dead weight

Example Sentences

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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

That’s because when he was in contact with the rock his legs were worse than dead weight.

From Los Angeles Times