plumb bob
Example Sentences
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Now, you can use a plumb bob or level to project down to the ground exactly where your support posts will be.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
As it swings, the shiny plumb bob reflects onto the water the orange and yellow sunset in a nearby photograph, which is pegged to an armature connected to a rotating fan.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023
But the installation titled “Diver” features a stainless-steel plumb bob swinging elliptically over the level surface of a container of water that sits on the Guggenheim’s sloping ramp.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023
Don’t stare and plumb bob forever, but don’t hurry, either; wait that extra half-second until that projected putt becomes, somehow, real in the mind.
From Golf Digest • May 7, 2020
He had a plumb bob in his hand and a spirit level, but he laid them down.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
