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.
plumbless
-
a word derived from
plumb.
Example Sentences
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The stars have come right again, and out of the immense and plumbless depths I make ready to return, to ooze forth, back into the light.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2016
Leaden eyelids closed down over her staring eyes, she sank back into the chair, simultaneously into plumbless depths....
From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance
The words of the Spirit of Creation swell in a harmonious storm, they mould the worlds as with hands, they sweep the plumbless spaces as with a besom of winds.
From The Masque of the Elements by Herman George Scheffauer
His dark eyes were large, beautiful with plumbless wisdom.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
With his unbending, utilitarian, matter-of-fact face, he hardened her again; and the moment shot away into the plumbless depths of the past, to mingle with all the lost opportunities that are drowned there.
From Hard Times by Charles Dickens
