bear heavily

The small, shallow glaciers wear much more slowly than the deep ice-streams that bear heavily upon the surface passed over.

Prune trees make such quick returns, four-year-old trees bear heavily.

Professor Craig: They usually bear heavily where the food supply is restricted.

On the other hand, heteromorphoses bear heavily against the doctrine of determinants.

The debts are now due, and bear heavily in the shape of taxes on our homes, on property, and business.