heavy with child
Example Sentences
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This is a story that is as old as humanity: Once upon a time, a woman was heavy with child.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2014
When Maria was heavy with child, the Germans occupied Peter's village and took over his home and his business.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as Nereciana grew heavy with child and finally could no longer waddle out to work in the fields, she imagined the ceremony, the party, the happy times ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Grice. mother of six and once again heavy with child, put the bottle on the kitchen table and set herself to comforting her children.
From Time Magazine Archive
HEINRICH, a woman of thirty, heavy with child; an expression of torturing anxiety and apprehension on her worn face.
From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart
