How to Use heavy hitter in a Sentence

heavy hitter

noun
  • She spoke to a room full of political heavy hitters.
  • Their company is one of the industry's heavy hitters.
  • That’s just a few, and there are some heavy hitters on the way.
    — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The sport's surge has some heavy hitters behind it.
    — Itay Hod, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This week, the spotlight shines on some heavy hitters.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Some heavy hitters on both light and dark sides make their presence felt.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 July 2024
  • Decades later, the heavy hitters still pull up.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • And some heavy hitters are coming during the last stretch of the year.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • The list starts with the welterweights and moves up to the heavy hitters.
    — Field & Stream, 10 May 2019
  • That ensures a heavy hitter leaves the game and frees up a skull for Cory.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • To combat the heavy hitters, pitchers are coached to throw fast.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2018
  • Of course, the Crown was, as usual, in the list of heavy hitters.
    — Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Some heavy hitters are pushing back on the 10% cap, though.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The heavy hitters in space telescopes are about to be joined by a new contender.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 June 2026
  • For starters, heavy hitters started loving maple and birch wood bats.
    — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 14 June 2018
  • Even the heavy hitters are pushing their boundaries.
    — Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That trend continued with the setlist’s heavy hitters.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 18 Mar. 2026
  • It was packed with some heavy hitters, but those heavy hitters were so friendly, so nice, so warm.
    — cleveland, 13 July 2023
  • Either of these heavy hitters can make a compelling case based on its merits.
    — PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the coming months, a few heavy hitters are back in rotation.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 17 Mar. 2026
  • More are likely to go for it, but none who are considered heavy hitters at this stage.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 June 2025
  • The project unites some heavy hitters, and some big horror names, on the producing side.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
  • And there will be some pretty heavy hitters doing battle.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
  • Apps can do this, but many—including a lot of heavy hitters from Google—don't.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The heavy hitter is near the top of the Keys, close to Miami.
    — Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The filmmakers have lined up some heavy hitters to come up with the music for the feature.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Some heavy hitters just got major price drops on Best Buy today.
    — Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The 2022 plunge was a wake-up call, but lower rates might lure the heavy hitters back.
    — Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • One ultra-rare piece of baseball history could be quite the heavy hitter on the block.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
  • An Iraqi heavy hitter gets two shopping sprees and English lessons for his son.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2017

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