How to Use plumber in a Sentence

plumber

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  • If pipes do freeze: Leave the faucets turned on and call a plumber.
    — Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The owner and the plumber did not respond to calls or emails.
    — Heather Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Aldrich is a plumber and said the win brings him a lot of relief.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • There aren’t many action movies where the hero is a plumber.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Then, Kate lets the plumber in the house and neglects to lock the front door behind him.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • That’s what a plumber would charge you just to start up his truck and drive to your home!
    — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • The plumber said that the bones were from a pig in a TikTok video — which now has over 1.4 million views.
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In the final week, Gaulier told her to perform as a plumber.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The tenants said the landlord sent a plumber but that nothing was done to fix the sewage and hot water.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Gagliardi agrees with the hundreds of commenters and plumbers who say this is a bad idea.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Here was the amazing thing—both men were skilled, even brilliant plumbers.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Her dad was a plumber, her mom was a teacher, and her house had no cable.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • In that case, one plumber never moves while the other racks up the miles at those two houses.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Without the funds to hire a plumber, the Prices are spending about $50 a month on bottled water.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • There were others who wanted the role of the Italian plumber to, in fact, go to an Italian.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Though there are still no details on who will replace him as the voice of the world’s most famous plumber.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Her father was a plumber, and her late mother had been a seamstress.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Anyone from a plumber to an HVAC expert to a roofing pro could be the one to save the day when a crisis hits.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But how would a plumber locate a pipe buried under dirt and asphalt?
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • The bun is stamped with Mario's mustache and then skewered with a pick topped with a replica of the plumber's iconic red cap.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Black Friday, aka the day after Thanksgiving, is the busiest day for plumbers.
    — House Beautiful, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Alex, a plumber living in Los Angeles, was born Eizeg Schulz in 1918.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Electricians and plumbers updated the wiring and pumps.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
  • The lines have both the charm of the everyday image—a plumber—and the freshness of an unexpected rhyme.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • Here are some of the most common situations that keep plumbers busy all day.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
  • Instead, the fictional plumber gains hooves and quadruples in size.
    — Zachary Small, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • If the clog still remains, call in a professional plumber.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 21 Nov. 2022
  • As calls come in, the company needs to decide which plumber goes to which location.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This is going to require an army of carpenters and plumbers.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • My father's father was more of a bruiser, a plumber in Brooklyn.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022

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