How to Use heavily in a Sentence

heavily

adverb
  • He sat down heavily on the couch.
  • She drank and smoked heavily for years.
  • He was leaning heavily on the table.
  • Our flowers were heavily damaged by a late spring frost.
  • He relies heavily on his wife for advice.
  • These artists borrow heavily from Picasso.
  • Plant in full sun and mulch heavily.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Jax was booed heavily for that line.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • His left arm is in a sling & his hand is heavily wrapped.
    — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The barn was heavily damaged from the fire.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The fourth line had a rare off-night in this game, getting heavily out-chanced.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But a lot of it was heavily focused on the posing.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Iran would be heavily favored to advance as a third-place team with a tie.
    — ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • This was a year when rap music was heavily into crews.
    — Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How long your wine can last depends heavily on the type, the wine expert said.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Most likely, the cold has heavily damaged your sea grape and may be dead to the ground.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The alt-rock and punk band’s music is featured heavily in the film.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The change may not impact iPhone users heavily.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026
  • The cyclist could be seen bleeding heavily from both legs.
    — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The show dives heavily into menswear with the three brothers.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The coach also plans to lean more heavily on midfielders to put the ball in the net.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Both buildings were heavily damaged by the fire with smoke pouring from the roofs of the homes.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Stumble also had spent the last few months heavily on the bubble.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 May 2026
  • Our budget is heavily weighted on road projects.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The work of fiction is heavily informed by many true historic events.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The city is heavily counting on that money for its budget.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • If the horns are heavily broomed and look 1 ½ to two inches thick at the tip, the ram is a trophy.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Pratt has focused heavily on the city’s handling of the fire, which destroyed his home.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Many of them were either already public or heavily blacked out.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Both deals were heavily criticized as over-leveraged at the time.
    — Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

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