Example Sentences

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The Dallas Mavericks have heaved well over 50 percent of their shots from long range.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

Those who like their politics spiced up with a smattering of scandal and farce must have heaved a collective sigh of relief this week.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2015

"It was one of the worst that ever left a presidential arm, and that is saying something, for Hoover, Coolidge, Harding and Wilson have heaved some wild ones," the Post quipped.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2010

Had Kirkaldy been around St. Andrews last week, he probably would have heaved his clubs into the North Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'm sorry to have heaved up in the river."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood