Example Sentences

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The upshot—expressed in a document heftily titled “Washington Declaration,” signed by Biden and Yoon—pledges that the U.S. will make its extended deterrent more palpable.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2023

Investors are also watching corporate results to see if U.S. companies can beat estimates, which have been heftily reduced since October.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2023

No wonder the eventual report is so heftily redacted; Dan’s hard labor is made to seem like an exercise in futility, as entire pages are reduced to thick stripes of black.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 15, 2019

I would want to be paid heftily for it, it’s a long job.

From MSNBC • Feb. 10, 2015

Unseen, uncouth John Thorne, furious at the scant courtesy shown to the lady of his dreams, had brought his whip down heftily, just above the mangy tail of the colonel mem's pony.

From Leonie of the Jungle by Conquest, Joan