Examples of deadweight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But there’s no deadweight to speak of, and the first five episodes give all of the main ensemble their chance to shine. — Zack Handlen, Variety, 2 May 2022 Swiveling his propellers sideways, Johnson uses the tug as a deadweight to act as an anchor to slow the Marjorie C. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021 Getting Gil's literal deadweight into place must've taken some serious muscles, or at least serious physics. — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2021 About 60 percent of the deadweight tonnage moved to front lines is gasoline and oil. — Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2019

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