How to use paperweight in a sentence
Ill hear it, said Dangerfield, bending his brows down and playing with a paper-weight that happened to be near by.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonHe picked up a shard of rubidium that served as a paper weight and toyed with it.
The Stutterer | R.R. MerlissThe apparition this time was much more distinct, and it lifted the paper weight, as Henry had three weeks before.
Duffels | Edward EgglestonHis notes lay in front of him, the little stubnosed pistol serving as a paper weight to hold the two wrinkled envelopes flat.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. CobbOne of the reporters picked up a paper weight and would have hurled it against the closed door, had not another restrained him.
Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt
British Dictionary definitions for paperweight
/ (ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt) /
a small heavy object placed on loose papers to prevent them from scattering
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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