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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• No need to make a hasty decision on such a weighty matter.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 5 Sep. 2020
• And then there’s the sculptural palette itself, which is weighty and lovely to look at.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022
• Life is heavy, and the writerly task of conveying its truths can be equally weighty.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2022
• How does the league lend itself to more weighty material in this version of the show?
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 23 Nov. 2021
• The Afrobeats hero teams up with Stormzy for the mellow but weighty tune, musing over his unique journey to the top of the music game.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 21 Dec. 2020
• The fabric is quite weighty, like that workwear canvas.
  — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
• Everything feels as weighty as the Green Knight’s footsteps sound.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
• The garden gnome is hand-painted and made from a weighty ceramic.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• The former president was greeted by a crowd of 2,000 with sparse cheers amid weighty silence, which could be felt viscerally, even through the livestream.
  — Keyaira Kelly, refinery29.com, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024