heavy with

idiom

: carrying or having a large amount of (something)
The trees are heavy with fruit.
Her comments were heavy with irony.

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Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring. Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Our dear Iryna left this world far too soon, and our hearts are heavy with grief. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The Dukes return eight all-conference players and a roster heavy with starters. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025 The farmer has been shouldering the greatest risks in the food value chain and the burden is getting unbearably heavy with no end in sight. Beth Ford, Time, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavy with

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“Heavy with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20with. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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