Crossword clues for plunged
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plunge \Plunge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plunging.] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See Plumb.]
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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war. ``To plunge the boy in pleasing sleep.''
--Dryden.Bound and plunged him into a cell.
--Tennyson.We shall be plunged into perpetual errors.
--I. Watts. To baptize by immersion.
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To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. [Obs.]
Plunged and graveled with three lines of Seneca.
--Sir T. Browne.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: plunge)
Usage examples of "plunged".
Anyway, Patrick plunged in, thinking Todd needed to be rescued, only he lost his footing and had to be hauled out.
Disregarding the necessity for quiet, Reeve plunged on, taking the safety off his rifle as he ran.
Reeve waved reassurance and plunged on just as he heard the mda's charging roar.
It was a shock to the watchers when one spearman sprang forward, past the snapping jaws, and plunged the weapon into the snake's breast.
Todd halted then plunged, "I felt he was nearly splitting with anticipation and it couldn't have been for the inauguration of another grid facility!
The visitor plunged into the nightside of Doonarrala, making it a sinister shadow against the stars.
He plunged his muzzle into the heart of the egg and drank the delicious yolk.
The in dignant doorman was tripped by a frantic cocker, who plunged at him from the lobby.
The man leaped the ornamental garden, plunged through the hedges, swung over the hood of a parked lawn-truck, straight-armed the over hanging branches of trees, brushed aside several men who tried to stop him.
His laugh echoed hollowly in her skull as he plunged her back into nothingness.
She'd seen him plunged into these unreasoning depressions before, whenever one of their missions was less than one hundred percent successful.
He plunged it down on the massive sloped helmet that jerked itself free of the ruins, and helm and head exploded in steam.
The hull toned again as they plunged into it, a different note from the stress of high-altitude reentry.
Plennafrey plunged her hand under her sash to her belt, and a hole opened in the wall just before they reached it, letting a cloud of dust whip past them into the room.
It rumbled downhill into a gully and plunged into a sudden puddle, splashing some of the eyes so they recoiled.