plumb
Example Sentences
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Honestly, it’s refreshing to be repulsed and intrigued by a movie willing to plumb these psychological depths when Hollywood won’t.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Amanda is enraptured with its aspirational luxury: “The house had that hush expensive houses do. Silence meant the house was plumb, solid, its organs working in happy harmony.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Or maybe we’ll plumb new depths of dysfunction in the coming year.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025
The 30-year-old set the tone early with a full delivery in his first over that had Young trapped plumb in front.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Biddy is plumb scared to come out in the world, and she was coming here to protect me from Robert.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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