weigh heavy

Example Sentences

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“These things weigh heavy on him,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

To some that constant comparison would weigh heavy.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

These injustices weigh heavy on my heart, as I know they do on so many others.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

While Saturday’s events still weigh heavy on the community, Kazbekova and some of her students said they are ready to get back to dancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

He said nothing concerning the crime that had brought him to a malefactor's death, and thereby showed that it did not weigh heavy upon his conscience.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)