How to Use plumb in a Sentence

plumb

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

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024