How to Use plumber in a Sentence

plumber

noun
  • Use a rag or nylon brush to remove all traces of the old plumber’s tape.
    Kyle Schurman, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Watt urges people not to hire anyone who knocks on their door claiming to be a plumber who can start work that day.
    Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • That’ll usually do until the plumber has the time to make a permanent fix.
    Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Gary was a plumber, and Timms’s mother, Karen, was a high-school science assistant.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The middle-income person calls a plumber, then stands in a long line inside a big-box store to get equipment to clean up the water.
    Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The sound of the helicopter and sirens woke a 31-year-old plumber sleeping in the apartment building across the street.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The plumber extended plumbing from the kitchen sink through an interior wall, and routed the wastewater out through the sink, too.
    New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Further investigation revealed a plumber, smoking a cigar while waiting for a job.
    Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The plumber, who had first visited the house on Thursday, was returning with more supplies in hand to complete the repair.
    New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Her kitchen appeared mostly undamaged, but the plumber that cut into Espinoza's wall found water had been pouring in underneath the floor.
    Jake Bleiberg, Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Laurent Lafitte, who plays a plumber trying to prevent the Syrians from settling permanently in Paimpoint, has a few good lines.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Many of these civilians — drivers, tilers, plumbers, security guards, computer programmers, miners — never wanted to end up in Ukraine.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Non-tipped workers might start demanding tips—such as landscapers, plumbers, auto mechanics, grocery tellers, dental hygienists, and others.
    Steve Rosenthal, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The plumber found the cash in a wall of the church in about 500 envelopes.
    Fox News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • If pipes do freeze: Leave the faucets turned on and call a plumber.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The 49-year-old U.K.-based plumber always sings on the job.
    Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • The owner and the plumber did not respond to calls or emails.
    Heather Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Aldrich is a plumber and said the win brings him a lot of relief.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • If that happens, leave the faucets turned on and call a plumber.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2022
  • There aren’t many action movies where the hero is a plumber.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Then, Kate lets the plumber in the house and neglects to lock the front door behind him.
    Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • That’s what a plumber would charge you just to start up his truck and drive to your home!
    Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • The plumber said that the bones were from a pig in a TikTok video — which now has over 1.4 million views.
    Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In the final week, Gaulier told her to perform as a plumber.
    Alex Marshall, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The nonprofit dispatched a plumber, who fixed the sink at no cost.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The tenants said the landlord sent a plumber but that nothing was done to fix the sewage and hot water.
    Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The electrician, the painter, the one who lays down tiles, the plumber — it all relies on cement.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • Gagliardi agrees with the hundreds of commenters and plumbers who say this is a bad idea.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Here was the amazing thing—both men were skilled, even brilliant plumbers.
    John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The wrench doesn't make the plumber, and social media doesn't make the journalist.
    Star Tribune, 5 June 2021

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