How to Use heavy with in a Sentence

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  • Across the state, foresters are peering through binoculars to survey the tips of branches, heavy with cones.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Outside, the air was heavy with the smell of smoke and death.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Rain could be heavy with a few claps of thunder and winds again look to gust over 40 mph.
    — Ashley Smith and Steve Horstmeyer, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The high court is in the midst of a term heavy with social media issues.
    — Mark Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
  • They will still be run heavy with Jonathan Taylor, but Ryan can make the big plays.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The day after the fire, when the air was still heavy with smoke and ash, Cottrell showed up at the clinic to help.
    — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
  • In mid-May the air is heavy with tree pollen, and the leaves are still unfolding, still bright, still soft.
    — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • But in a moment this heavy with emotion and rage, few moves are safe.
    — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • However, that leaves just two spots on a team heavy with wings and guards.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Beck never worked too hard to fit in on a DEA squad that was heavy with straight-laced Mormons.
    — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2022
  • And while this draft is heavy with talent at tight end, the receiver group might see four go in the first round.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The car was quiet, heavy with the pressure of the possible outcomes.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • In the backyard, an orange tree hangs heavy with overripe fruit.
    — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • In the backyard, an orange tree hangs heavy with overripe fruit.
    — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • The chef’s knife is heavy with a rubber handle that’s easy to grip, and there’s a nice curve at the bottom to rest your finger.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The chef’s knife was a standout for being nice and heavy with an easy to grip rubber handle.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The green tree outside my window grew white overnight, heavy with blossoms.
    — Grady Chambers, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The air was heavy with smoke, and the garage was flooded from the sprinkler system and water streaming from burst pipes in the ceiling.
    — Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The roster is heavy with sophomores and juniors, most of which didn’t have pivotal roles -- if any role at all -- in 2020.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Pomegranate trees hang heavy with fruit in gardens in the labyrinthine alleys that lead uphill and away from the shore.
    — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 24 May 2023
  • The movie is heavy with a sense of shame — shame easily mistaken, and written off, as mere white guilt.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Henderson’s heart was heavy with the grief of more friends and acquaintances dying.
    — Margaret Coker, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Roman, wearing military fatigues, eyes heavy with grief, and Dmytro, in a white linen shirt with long hair, joined the crowds.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The Giants probably didn’t want to build a roster so heavy with down-and-outers hoping to bounce back.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Even the sections with interpretive dance (yes, that’s here too) drip heavy with meaning and metaphor.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Along the village pathways, orange trees are heavy with unpicked fruit.
    — Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Last week’s nectarines were heavy with sunshine and sugar, ripe but not overly soft.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • The trail traces the rim of Walnut Canyon before dropping through mixed forest heavy with underbrush.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2023
  • Native grasses—timothy, brome, fescue—bowed to the wind, heads heavy with seeds.
    — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Well, the actual air in the Brooklyn gym—heavy with the sweat of 50 or so boxers and their coaches during a Tuesday evening training—is a bit stifling.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 29 June 2024

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