plumb
noun
a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line.
are plumbing
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present progressiveof plumb.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“It seems like we are plumbing new depths of horror, bloodshed and brutality with every single day. And if this isn’t a wake-up call, then it’s hard to see what will be.”
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Relations between the world’s two largest economies are plumbing new depths.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2020
Longer-dated futures are plumbing contract lows, testing the break-even economics for U.S. shale oil drillers.
From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 2015
In nearly every major body of water, their sea scientists are plumbing the depths for data on currents, water temperature and the sea bed that are vital to fishermen and submariners alike.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are plumbing connections, but these are not suitable for the transmission of a signal.
From Tangle Hold by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
