dead weight

Example Sentences

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Of course I wanted to, but the laundry basket was dead weight in my arms.

From Literature

The mist rolled over Christopher, up over his chest, his head, and he felt a great weight pressing down on him like a hand; a terrible, cold dead weight.

From Literature

The text of the measure was unenforceable, but the dead words remained in the California Constitution, a dead weight on our collective conscience.

From Los Angeles Times

Now he had been deemed dead weight in Italy, too.

From New York Times

I wheezed a tiny prayer to God and ran faster, even with the dead weight on my back.

From Literature