Example Sentences

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How, they wonder, can a looter claim to be hungry and oppressed, yet walk off with a color-television set as easily as if he were hefting a loaf of bread?

From Time Magazine Archive

The “talent,” with delicious thrills, were hefting favorite champions, and hastening’ to register their wagers with the bank.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)