heaviness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On a crisp and sunny morning, there is a heaviness in the air in Beirut.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
But that same density can tip the cake toward heaviness — toward something that eats more like dessert than companion.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
“Constant self-viewing makes eyelid heaviness and a chronically tired appearance far more noticeable,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Schools provide children and teenagers routine and stability, Ruiz said, and, if even for a brief time, a space where they can escape the heaviness of the outside world.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025
He felt the tingling in his hands, the lightness in his head, the heaviness of his heart, and it consumed him, filled him to the brim with a bitterness and voracity that burned his throat.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
