tip the scales at
Example Sentences
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But football was his best sport, and he was so small as a freshman that he hid ankle weights under his jeans to tip the scales at 112 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
Watch Anthony Joshua tip the scales at 18st during an elaborate weigh-in front of the public at Trafalgar Square, with opponent Daniel Dubois at a career-heavy 17st 10lb.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
A Cadillac Escalade, for instance, now weighs over 6,200 pounds, and the latest model of the Ford F-150, the most popular vehicle in America, can tip the scales at almost 5,700 pounds.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2024
“We are at a crossroads,” said Marib’s provincial governor Sheikh Sultan al-Aradah, arguing the weapons are needed to tip the scales at Marib.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021
To a judge of athletes, he would tip the scales at a hundred and ninety pounds, all solid muscle, for that superb physique held not an ounce of superfluous flesh.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
