Example Sentences

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If we pull it off, I expect the world will heave a collective sigh of relief.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2020

Basements and underground foundations will heave, brackish water could corrode sewer pipes, toxic contaminants buried in the soil could bubble up and spread.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2020

When someone asked him when he thought “we will heave health care for all people in this country”—a question that earned a standing ovation—Sanford replied that “the answer is that I don’t have the answer.”

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2017

Good documentation and a stable work environment can help, but in a functional group, most project leads will heave a sigh when even an average performer leaves.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2015

"Nay, nay," said others, "we will heave him into the bog, then he will be glad to go into the river and wash and sweeten himself."

From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund