How to Use heavily in a Sentence

heavily

adverb

• He sat down heavily on the couch.
• She drank and smoked heavily for years.
• He was leaning heavily on the table.
• Our flowers were heavily damaged by a late spring frost.
• He relies heavily on his wife for advice.
• These artists borrow heavily from Picasso.
• The group was featured heavily on a day where the heat was at the forefront of a lot of minds in Owings Mills.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• Of course, the global wine list focuses heavily on rosé — what the South of France is known for.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• At the show, the first and last hour is open to networking, which is heavily emphasized throughout the night.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
• Back then, the Tigers had recruited Texas players more heavily as a member of the Big 12, which was based in Texas and had four teams in the state.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Aiken and Studdard wanted the 20-year tour to lean in heavily into that sense of time travel.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• Rinna constantly stirred the pot on the show, and feuded heavily with Kathy Hilton.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 13 June 2023
• This is the first generation of the company's watch to be cleared by the FDA, and it's now heavily discounted.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
• They were heavily traded ahead of the opening bell, spiking and then returning close to flat.
  — WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
• Williams said the charges weighed heavily on Wilhoite, who loved her daughter-in-law and is a devoted mother.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2023
• Yet, in 2023, the bank remains heavily dependent on the dollar for its survival.
  — Mihaela Papa, Fortune, 25 June 2023
• This season, fashion week has been heavily dotted with look-at-me shoes.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 23 June 2023
• Seconds later, a heavily tattooed inmate walks up and speaks to the handcuffed man.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• Since the onset of the pandemic, the specter of a deep and prolonged recession has weighed heavily on business leaders.
  — Steve Gallucci, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Argote was found dead Thursday by searchers about 10 miles from the scene of the shooting in a heavily wooded area of Washington County.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• The number of open lanes to each of the Port’s five security checkpoints heavily depends on TSA staffing, which has faced a crunch since the pandemic.
  — Alison Saldanha, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023
• In yet another game, the Jayhawks struggled to defend the 3-point line, costing them heavily.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
• Masters of their terrain One reason why placings can vary so heavily from meet to meet is the different terrain across the state.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
• Tegabino shiro is a type of shiro made with heavily spiced legumes, flour, oil or butter, and water brought to the boil, and then brought bubbling all the way to the table in a miniature clay pot.
  — James Jeffrey, CNN, 23 June 2023
• Make sure to flip over they turkey, and season heavily and evenly inside the cavity, too.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2023
• One of those Day One clients is Adele, who Dickins has helped become a massive live draw, despite the star’s initial reluctance to tour heavily.
  — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
• Both schools are located less than a mile apart near heavily wooded areas.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
• Wendy’s launched its breakfast service in 2019 and has been touting it more heavily of late with an extensive ad campaign.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
• The mother of seven stumbled back to her hut in a displaced camp afterward, bleeding heavily.
  — Declan Walsh Arlette Bashizi, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• While the real onscreen wardrobe relies heavily on vintage pieces, the options below include matches and dupes of Carrie’s one-of-a-kind style.
  — Emma Fraser, ELLE, 23 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024