heavy metal

noun

: a metal of high specific gravity

: energetic and highly amplified electronic rock music having a hard beat

Borrowing elements of everything from grunge to progressive rock, from gospel to heavy metal …—

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Examples of heavy metal in a Sentence

He listens to heavy metal. lead, gold, and other heavy metals

Recent Examples on the Web Work crews followed them in, razing trees and greenery and walling off the space by double-stacking heavy metal cargo containers around the entire park perimeter. —

Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 However, Spectrum has been shown to have safe levels of heavy metals. —

Suzie Finkel Ms, Rd, Cdn, Health, 26 May 2024 The move puts all three of Denver’s heavy metal breweries — Incantation; TRVE Brewing, 227 Broadway; and Black Sky Brewery, 490 Santa Fe Drive — within blocks of each other. —

Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 22 May 2024 The tiger snakes of Perth have heavy metals in their livers. —

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