On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Plumb. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as plum or adjust and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Plumb in a sentence
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Plumb meaning
- A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- The perpendicular direction or position.
Synonyms of Plumb
Using Plumb
- The main meaning on this page is: A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction. | A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water. | The perpendicular direction or position.
- Useful related words include: plum, adjust, explore, weight down.
- In the example corpus, plumb often appears in combinations such as: plumb and, to plumb, plumb in.
Context around Plumb
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Plumb
- In this selection, "plumb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gavin, john, eve, new, told and takes stand out and add context to how "plumb" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to plumb new emotional and after ms plumb was admitted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "plumb" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with plumb
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Director, Joe Plumb, takes the helm on this new production. (10 words)
After Plumb's conviction, Holly told how grateful she was those victims came forward. (14 words)
The integration of commercial space into military operations is “the way of the future,” Plumb said. (16 words)
Sinatra’s arranger Nelson Riddle credited that heartache with the singer’s ability to plumb new emotional depths; you can hear it in both the song choices and his tellings of compositions by Rodgers and Hart, such as I’ll Never Be the Same. (44 words)
Security guard Gavin Plumb 'would have been able to carry out' his plot against Holly Willoughby if he had found a 'likeminded person' online 'which he thought he had done', a detective warned. (33 words)
The inn was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Plumb in 1873, and it was completely rebuilt and reopened in 1897 after a fire destroyed the building one year prior. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
It’s a sunshine day as Julien’s Auctions presents Brady Bunch & More: Eve Plumb’s ‘Jan Brady’ Career Archives taking place online Monday, October 2nd, 2023.
LaVerne also leaves her nieces and nephews Danielle Ward, Olivia Seale, Miranda Ankney, Michael Plumb and Joshua Ankney.
Ms Willoughby did not appear on the programme on Thursday as she had learned of Gavin Plumb's alleged plot to commit kidnap and murder her only the night before.
Sinatra’s arranger Nelson Riddle credited that heartache with the singer’s ability to plumb new emotional depths; you can hear it in both the song choices and his tellings of compositions by Rodgers and Hart, such as I’ll Never Be the Same.
The decision was conveyed to Russia on Monday, the Pentagon’s Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb told the House Armed Services’ Strategic Forces subcommittee on Tuesday.
The inn was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Plumb in 1873, and it was completely rebuilt and reopened in 1897 after a fire destroyed the building one year prior.
The integration of commercial space into military operations is “the way of the future,” Plumb said.
Unfortunately for Dave he failed to hit the brown and left John plumb on the brown with blue and pink waiting for the first point of the night.
After Plumb's conviction, Holly told how grateful she was those victims came forward.
Despite Plumb's desire to get his life back on track, he was already hiding a disturbing past.
Director, Joe Plumb, takes the helm on this new production.
Dr Bassford said that after Ms Plumb was admitted to hospital and triaged then moved to the resuscitation ward to receive treatment.
During treatment for the pneumothorax on 11 December Ms Plumb suffered a catastrophic cardiovascular collapse and died, he told the hearing.
Former This Morning presenter Willoughby said after Plumb’s conviction last week that women “should not be made to feel unsafe … in our own homes”.
Gavin Plumb, from Harlow, Essex, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years following a week-long trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
He urged Tuff Plumb and other building professionals to continue to provide solutions to the challenge.
Like nearly everyone in this novel, the photographer is more than a shade out of plumb.
Plumb is charged with soliciting a man, David Nelson, to commit murder, and encouraging or assisting kidnap and rape.
Plumb was convicted on Thursday following an eight-day trial and will be sentenced in the upcoming days.
Security guard Gavin Plumb 'would have been able to carry out' his plot against Holly Willoughby if he had found a 'likeminded person' online 'which he thought he had done', a detective warned.
Common combinations with plumb
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- plumb and 6×
- to plumb 4×
- plumb in 3×
- plumb was 3×
- gavin plumb 3×
- eve plumb 2×
- plumb jan 2×
- john plumb 2×
- ms plumb 2×
- of plumb 2×