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
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
Amazon has a long history of successful investing, and of profitably renting out the computing heft that it builds.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The title notwithstanding, this is Dejanira’s story, and mezzo Ann Hallenberg had the attitude but ultimately not enough vocal heft to fully express her fury and despair.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
When I passed a half-finished wall, I picked a brick from the scatter and carried it at my side, reassured by the block’s weight and heft.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing heft
"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 2 of the epic poem
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