How to Use weighty in a Sentence

weighty

adjective
  • She grabbed a weighty book off the shelf.
  • He was a weighty figure in the art world.
  • The film deals with some weighty issues.
  • Those are weighty arguments in your favor.
  • But this time Etheridge had weighty things to write about.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
  • She’s managed to make a weighty work feel nimble.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • So it wasn't meant to be an overly weighty statement of any kind.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • And many hosts took this week to spend extra time on weighty matters.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The long length and weighty wool make this peacoat one of the warmest.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Yet within that weighty task, there’s still room for silliness.
    — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2017
  • So the combat while fast, feels very weighty and the weapons are scary and potent with it.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Some of the weightiest yuks never even made it to air, though.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2018
  • More weighty, though, was the cultural heft of the Urbino court.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother and coach, added a weighty caveat.
    — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • An instant heirloom, Halili set this rare coin in a weighty gold pinky ring.
    — Jill N Newman, Town & Country, 11 June 2021
  • Still, the big reveal didn't add too much pressure to the already weighty role.
    — EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • While traditional crab bisque is weighty and rich, this does not have to be the case.
    — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • This set of eight rings is made of weighty metal and comes with a gold or silver finish.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • Emmanuel both pulls and pushes the weighty piece in a loop around Deitch’s space.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2021
  • Something that made the season feel extra weighty.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The weighty crown was placed on a red velvet cushion to the right of the Queen’s throne.
    — Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The other images in the show are less weighty but no less surreal.
    — Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Though skip the weighty necklaces and chokers in favor of a fun crossbody bag.
    — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 7 Mar. 2019
  • Comas had the weighty task of capturing the essence of Bethune.
    — Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
  • So a 12-pound throw might feel more weighty than a 15-pound queen-size blanket.
    — Medea Giordano Jaina Grey, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2022
  • By the end of Kahn’s weighty book, Harrison still feels the same.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The garden gnome is hand-painted and made from a weighty ceramic.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Life is heavy, and the writerly task of conveying its truths can be equally weighty.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Mendoza doesn’t have the same weighty last name or pedigree as Manning.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • And then there’s the sculptural palette itself, which is weighty and lovely to look at.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022

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