top-heavy

Example Sentences

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Another top-heavy group led by Germany, a four-time World Cup champion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Broadway, top-heavy with musical parodies and attention-grabbing revivals, is having a strange season by all accounts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The city-state’s equities market is generally top-heavy, dominated by the financial sector and Singapore-listed real-estate investment trusts, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Maija García’s 25-minute “Jazz Island,” accompanied by resonant jazz segments specially composed by Trinidad-born Etienne Charles, is top-heavy with narrative baggage and light on choreographic coherence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

When the Great Six inspected my library record and found it top-heavy with adventure and science fiction, they prescribed appropriate doses of Steinbeck, Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam