How to Use plot in a Sentence

plot

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  • The movie has a weak plot.
  • The book's plot revolves around a woman who is searching for her missing sister.
  • The prime minister was the target of an assassination plot.
  • They just bought a 12-acre plot of land.
  • Police uncovered a plot to assassinate the prime minister.
  • The plots are selling for $15,000 per acre.
  • As of right now, mum's the word on the plot for season 6.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 18 June 2023
  • From the cast to the plot, here's everything to know about Beetlejuice 2.
    — Jillian Pretzel, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • But don’t be fooled: The plot is trite; the cast, a basketful of stereotypes.
    — Ilan Stavans, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Watch the video to see this author reveal the perfect plot.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • The film version is said to expand on the stage version’s plot.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The movie shows her involvement with a plot to bomb a café and her trial for the act.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The crops on her five-acre plot include corn, peppers, beans and sweet basil.
    — Jacey Fortin Mike Belleme, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The novel’s plot pivots around the search for a 6-year-old boy who has gone missing in a dust storm.
    — Alida Becker, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Details of the plot, studio and cast are under wraps at the moment.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 June 2023
  • There simply isn’t enough room to develop all the plot strands.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • Somehow the very appearance of De Niro, in a Scorsese film, is enough to give away the plot.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Lennon finds a resolution to that plot point by the end of the Season 2 premiere.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That’s part of the point of the play — that none of these young men took the Nazi threat seriously enough — but there’s not much more plot than that.
    — Trish Deitch, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The compilations double as right-off-the-bat plot twists.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The plot is loosely based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac.
    — Joshua Ocampo, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
  • Verna’s parents were buried a stone’s throw from the plot of land where her father had grown up.
    — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Over the years, the idea remained with her, but as her life changed alongside partner Jeff Bezos, so did the plot.
    — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But each of these spoofs and goofs had a purpose, rooted in character and plot.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The plot now thickens, with sea ice, of all things, emerging as a major player.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Austal has purchased two new plots of land, Ryder said.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 16 June 2023
  • The docuseries dives into the plot behind the robbery and the mastermind behind it all.
    — Claudia Guthrie, ELLE, 31 May 2023
  • From the growing cast to the plot, here's everything to know about the upcoming Avatar sequels.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
  • That self-awareness is part of the charm, along with the clever way the plot unfolds and the genuine love Gerwig has for her characters.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • The last is an undulating, 21.4-acre plot at the heart of Domaines des Lambrays.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2023
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plot

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  • Have you plotted the route for your trip yet?
  • They plotted to steal the painting.
  • They've plotted the locations where the trees will be planted.
  • She spent her years in prison plotting her revenge.
  • We've been plotting growth strategies for the company.
  • Students plotted soil temperatures on a graph throughout the school year.
  • She carefully plotted her career path.
  • See a map of the mounds in the park to plot your visit here.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Read on to figure out the best time to plot your escape.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2023
  • From their moon base, the Drac’s plotted a takeover of England.
    — Vulture, 13 Aug. 2023
  • In the end, Zipf plotted dozens and dozens of languages and got that same minus one slope for all of them.
    — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
  • One of the best things about the start to a new year is all the planning, plotting, and daydreaming that comes along with it.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Plus Dancing With the Stars may be the next show plotting its return to have to reverse course.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The unearthed theater was found where the hotel planned to plot its own garden.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 29 July 2023
  • To the outsider — or perhaps the rival — this feels like a path almost too well plotted.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Studios and our intrepid brand partners wanted to plot with us to bring Alf back to life.
    — USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Jihan, who arrived in the camp in 2018, spent years plotting escape.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • To see more about the package and plot out your next friends or family vacation, head to bluediamondresorts.com.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But instead, Jaguar has plotted a two-day route that, on a map, looks like it was drawn by someone asked to hold a pen for the first time.
    — Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
  • But in the long run, the administration plotted a doomed course.
    — Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
  • Instead, the islands served as a superb base for plotting.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Study this Blue Ridge roadtrip checklist, and start plotting your course.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Davis shares several electric scenes with Blyth as Gaul plots new ways to torture the tributes.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
  • After the president signs a disarmament treaty with Russia, most of the Joint Chiefs of Staff plot a coup.
    — The New Republic, 22 June 2023
  • But for the most part, the project shows a new maturity, avoiding the glib facetiousness and tricksy plotting that have so often been part of the Ritchie stamp.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
  • At this point all of the other writers were passing vicious notes back and forth and quietly plotting to take over the show from me.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
  • While Stange was away, Haag wound up plotting every pair of remainders — about 120.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As Dipesh and Honest Lier plotted a route around a nearby mountain, Madan alerted me to a white high-rise.
    — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • How one man’s experience helped shape the movie For Mamadou Kouassi, the exploits depicted in the film aren’t just plot twists in a movie.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The court said that Mr. Xu had plotted to poison Mr. Lin and four other people over an office dispute.
    — David Pierson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024

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