How to Use plumb in a Sentence

plumb

1 of 3 noun

• Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood.
  — Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016
• The Gallery of Kings—the line of statues above the three massive doorways—was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb.
  — Andrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
• The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• In other cases, the off-plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners.
  — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017
• In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
• Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
• Monica Barbaro practiced her carpet walk in a two-tone Elie Saab ballgown of deep plumb and delicate blue chiffon with a long full train.
  — Leanne Italie, ajc, 13 Mar. 2023
• Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood.
  — Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016
• The Gallery of Kings—the line of statues above the three massive doorways—was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb.
  — Andrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
• The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• In other cases, the off-plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners.
  — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017
• In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
• Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
• Monica Barbaro practiced her carpet walk in a two-tone Elie Saab ballgown of deep plumb and delicate blue chiffon with a long full train.
  — Leanne Italie, ajc, 13 Mar. 2023
• Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood.
  — Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016
• The Gallery of Kings—the line of statues above the three massive doorways—was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb.
  — Andrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
• The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• In other cases, the off-plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners.
  — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017
• In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
• Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
• Monica Barbaro practiced her carpet walk in a two-tone Elie Saab ballgown of deep plumb and delicate blue chiffon with a long full train.
  — Leanne Italie, ajc, 13 Mar. 2023
• Hold each post plumb and drive nails through the anchors into the wood.
  — Rick Peters, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2016
• The Gallery of Kings—the line of statues above the three massive doorways—was almost a foot (.3 meters) out of plumb.
  — Andrew Tallon, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
• The toppling tower inclined slowly to about fifteen feet out of plumb.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• In other cases, the off-plumb spaces were turned into a narrow alley so that the rest of the parcel would have 90-degree corners.
  — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 May 2017
• In the olden days, woodworkers needed a range of measuring tools, plumbs and levels.
  — Alexandra Samuel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2018
• Thankfully the technology used today has advanced beyond dangling plumb lines over the side of the ship.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
• Monica Barbaro practiced her carpet walk in a two-tone Elie Saab ballgown of deep plumb and delicate blue chiffon with a long full train.
  — Leanne Italie, ajc, 13 Mar. 2023

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plumb

2 of 3 verb

• The new house has been wired and plumbed.
• The play plumbs the depths of human nature.
• All the bathroom fixtures have been plumbed.
• The plumber is almost finished plumbing the apartment.
• The book plumbs the complexities of human relationships.
• In your next draft, plumb the depths of what that means.
  — Kerry Elson kiki O’Keeffe Yates, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
• That is why ships employ sonar rather than radar to plumb the briny depths.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
• Many of these projects are doomed attempts to plumb a well that’s long since run dry.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
• Expect the band to plumb the depths of its stylish mystique in a set that will veer from French pop to Krautrock to jazz.
  — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• With the string line in place, level and plumb each post while tamping loose soil against it [2].
  — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
• The soft brush plumbs the crevices of your keyboard to sweep out crumbs, then retracts with a snap for easy storage.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020
• Using a 4-foot level, plumb each post and fasten the braces to the stakes to hold the subassembly in place.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2020
• To plumb the majesty of such a place, to know its secrets, requires more than a hell-bent drive over Newfound Gap.
  — Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• There is more to ponder, in this uncommon movie, than there is to plumb.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2020
• At the start of the year unemployment was plumbing new lows.
  — The Economist, 16 May 2020
• The job of human resources is to assess our conduct, not to plumb our souls.
  — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• Nowadays, a swath is cut right up the mountain as each lift is plumbed with snow-making gear.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• After every three or four courses, check that the wall is plumb [10].
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2021
• By game’s end, the Dolphins defensive line was plumb worn out.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2020
• Still, there are many more deep-sea environments to plumb the boundaries of life.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2019
• There will be time aplenty to plumb the West’s misjudgment and mishandling of Vladimir Putin up to now.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2022
• Things Plumbers Love: Smooth and level floors, plumb walls, fixtures that come out of the box without parts missing.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2019
• The Nasdaq Composite is up around 14% and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has plumbed some of its lowest levels of the past six months.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2023
• Notch the two center posts, set them on their piers, plumb them, and bolt them into position [7].
  — George Retseck, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2020
• Make sure the tree is properly centered and as close to plumb as possible, then slide the bolts against the trunk and tighten.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2020
• The project was plumbed for a public bathroom, but, as The New York Times reported last month, the city ran out of cash and it never was built.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
• Finally, a chance to plumb through the grim depths of A&E without needing to parse through any inscrutable genre tags!
  — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 18 June 2021
• The building is already plumbed for showers and has a kitchen for on-site meal preparation.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2023
• The site is near an existing Arch mine and will plumb the same reserves, reducing some of the risk for the company.
  — Fortune, 12 Nov. 2019
• The two-car garage includes an unfinished upstairs space that has been plumbed.
  — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 6 May 2020

