Examples of heavy lifting in a Sentence
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Revenue from ad sales used to do the heavy lifting to keep journalists employed writing the stories that need to be told.
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Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
The lighting and camerawork do a lot of heavy lifting in Blood Simple, creating a palpably tense atmosphere without the help of a notable score or even much dialogue.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
In other words, without a readiness for engagement and compromise by the parties involved, no amount of American diplomatic heavy lifting will make any difference.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
Prince William is likely to do some heavy lifting in the British royal family amid King Charles III's cancer diagnosis.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Jim Calhoun did the heavy lifting, coming to the rural Connecticut town with an international puppetry museum in 1987 after 14 years at Boston’s Northeastern.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
In other words, unless the parties directly involved are ready for engagement and compromise, no amount of American diplomatic heavy lifting will make any difference.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
At the very least, Burch and Rodrigues do enough emotional heavy lifting to imbue the movie with a sense of recognizable humanity, against the dreamlike warmth of cinematographer Bongani Mlambo’s lush, magic-hour photography.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
No doubt about it, these tech giants are doing an inordinate amount of the market’s heavy lifting.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 3 Apr. 2024
The lighting and camerawork do a lot of heavy lifting in Blood Simple, creating a palpably tense atmosphere without the help of a notable score or even much dialogue.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
In other words, without a readiness for engagement and compromise by the parties involved, no amount of American diplomatic heavy lifting will make any difference.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
Prince William is likely to do some heavy lifting in the British royal family amid King Charles III's cancer diagnosis.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
Jim Calhoun did the heavy lifting, coming to the rural Connecticut town with an international puppetry museum in 1987 after 14 years at Boston’s Northeastern.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
In other words, unless the parties directly involved are ready for engagement and compromise, no amount of American diplomatic heavy lifting will make any difference.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
At the very least, Burch and Rodrigues do enough emotional heavy lifting to imbue the movie with a sense of recognizable humanity, against the dreamlike warmth of cinematographer Bongani Mlambo’s lush, magic-hour photography.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
No doubt about it, these tech giants are doing an inordinate amount of the market’s heavy lifting.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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