How to Use heavyweight in a Sentence

heavyweight

noun
  • How will the heavyweights fare?
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 23 May 2026
  • Two games, two wins, two heavyweights put in their place.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • What to expect from these heavyweights?
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The standout is the gold £5, the heavyweight of the set.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Utah doesn’t miss many of the Big 12 heavyweights.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Which heavyweights are looking good?
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 June 2026
  • Australia’s latest chart week was pitched as a fight of two heavyweights.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This is where a famous heavyweight boxer comes in.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Why did other middle- and lower-ranked clubs side with the heavyweights?
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Is Moses Itauma the next great heavyweight?
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • My heavyweight struggled and was advised to move down to light heavyweight.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Well, the heavyweight is in the right city for that declaration.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Rountree shared his thoughts on how Pereira would perform as a heavyweight.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Persians earns a place alongside these heavyweights.
    — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Look for heavyweight, merino wool hikers.
    — Kaelyn Lynch, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Usyk is the best heavyweight of his generation.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • This fall's live music scene is stacked full of hip-hop heavyweights and soulful R&B artists.
    — Maria Leontaras, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But Abridge is contending with heavyweights on every side.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Or at least so claims one legendary Hollywood heavyweight.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even projects backed by industrial heavyweights have not been immune.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a new heavyweight ruling Pier 39 — and tourists can’t stop filming him.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The two Patriot League heavyweights have faced off in the Div.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Could one of the tiniest nations in this World Cup hold their own against two heavyweights back-to-back?
    — Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
  • Could one of the tiniest nations in this World Cup hold their own against two heavyweights back-to-back?
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
  • Shares of index heavyweight Softbank surged more than 13%.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • While the decision was ridiculous, neither of them is going to strike fear in the hearts of the top heavyweights.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Brit, 36, is one of the best British heavyweights in the sport’s history.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
  • For a while, the game settled into a metaphorical heavyweight fight rather than a literal one.
    — Mike Prada, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • And this is a classic 'High Noon' toe-to-toe showdown-at-the-corral heavyweight fight.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That’s thanks to the company — he was sandwiched between two comic heavyweights.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

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