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How to use weigh in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Weigh means to determine the weight of an object. Example: “He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.”

Examples of weigh by meaning

verbOften with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.

  • He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.

verbTo determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

  • You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
  • He took a long time weighing his options.
  • As they started picking features, customers would carefully weigh the choices, but as decision fatigue set in they'd start settling for whatever the default option was.2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 103

verbTo have a certain weight.

  • I weigh ten and a half stone.
  • Each half-section of the battery weighs about eight tons, and the two underframes had to be strengthened to take this weight.1958 June, “First Battery Railcars on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 419

nounThe act of weighing, of measuring the weight.

  • Give the sugar a quick weigh.

More sentences with weigh

  • British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.From the entry stone
  • These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?From the entry old money
  • All the news of murder and famine is weighing me down.From the entry weigh down
  • He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.From the entry slightly
  • Two days before the fight, the boxers weigh in with reporters watching.From the entry weigh in
  • His trailer weighed in lighter than it should have. He might have a leak.From the entry weigh in
  • She looked at him carefully, trying to weigh him up. Was he really telling the truth?From the entry weigh up
  • The superheavy tank weighed 80 tonnes and was said to be indestructible in combat.From the entry superheavy
  • His seemingly racist remarks will weigh against him in the forthcoming election.From the entry weigh against
  • The CAM walker is made of an aerographite porous sole and aluminium, so weighs less.From the entry CAM walker
  • Let's weigh out the flour into half-ounce portions to make the individual pies.From the entry weigh out
  • I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.From the entry some
  • These babies weigh in at ten tons apiece.From the entry at
  • Not a bad situation when we weigh all the positives.From the entry positive
  • An adult elephant weighs around five tons.From the entry around
  • He sat in pensive silence, weighing his options carefully.From the entry pensive
  • The robbin of rice in Malabar weighed about 84 pounds.From the entry robbin
  • We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon.From the entry weigh down
  • Your advice still weighs heavily with me.From the entry heavily
  • This problem weighs heavily on my mind.From the entry heavily
  • I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.From the entry vicinity
  • (from strenuous labour) Whew! That box weighs a ton!From the entry whew
  • You're entitled to bring a bag weighing fifty pounds onto the airplane, and will be charged extra for any overage.From the entry overage
  • He puzzled out the mystery by weighing the facts.From the entry puzzled out
  • An atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths.From the entry microcrith
  • All these arguments must be weighed in the balance.From the entry weigh in the balance
  • Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First, let's get our ingredients weighed out.From the entry our
  • We don't know exactly how much the load will weigh, so we'll add in a fudge factor to make sure we don't underestimate.From the entry fudge factor
  • The Earth weighs about six ronnagrams.From the entry ronnagram
  • And amid a day of carefully staged celebration, he looked somber, even weighed down by it.2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times. From the entry poundage
  • The skiffer eyed Leato and Renata , pole raised as she weighed her options.2021 January 19, M. A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors, Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry skiffer
  • That's what happens when you're not weighed down with all that musty, old armor!2019 November 13, “Reize – Showdown Character Highlight”, in Yacht Club Games, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2020. From the entry musty
  • Then they extract a three-angled beechnut from its cupule, weigh it, and push it into the loam.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 146. From the entry cupule

Meaning of weigh

  1. verb To determine the weight of an object.
  2. verb Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
  3. verb To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

Full definition of weigh

Questions about weigh in a sentence

How do you use weigh in a sentence?
Weigh is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.”
What is a short sentence with weigh?
“Give the sugar a quick weigh.”
What does weigh mean?
Weigh means to determine the weight of an object.

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