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
The songs on Del Real’s first solo album — the title yet to be revealed — plumb the depths of silence and sonic expansion.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
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
“Snored so loud, you plumb drowned the wind.”
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.