How to Use plumbing in a Sentence

plumbing

noun
  • The house has old plumbing.
  • The building is in need of new plumbing and electric wiring.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • The beauty of these products is that no plumbing needs to be done.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • If the tree's plumbing is all clogged up, the water can't go anywhere.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The plumbing broke, spraying raw sewage puddles on the floor.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Ben swings by to help with the plumbing — and sees an eyeball floating in the toilet.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 June 2022
  • In the months that followed, plumbing leaked and flooded.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • The quote only covered the plumbing drain pipes and water lines that would be under the slab of the house.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Maybe your basement is too damp, or there could be a leak in the plumbing somewhere.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Along with new exam rooms, the centers will need supplies and plumbing to equip the rooms.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Kept from the sight of all but those who work with it, the vast maze of urban plumbing unfurls a path for Daniels and Daniels alone.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 May 2021
  • In plumbing lingo, these ridges are called splines or points.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • The plumbing was new, the temple bare of its goddesses.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
  • The building needed new HVAC, new plumbing and new wiring.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The true stars of the past season could be the people responsible for the plumbing.
    — Charles Passy, WSJ, 10 June 2022
  • Back then, the house had no furnace, no water heater and no plumbing under the kitchen sink.
    — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Ian spent most of his first five years in a house without plumbing that was heated with wood.
    — C.j. Chivers, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The plumbing is going to get adjusted and that is going to be spicy.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Every room leads into the other; the plumbing works; there’s a first floor and a second floor.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • What’s the plumbing structure of Enceladus’s plumes, and how are they sustained?
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 28 July 2022
  • Over the years, Thomas made many upgrades, from a new roof and plumbing to an electrical rewiring of the entire house.
    — Jenny Xie, Curbed, 11 May 2021
  • While it has been shuttered, crews gutted the kitchen and are replacing the plumbing and some of the kitchen equipment.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 21 June 2021
  • There's the young girl in Kosovo who gave her a tour of her home, with no running water or plumbing.
    — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
  • It’s from the plumbing to the electricity to the construction.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Nathan Seiberg, 64, still does a lot of the electrical work and even some of the plumbing around his house in Princeton, New Jersey.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 June 2021
  • The second thing to note is that these OCIs are building plumbing between clouds.
    — Matt Kimball, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The heat and air conditioner didn't work, and there were plumbing problems in the bathroom.
    — CBS News, 30 May 2023
  • And fixing the plumbing would require ripping up the floor in Green’s apartment.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • This is why the NWS recommends to keep away from plumbing and electrical equipment, such as dishwashers and washing machines, during a thunderstorm.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
  • While the upfront expense can be costly, the long-term benefits go beyond dishware—soft water is also gentler on appliances, skin, clothing, and plumbing.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'plumbing.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: