plumb line
Example Sentences
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Drop a plumb line from the top of the head down through the spine into the heels in first position, divide the body down this center, right from left.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022
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
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
I had a beautiful Vidal-style pageboy, plumb line straight.
From BBC • May 24, 2012
If a factory was nearby, he’d explain how you used a plumb line to get the chimney straight and why the windows had been placed a certain way to let in the maximum light.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