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plumb

3 of 3 adjective

• The carpenter made sure that the wall was plumb.
• Tip the 4 x 4 post ends into the holes, and brace the screen so that the posts are plumb.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2021
• Guess Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster get all the plumb roles.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2021
• Backfill with six inches of dirt, check that the post is plumb, and tamp down the dirt.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2020
• Hold the weight plumb under your shoulder and next to your hip on your standing-leg side.
  — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 22 Sep. 2021
• In the still air, the rope swing on a nearby maple branch hung straight down, following the plumb line of gravity’s pull.
  — Barbara Damrosch, The Denver Post, 5 May 2017
• Tiara leaves the bold, plumb bows and vertical windshields to the Europeans.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
• That said, this trade helps bring the Falcons back into plumb, at least financially, and that matters.
  — Arkansas Online, 8 June 2021
• Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles.
  — Stacker.com, al, 20 Feb. 2022
• When the final coat of plaster is laid, the warren of ducts and wires beneath it has to sit perfectly flat, plumb to within a sixteenth of an inch over ten feet.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• For 50 years, Iowa has held the plumb spot, drawing hordes of candidates and operatives who crisscross the state to court voters.
  — Caren Bohan, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
• But this artificial format can’t quite plumb that depth.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020
• For holes deeper than three feet, drop a plumb bob (a conical weight attached to a string) into it to give you some sense whether the hole itself is plumb and uniformly shaped.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2020
• The social credit system, a method of scoring people based on their behavior, could link child-rearing to bank loans or plumb jobs.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021
• With a grey hull, many windows and plumb bow, the 105-footer from Arcadia Yachts was launched several months ago, and is now cruising the Caribbean.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2021
• Silence meant the house was plumb, solid, its organs working in happy harmony.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020
• Hayward had been ensconced as a coach at the University of California, a plumb position, when the lure of Oregon fly-fishing brought him north.
  — oregonlive, 8 July 2022
• Inspectors determined 78% of headstones and niche coves at the Birdeye cemetery were installed in proper height, plumb and alignment, falling short of the 90% target.
  — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2022
• The striking rounded plumb bow also creates less wind disturbance.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 July 2021
• The 289-footer, known as Pegasus, features a low, linear hull, a plumb bow and a trippy metallic finish that camouflages it with the surrounding environment.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
• The two-bedroom residence lacked critical structural elements, like plumb walls, level floors, and a usable driveway.
  — Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2023
• Taste: Oranges provide a brightness, plums plumb fruity depths, milk chocolate accounts for the richness and texture, while the strong smoky bottom layer is a combination of white pepper and soot that becomes medicinal.
  — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• But at least in Snyder’s version, Lois isn’t a woman who’s given up on life, spending her workdays gabbing with her dead lover’s mom and relinquishing plumb assignments to her less deserving colleagues.
  — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• Keough excels at self-destructive self-confidence; consider this plumb role Amazon's apology for dead-wifing her in The Terminal List.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
• That all changed last week when bighorn sheep biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spotted the shining structure from a helicopter and filmed the crew circling the perfectly plumb construction tucked into its redrock alcove.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
• Likud lawmakers have been competing for a shrinking collection of assignments after Netanyahu gave away many plumb jobs to his governing partners.
  — Josef Federman, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2022
• Up through the 1990s, reconstructionists relied on tape measures, calculators, plumb bobs, cherry pickers, film cameras, and handwritten maps.
  — John H. Tucker, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
• Objectivity is different: the necessary effort, always doomed to fall short, of rendering reality exactly, like a carpenter striving for plumb, level, and square.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
• The carpenter made sure that the wall was plumb.
• Tip the 4 x 4 post ends into the holes, and brace the screen so that the posts are plumb.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2021

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