full, luscious lips; perky, C-cup tits; small, tight waist; firm, plump ass; and smooth, shapely legs. Deep Throat Diva
I was all nice and toasty in a warm and fluffy bed, surrounded by half a dozen blankets and a plump pillow.
Harnoncourt has it purring along from the start, plumping up a generous cushion of sound on which to float the equally impressive Arnold Schoenberg Choir, who luxuriate in Brahms's glorious vocal lines. Brahms: German Requiem – review
Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
A bright hue, a rosy blush, pretty skin that's blemish free, and a plump shape - these are generally key for ripe fruits.
Such treatments are used to reshape the face, such as plumping up the lips.
I sat down plump on the ground, almost falling into the pool.
The deep mahogany of the grand piano surrounded and enveloped her plump figure.
I plumped my mother under a tree and walked around to take in some action.
But the latter occur in profusion, too: pirootin ': Messing around; from "pirouetting." tickler: A flat pocket flask. favorance: Resemblance. gumshot: Slingshot. throddy: Well rounded; plump; chuffy. in the room of: In place of. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 3
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
One by one, plump little bodies accumulated, tied to the cantles and pom'mels of saddles. Elvenborn
Among the glossiest and most luxurious seasonal food available is a sweet bowl of plump risotto and velvety porcini ceps mushrooms.
We do not use the latter term invidiously, but merely to denote a pair of smooth, plump, highly – coloured cheeks of capacious dimensions, and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of the lips than for any marked or striking expression it presented. Sketches by Boz
Saute six plump scallops, a dozen large prawns and a piece of your favourite fish mine is still rockling, cut into large cubes, in olive oil, a quarter cup of white wine and four finely chopped garlic cloves. Archive 2006-06-01

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