Example Sentences

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The widow weighed one hundred and sixty pounds, net—which is weighting a horse in a race rather more than the law allows.

From The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Poe, Edgar Allan

Even now, as I am writing here in the studio, the burden lies heavily upon your girl's shoulders and is weighting your girl's heart.

From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)