How to Use heavy in a Sentence

heavy

1 of 3 adjective
  • The man was six feet tall with a heavy build.
  • The storm caused heavy damage to the building.
  • Heavy rains caused flooding in the area.
  • The truck was carrying a heavy load.
  • We got caught in heavy traffic.
  • Turnout for the election is expected to be heavy.
  • The company is facing heavy losses this quarter.
  • She was wearing sunglasses and heavy makeup.
  • Does work feel heavy these days?
    — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The top three are dessert-heavy.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
  • So is the heavy peak to the lapels.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • No one checked his heavy backpack for a gun.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe some of you have been through heavier things.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This week’s episode is bottom-heavy.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, this presents some pretty heavy risks.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Store heavy coats, boots and cold-weather gear.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Lastly, the fruit should feel heavy for its size.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026
  • My first pair broke after around three years of heavy use.
    — Mariana Zapata, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
  • Avoid heavy foot traffic on the grass and don’t mow it.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With heavy, wet snow fully leafed out trees could be at risk.
    — Alex Lehnert, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • Choose a head of cabbage that feels firm and heavy for its size.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The Chiefs come in as heavy favorites tonight.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Once on the scene, crews found heavy flames coming from the first floor.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Today is a very heavy day for a lot of people.
    — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • The stove gets the heaviest use in the kitchen.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The stove gets the heaviest use in the kitchen.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The snakes are also fairly wide and heavy.
    — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • My heart is heavy…life can be unfair sometimes.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The weight of the wedding rings on my left hand became heavy.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Her skin was smooth, soaking up the light; her hair was thick, long and heavy.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025

heavy

2 of 3 adverb
  • The smoke hung heavy in the air.
  • Rain will come down heavy at times.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Some of the rain will come down heavy at times.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • For a moment, the silence hung heavy in the room.
    — Nathan Furr, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In my heavy-tripping state, the taste is glorious.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the heavy-looking gray clouds that blot out the sun aren’t just the bane of beachgoers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • Then, her mother-in-law would have come down the stairs, a heavy-footed thumping.
    — Karen Brown, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Heat a large cast-iron or heavy-bottomed ovenproof skillet over medium heat.
    — Kate Krader, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2021
  • This rich cream is packed with heavy-hitting hydrators like hyaluronic acid and lipids.
    — Deanna Pai, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Next year, too, these segments will do the heavy-lifting to keep profits looking up.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The heavy-lifting logistics, though, have been left to Tetreault and his staff.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • Simply pull to the outside and pass the heavy-braking computer cars.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Even people within the system are alarmed by the heavy-handed approach.
    — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Now the question of when tourists will be welcomed back is weighing heavy on minds and pocketbooks across town.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2021
  • With spring training near, the Yankees have done the heavy-lifting on their roster.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • While most of the heavy-lifting is done, teams will still change between now and September.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2021
  • This may still feel a bit heavy-handed, but if anyone ever will understand this approach, now is the time.
    — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Smoke from several regional fires hung heavy over the area, clamped down like a wet blanket by a high-pressure zone.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Caramel can be tricky, especially if your saucepan isn’t heavy-based; the sugar can brown at the edges while the center is still pale.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Without Garland, the heavy-legged Cavs couldn’t sustain their first-half scoring pace.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 1 May 2021
  • The bass master brought the heat, as per usual, creating a heavy-hitting show catering to all tastes in bass music.
    — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • If there is a God ordaining all our days, my note here is Pretty heavy-handed, God.
    — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • But the protests have continued, and Tokayev has responded with more heavy-handed measures.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Blacklists have been just one of the tactics used in this effort, albeit one of the more heavy-handed and perhaps unsettling.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • The heavy-hitting ingredients behind all this?
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Today’s blush looks are more considered than the heavy-handed approach of the 1980s.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The threat of the virus hangs heavy - not only in the risk of infection, but also in the steep consequences of disruption on a vessel.
    — Author: Taylor Telford, Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • While heavy-hitting Bryson DeChambeau isn't in the field, five players ranked in the world's top 10 are.
    — Brett Martel, ajc, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The elders of showbiz assumed this whole sci-fi whatchamacalit, with the robots and the light swords and the heavy-breathing bad guy, was some flavor-of-the-month thing.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This was a heavy-hitting class that was well-balanced and included a Heisman Trophy winner.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 11 May 2021

heavy

3 of 3 noun
  • He played the heavy in film after film.
  • They have become one of the industry heavies.
  • The conference will be attended by several media heavies.
  • Rain that heavy can cause streams and creeks to jump their banks and cause flooding.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 17 July 2021
  • One heavy gets punched so hard that his glass eye pops out and rolls into a mousehole.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Brian Dennehy played the heavy in it.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The Colts play the Chiefs this week and will likely be pass-heavy.
    — Adam Ronis, SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • For the second year in a row, the Angels went arm-heavy in the draft.
    — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • Place the milk in a large heavy-bottom saucepan and bring to just under a boil over medium heat.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 3 Mar. 2020
  • There is going to be a special burgundy-heavy edition of the book.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The Nuggets don’t need Jokic to play the heavy in the locker room.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The shift to text-heavy memes on Instagram began about a year ago, users said.
    — New York Times, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Good teams are strong in their 20th through 30th players and aren’t just top-heavy with stars.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2020
  • This year’s class of tight ends may be considered top heavy with a potential top-five pick in the mix.
    — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • But a Mars landing is always a scary prospect, with the fear of a crash hanging heavy in the air.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 27 Nov. 2018
  • Like Gavi, his distribution out to the wings was a little top heavy.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • That doesn't mean the game is flawless, which is to be expected in something so story-heavy.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Scoring more than 50% off on these bass-heavy icons is a total win for your playlist and your pocket.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Drag used to be very live-performance heavy, and the pendulum has just swung towards lip sync right now.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Cover with another sheet and break out your meat mallet, rolling pin or a big heavy can of tomatoes or beans.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The half of your league that went pitching-heavy is looking for hitting upgrades, which are harder to find.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The tabbouleh is herb-heavy, with plenty of bright lip-smacking acidity.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2019
  • In a free agent market top-heavy with star shortstops, a center-fielder may turn out to be the biggest prize.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The owner of the Sewol had added extra berths, making the ferry top-heavy.
    — New York Times, 8 June 2022
  • Fort Worth’s luxury Bowie House hotel opened with a beef-heavy menu.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The knock inflicted by Switzerland's heavy handed approach was to his left foot.
    — SI.com, 19 June 2018
  • This afternoon, old men wilt in a cleft in the rocks, and a schoolgirl hauls a plastic bag heavy with one fat octopus.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
  • While the Pokes can burn you on the ground and by throwing it, Hawaii is obviously pass-heavy.
    — Max Meyer, SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But four of those five appearances were by Clemson, and being top-heavy isn’t the same thing as being deep.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • SpaceX and Blue Origin have big rockets coming that may be able to do the heavy lifts for less.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 9 Jan. 2020

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