How to Use weighty in a Sentence

weighty

adjective
  • She grabbed a weighty book off the shelf.
  • He was a weighty figure in the art world.
  • The film deals with some weighty issues.
  • Those are weighty arguments in your favor.
  • The long length and weighty wool make this peacoat one of the warmest.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The weighty crown was placed on a red velvet cushion to the right of the Queen’s throne.
    Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • But the best way to wrest the mind from weighty fixations?
    Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2018
  • More weighty, though, was the cultural heft of the Urbino court.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Sep. 2020
  • By the end of Kahn’s weighty book, Harrison still feels the same.
    Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother and coach, added a weighty caveat.
    New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • So the combat while fast, feels very weighty and the weapons are scary and potent with it.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Comas had the weighty task of capturing the essence of Bethune.
    Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
  • These are weighty words, and the world has taken notice.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2018
  • Emmanuel both pulls and pushes the weighty piece in a loop around Deitch’s space.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2021
  • So a 12-pound throw might feel more weighty than a 15-pound queen-size blanket.
    Medea Giordano Jaina Grey, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2022
  • So it wasn't meant to be an overly weighty statement of any kind.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Still, the big reveal didn't add too much pressure to the already weighty role.
    EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • And many hosts took this week to spend extra time on weighty matters.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The New York City show held weighty meaning for the designer.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Some of the weightiest yuks never even made it to air, though.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2018
  • While traditional crab bisque is weighty and rich, this does not have to be the case.
    Rebecca White, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Any sequel would need to live up to that weighty legacy — as well as the legacy of the late Boseman.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • An instant heirloom, Halili set this rare coin in a weighty gold pinky ring.
    Jill N Newman, Town & Country, 11 June 2021
  • The result is a behind-the-scenes telling of the modern Olympics in a weighty, 500-page coffee table book.
    Graham Dunbar, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
  • There are much weightier issues for Jews in the U.S. to focus on.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In its length that shot delivers a weighty comment on the current state of Brazil….
    Emiliano Granada, Variety, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Both Ende and L’Engle have a gift for tackling weighty themes in a way that can speak to both children and their parents.
    Giulia Pines, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The book contains numerous charts that run from the whimsical to the weighty.
    Marjoleine Kars, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Since its beginnings in 1884, Breitling has built a weighty legacy of timekeepers crafted for the skies.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The use of diecast throughout means the figure is suitably weighty and strong enough to handle its wide-range of articulated motion.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025

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