How to Use weigh in a Sentence

weigh

verb
  • You will need to weigh the pros and cons.
  • He used a scale to weigh the bananas.
  • The bananas weigh more than the apples.
  • How much do you weigh?
  • He took time to weigh his options.
  • She weighs herself every morning.
  • Her previous experience weighs in her favor.
  • Adult males weigh about six tons.
    — Nicholas Komu, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Each weighs about a third of a pound.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • So those are one way to weigh the two things.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • His blocks weighed 6 to 30 tons.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The boats weighed about 300 pounds.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • At the time, her twins weighed less than 2 lbs each.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • June weighed what to say, but Tom spoke again.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Clouds can weigh over one million pounds!
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Why do some kids weigh more than others?
    — Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Any pumpkin will be weighed and priced by the pound.
    — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Much greater pressures weighed, too.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
  • Rush is 6 feet tall and weighs 160 pounds.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Hunter, 6-foot-1, weighed 185 lbs.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The 3-quart D3 saute pan weighs 3 lbs.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • After all, the shoe weighs less than 2 pounds on its own.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The tracks stretch out more than 60 feet and weigh two tons on each side.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The teen is 5-foot-4 and weighs 118 pounds.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Richard Brody weighs what this omission means for the film.
    — Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The glasses weigh just 69 grams.
    — PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Helen sips from her cup, weighing her words.
    — Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • More than a dozen other states are weighing their own mask laws.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Believe it or not, the dress weighed twice as much as my wedding gown.
    — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2023
  • To count as a bakery, the state said, the bread sold must weigh at least half a pound.
    — Calmatters, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2024

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