with heavy hand
Example Sentences
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But next day the irony of fate fell upon him with heavy hand.
From Halcyone by Glyn, Elinor
Since sad Coruna's desperate stand Horrors unsummed, with heavy hand, Have smitten such as these!
From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas
It sweeps their faults with heavy hand As sweeps the sea the trampled sand, Till scarce the faintest print is scanned.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
The model, so framed, is laid with heavy hand upon all other writers, who naturally fare ill in the comparison.
From English literary criticism by Various
The belated passenger, struggling with heavy hand baggage, scrambled up the gang-plank.
From Story of Chester Lawrence by Anderson, Nephi
