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.
had plumbed
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past perfectof plumb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Campaign group Fair Square said Fifa had "plumbed new depths".
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
“Go Dig My Grave” is a song Peat had plumbed for years at casual pub sessions, social hubs that remain central to Irish music tradition.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
Relations had plumbed new depths during the previous government’s nine years in power.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2022
His attitude toward public office lost much of its humility; he felt now that he really understood the worst in his people, that he had plumbed the depths of popular perfidy and ingratitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for the school: He alone knew where in Hogwarts he had stowed the Horcrux, because he alone had plumbed the deepest secrets of that place....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
