plumb line
Example Sentences
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"It's the lead weight from a plumb line."
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024
My father’s simple existence has been like a horizontal plumb line for me, one to gauge myself against.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2018
Its southern latitude disguises just how far west the shipping channel reaches — far enough to catch a plumb line dropped from Cleveland.
From New York Times • May 18, 2018
He rolled up his sleeves, wiped the blade against the sole of his shoe, then hunkered down and closed one eye, like a carpenter with a plumb line.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2012
The master mason checked continually with his level to make sure the stones were perfectly horizontal and with his plumb line to make sure that the wall was perfectly vertical.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
