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How to use weight in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Weight means the downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. Example: “He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.”

Examples of weight by meaning

nounImportance or influence.

  • Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria...
  • "You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.1945, Mikia Pezas, The price of liberty, I. Washburn, Inc., page 11

nounAn object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.

  • He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.

nounMass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

  • I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.

nounEmphasis applied to a given criterion.

  • Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them.2017, Up and Atom, Machine Learning Explained in 5 Minutes
  • “Logits” are the vectors of weights.2024, Laura Masbruch, Pasta Land

nounThe thickness of yarn.

  • If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that.2011 August 23, Carmen Heffernan, “How to make colourful crocheted flowers”, in The Guardian
  • The weight of the finished thread also varies with the spinner, although the general aim is laceweight singles for weaving.2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 16

nounPressure; burden.

  • the weight of care or business

nounShipments of (often illegal) drugs.

  • He was pushing weight.
  • Them fools had done a push-in and took over some old lady's apartment, and they were in there cutting crack and mixing weight.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103

nounOne pound of drugs, especially cannabis.

  • The ones the CIB should be looking out for, to her mind, were the officers who raided a flat, found a couple of weights of cannabis and stashed half of it before they made the collar.2009, Martina Cole, The Ladykiller

More sentences with weight

  • I've been lifting weights for a full year now, but I'm finally getting big.From the entry big
  • I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.From the entry bad
  • His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.From the entry break
  • Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit.From the entry fit
  • I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.From the entry overdo
  • These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.From the entry balance
  • Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook.From the entry float
  • British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.From the entry stone
  • When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.From the entry agony
  • I've been dieting for six months, and I've lost some weight.From the entry diet
  • John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.From the entry eliminate
  • She lost so much weight while she was ill that she became a skeleton.From the entry skeleton
  • The ease of lifting the weight, despite lack of skill, came from her pure strength.From the entry ease
  • It takes thirty pumps to get 10 litres; he did 50 pumps of the weights.From the entry pump
  • I get a better bicep workout if I use less weight and more reps.From the entry rep
  • He's lost so much weight from illness; he's a shell of his former self.From the entry shell
  • I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.From the entry tact
  • A foundation sustains the superstructure; an animal sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.From the entry sustain
  • The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.From the entry distribute
  • A wide range of facilities is available at the sports center, including a weight room and saunas.From the entry facility
  • She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.From the entry dead weight
  • He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.From the entry dead weight
  • You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight.From the entry left and right
  • With leptogenic drugs, he lost the weight he gained because of his treatment.From the entry leptogenic
  • Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.From the entry give away
  • Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.From the entry unison
  • I think our jobs here are secure as long as we each carry our weight.From the entry carry one's weight
  • If one shares a flat one should be prepared to pull one’s weight in cleaning it.From the entry pull one's weight

Meaning of weight

  1. noun The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
  2. noun An object used to make something heavier.
  3. noun A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.

Full definition of weight

Questions about weight in a sentence

How do you use weight in a sentence?
Weight is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.”
What is a short sentence with weight?
“He was pushing weight.”
What does weight mean?
Weight means the downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.

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