heaviness

Example Sentences

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But that same density can tip the cake toward heaviness — toward something that eats more like dessert than companion.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

There’s not a heaviness, not a seriousness, but a “Wow, are we lucky?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

I walked to the neighborhood bistro for lunch and proudly slipped into the booth, feeling that heaviness I’d longed for, that glimpse of a different future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

The US-based Society for Vascular Surgery said the condition can cause heaviness in the affected limb, as well as swelling and pain.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

All the happy commercials on television showing kids wearing costumes, the noises on the street outside, give a heaviness to the pit of my stomach.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan