plumb

Example Sentences

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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

When Emma Hayes took the reins of the women’s national soccer team in 2024, one of her first goals was to plumb the depths of the team’s talent pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Liam Dawson was trapped plumb in front and Ryan Higgins dollied a catch to backward point as Spirit's batters tried and failed to get to grips with the top T20 wicket-taker of all time.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

In effect, the complaint here invites the Journal’s lawyer to use interrogatories and depositions to plumb the entire relationship between the two men.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

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