hefts
- present tense form of heft (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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This time, players are in the shoes of Gordon Freeman, who hefts his iconic crowbar as the game ends.
From The Verge • Mar. 27, 2020
Or isn’t that what everyone experiences when Battulga Battogtokh, a strongman from Mongolia, hefts three women simultaneously?
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2019
Your father hefts his pack onto his back and you smear zinc on your face, following him up the trail.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2018
“EVERYBODY thinks this is a 50-pound sack of seeds,” says Steven Fabijanski as he hefts a large white bag onto a table.
From Economist • Mar. 1, 2018
He hefts it for weight, reads the name of the sender on the envelope and the address, looks at the handwriting, and studies the postmark and the date.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
