Use take-the-plunge in a sentence

Like any other boy young and poor and in a position so humble as to offer no opportunity of improvement, he was even afraid of change, and seemed unwilling to take the plunge of leaving his master and taking his chance in the great world.

With little hesitation the advisers of the French Crown determined to take the plunge.

Mine, at length, not content with making me take the plunge over head and ears, kept splashing me, and provoking me with all the little playful tricks he could devise, and which I strove not to remain in his debt for.

He is taking the plunge of his own free will, there is no need for me to shove him off the precipice.

What a fool she had been for the sake of a silly powerlessness to take the plunge.

The lifeboat seemed to hang on that wave as though hesitating to take the plunge.

Two sailors fastened upon the Battleship Boy at the instant he was about to take the plunge.

For the brief present I am like some strong swimmer, who is about to commit himself to battle with the waves of a storm-tossed ocean, and who, before he takes the plunge, gazes once around and casts a longing, lingering look behind.

Before taking the plunge, pour cold water over the head; simply dabbing the hair with it is not sufficient.

Trace back the history of characters such as this, and you will find that in almost all cases they have been weakly boys, who on account of their lack of vigor and health were always afraid to take the plunge.

The fumbling man prayed for grit to take the plunge clean and straight.

He allowed a short interval to elapse before taking the plunge.