Example Sentences

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But all of its neighbors, to varying degrees, are monumental in character and sit weightily on the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

The first time, he rises to vertical stance very weightily and slowly; he’s brisker on later occasions.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2016

On Saturday evening, Lesley Rausch’s Giselle had complete dance clarity but little emotional vulnerability; her Albrecht, Seth Orza, is an admirable partner but dances too weightily.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2014

Loath to take a zero for the day's recitation, however, Professor Fisher offered a vast prophecy which, if valid, bears weightily on public utilities and all other forms of business.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fist-sized rice ball rests weightily in my pocket as the face of the old woman comes back to me.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung