How to Use heavy lifting in a Sentence

heavy lifting

noun
  • But the heavy lifting is done for now.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Gosling has to do a lot of heavy lifting.
    — G. Allen Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The grounds do much of the heavy lifting.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Trust, the bangs will do the heavy lifting for you.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Yet who is left to do the heavy lifting once the room clears?
    — Marjorie Parker, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Here are our best one-pot meals that do the heavy lifting for you.
    — Joe Sevier, Bon Appétit, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This isn’t a tablet for heavy lifting, and that’s kind of the point.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 July 2025
  • His testing did the heavy lifting for his case.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The myth was doing some heavy lifting that night.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Let the freezer aisle do the heavy lifting with this recipe.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • Lock in this deal today and let your phone do the heavy lifting!
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Macbeth was a lot of heavy lifting.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, the mentee should be doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
    — Gracey Cantalupo, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Marte’s out was only the start of the bullpen’s heavy lifting.
    — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024
  • The fish does the heavy lifting; just choose your cooking method.
    — Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 1 May 2026
  • There will be weeks when the offense will be asked to do the heavy lifting.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That’s where flower choice does the heavy lifting.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
  • No roof racks, heavy lifting, or guessing which pole goes where.
    — Erica Zazo, Outside, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There still is a lot of heavy lifting to do and the draft to look forward to.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Alan is much more the business side of things, and does the heavy lifting there.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In other words, these are the items that do the heavy lifting day in and day out.
    — Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Panthers have done a lot of heavy lifting over the past week.
    — Mike Kaye march 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Expect some of the heavy lifting to take place behind the scenes.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But even the best formula isn’t meant to do all the heavy lifting.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 May 2026
  • Lamar Jackson needs to do heavy lifting.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Rely on your web team to do the heavy lifting, and trust their advice.
    — Peter Boyd, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And the show’s visual style is doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Tailgating beer must do a lot of heavy lifting.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In most games, the Mets need their offense to do the heavy lifting to win.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Still, those pitches do a lot of heavy lifting for the 23-year-old.
    — Michael Beller, SI.com, 10 May 2018

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