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How to use heavyweight in a sentence

29 example sentences · noun, adjective

Heavyweight means a very large, heavy, or impressive person. Example: “The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.”

Examples of heavyweight by meaning

nounA very large, heavy, or impressive person.

  • an intellectual heavyweight
  • When Time magazine named Ann Coulter among its 100 "most influential people" last week, alongside such heavyweights as Ariel Sharon, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Kim Jong Il and the Dalai Lama, the choice produced guffaws online.2005 April 19, Eric Boehlert, “Time hearts Ann Coulter”, in Salon, archived from the original on 17 May 2006

adjectiveImportant or impressive.

  • The Olympics, the weather and a comparative lack of heavyweight clashes so far this season have been cited as reasons for the drop in viewers.2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London
  • In recent years, much has been made of the lack of new heavyweight male star power in mainstream Hollywood.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC

More sentences with heavyweight

  • The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.From the entry hook
  • I was daunted by the prospect of interviewing such a heavyweight politician.From the entry daunted
  • It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.From the entry slog
  • The reigning world heavyweight champion said he'd defend his title once more and then retire even if he won.From the entry reigning
  • I felt like a heavyweight fighter approaching the ring to the cheers and boos of the crowd.2014, Doug Kass, “Buffett Watch”, in Doug Kass on the Market: A Life on the Street, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 409. From the entry Bronx cheer
  • Meanwhile, The Guardian ran Twitfics from twenty-one heavyweights including Jeffrey Archer, Geoff Dyer, and Ian Rankin.2013 November 14, David Comfort, An Insider's Guide to Publishing, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry twitfic
  • Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.2012, Neil McDonald, Chess Success: Planning After the Opening, page 55. From the entry middlegame
  • But former heavyweight champion and grilling-machine entrepreneur George Foreman is philosophical about today's craze for bling-bling.2005 January 9, Thomas Hauser, Marilyn Cole Lownes, “How Bling-bling Took Over the Ring”, in The Observer. From the entry gaudy
  • He has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states.2000 February 24, “Tony Blair takes his time”, in The Guardian. From the entry insufferably
  • These are the glider, the lightweight spaceship (LWSS), middleweight spaceship (MWSS), and the heavyweight spaceship (HWSS).1992 August 13, David Bell, “Spaceships in Conway's Life (Part 1)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry lightweight spaceship
  • In this corner, the operatic heavyweight from Modena, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti!1991 August 12, “Entertainment: Will Tyson Do The Encores?”, in Time. From the entry champeen
  • The heavyweight champion of the world was off his feed. . . .1954 June 28, “Sport: Bumbling Champ”, in Time. From the entry trencherman
  • The American philosopher John Zerzan is considered the intellectual heavyweight for the anarcho-primitivist movement, whose adherents believe that technology enslaves us.2018 March 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Will 2018 be the year of the neo-luddite?”, in The Guardian. From the entry anarcho-primitivist
  • The usual non-glider suspects from Conway's Life (lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight spaceships) all fail here due to central 7-neighbor OFF cells.2008 May 31, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry lightweight spaceship
  • Joe was just about the best Australian heavyweight at the time, a very tough customer in his own right.1963, George Blaikie, Scandals of Australia's Strange Past, Adelaide: Rigby Limited, page 117. From the entry whacker
  • But against Louis or any other first flight heavyweight?1947 April 1, W. Vernon Tietjen, “Fitzpatrick Hands Jim Richie First Defeat In 16 Bouts: St. Louisan Is Down For Nine In 9th Round”, in…. From the entry gloveful
  • This chapter draws on the expertise of martech heavyweights to provide a practical guide to assembling a marketing technology stack and planning a martech strategy.2020, Christine Bailey, Customer Insight Strategies: How to Understand Your Audience and Create Remarkable Marketing, Kogan Page…. From the entry martech
  • The fight is led by two hyperarticulate heavyweights, both Ivy League graduates, each using his decades of experience in battling corporations to clobber the other.2009 February 8, Steven Greenhouse, “Two Unions in Marriage Now Face Divorce Talks”, in New York Times. From the entry hyperarticulate
  • Frank, the Molson-muscle heavyweight, was straightforward.2004, Darlene Barriere, On My Own Terms, Bloomington, Ind.: Trafford Publishing, page 197. From the entry Molson muscle
  • Frank Slavin, who fought both bare-knuckled and gloved bouts, was the heavyweight champion of Australia and boxed in the United States, Canada and England.2000, Murray Phillips, From Sidelines to Centre Field, →ISBN. From the entry bare-knuckled
  • The interest of heavyweight investors is confirmation that vegan food has gone mainstream, but it could also make it harder for Oatly to maintain its anti-establishment image.2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry vegan
  • He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane.2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10. From the entry aggregate
  • He comes along all dressed up in the real deal costume, all the sequins and rhinestone, the heavyweight boxing belt, the cape, the whole charabanc, you know?2013, R.J. Ellory, The R. J. Ellory Collection. From the entry charabanc
  • When Lee Savold, a perennial heavyweight title contender, was kayoed by the great Joe Louis, he was asked by reporters, did anyone in his lengthy career hit harder than Joe?2014, Robert F. Fernandez, Sr., Boxing in New Jersey, 1900–1999, McFarland, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry kayo
  • If gorillas do fight, injuries can be very serious as these animals have long canine teeth and silverbacks pack a punch estimated at eight times stronger than a heavyweight boxer.2009, Mary Fitzpatrick, Lonely Planet East Africa, Lonely Planet, page 77. From the entry pack a punch

Meaning of heavyweight

  1. noun A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
  2. noun The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
  3. noun A similar division and contestant in other sports.

Full definition of heavyweight

Questions about heavyweight in a sentence

How do you use heavyweight in a sentence?
Heavyweight is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.”
What is a short sentence with heavyweight?
“an intellectual heavyweight”
What does heavyweight mean?
Heavyweight means a very large, heavy, or impressive person.

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