heavy going

How to use heavy going in a sentence

• The snow on the upper glacier was soft and made very heavy going.

  Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

• Lionel walked a little in front of Winn; the snow was soft and made heavy going.

  The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome

• The walk to Pontresina is the coldest and darkest of winter walks, and the snow made it heavy going.

  The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome

• The snow was deep and the sledge teams had heavy going at first.

  The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill | John T. McIntyre

• The water was pouring down the hill sides, every deep deer track was a torrent, and it was heavy going through the marshes.

  Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland | John Rogers