heft

Example Sentences

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During each new trip, I was newly struck by the way millions of Legos can grant a sense of physical heft to heavy ideas.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Larger economies can exploit pressure points that flow from their heft in the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Originally pitched as a movie, the comeback is subdivided instead into 30-minute-long quarters, giving them a certain heft, whereas a “TV movie” might have felt like a throwaway, an afterthought.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Here, Washington is targeting China, which despite its economic heft is classified as a developing country at the WTO.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

I watch till they disappear over the rise, then I heft my old bones down onto the sidewalk at the gates, close at hand but out of kicking range.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon