But somehow, in our plunges down the avalanches, we always landed in a soft bed of snow.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The leader could hardly keep his feet, and what with the force of the current and the plunges of the fore oxen, he was having a pretty bad time of it.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
It is one of her peculiarities, the result of her desultory and imperfect training, that she often plunges into a discussion of topics which every well-trained girl should carefully avoid.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin