PLUMBING in a Sentence

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11 example sentences for PLUMBING, such as:

1. The electrics and the plumbing were sound.
2. They had ensured the plumbing was overhauled a year ago.
3. Look lak he go plumb crazy w'en Doctah Meade say her neck broke.
4. He was the only person besides the repairman at Sam Clark's who understood plumbing.
5. Before hanging wallpaper it is advisable to drop a plumb line from the ceiling as a guide.

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 Meanings and Examples of PLUMBING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
plumbing
 n.  installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building
Classic Sentence:
1  He was the only person besides the repairman at Sam Clark's who understood plumbing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  They are plumb set on that town, most as bad as Charlestonians are about Charleston, and it'll take more than Yankees and a burning to keep them away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
3  Look lak he go plumb crazy w'en Doctah Meade say her neck broke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
4  No, when I go to sea, I go as a simple sailor, right before the mast, plumb down into the forecastle, aloft there to the royal mast-head.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
5  We got her half way; and then we was plumb played out, and most drownded with sweat.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Example Sentence:
1  They had ensured the plumbing was overhauled a year ago.
2  Our gardener is a jack of all trades, he can do carpentering, decorating, a bit of plumbing, and so on.
3  The electrics and the plumbing were sound.
4  The metal is used extensively in the construction industry, for electrical wiring and copper pipes are used for plumbing.
5  In New York City, where I grew up, the superintendent was the guy who fixed the plumbing or the boiler.
6  Before hanging wallpaper it is advisable to drop a plumb line from the ceiling as a guide.