How to Use plum in a Sentence

plum

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  • That deal is a real plum for the contractor.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Here's a well-balanced, simple salad made with one of the fall's best-tasting fruits—plums!
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 20 June 2023
  • Get this deal in either an ashy fog or a deep plum hue, depending on your style.
    — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • This hand-poured soy candle reflects notes of plum, peony, patchouli, and leather.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The next best thing to eating berries, cherries, peaches, plums, figs and melon fresh?
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Toffler hoped a plum spot on the program would motivate the Queen of Pop to outdo herself.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The first whiskey is a 10-year-old single malt finished in plum brandy casks sourced from Alsace, France and is bottled at 92 proof.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Her makeup, as always, was perfect, her lips a deep plum.
    — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The foyer and hall are tricked out in the particular shade of plum that Bowles has made his signature.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2022

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