plumber

Example Sentences

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Saturday morning would be spent not relaxing but frantically trying to find a plumber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Her mum Linda was a cleaner and her dad Peter was a plumber.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"It turned out one of the officials with the away team, Jarrow, was a plumber so he was roped in to help too. They sorted it out and the match went ahead."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Much to the astronauts' relief, Koch remedied the issue with the toilet aboard Orion -- "I'm proud to call myself the space plumber," she said during a Q&A session late Thursday with US media.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

With his pliers, the plumber twisted the inner workings of the lock.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day