Example Sentences

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She prepares dinner, then hurries to an Amazon warehouse for a 6 1/2-hour shift sorting, scanning and hefting bulky items.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Other footage shows Scouts hefting umbrellas as they line up in the sun for facilities, and flooding convenience stores to buy ice and ice cream.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

A photographer saw a man hefting the statuette and stopped him and relieved him of the Oscar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022

“That first day selling was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she recalls, hefting her bundles under her arm.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2019

Håkon peered in just as Anya stood, hefting the bundled bones.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack