Examples of heavy lifting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even as technological improvements abet America’s obsession with efficiency, consumers still seem to miss what the effect of ever-quickening delivery means for themselves and for those doing the heavy lifting. — Adam Chandler, The Atlantic, 31 May 2022 Mermaid gowns can be frustratingly hit or miss, but with a smattering of multi-sized sequins doing the heavy lifting, this corset gown on Precious Lee pulls off a win. — ELLE, 4 May 2022 Doing the heavy lifting, however, were crew members — usually enslaved people, freedmen or poor White people — extraordinary watermen who poled their flotillas to market in Richmond. — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 For now, Ukraine is doing the heavy lifting, but the vast majority of the world is standing in solidarity, understanding that Ukraine's fight is everyone's. — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022 Cars, electric or otherwise, cannot absorb an increase of this magnitude and rail transport -- trains, trams and metros -- will have to do most of the heavy lifting top prevent our cities, and national economies, from seizing up. — Ben Jones, CNN, 29 May 2022 Technology stocks also did much of the heavy lifting. — Damian J. Troise, ajc, 26 May 2022 Technology stocks also did much of the heavy lifting. — Damian J. Troise, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 Mothers do the heavy lifting, fathers swoop in when the praise flows. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 May 2022 See More

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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.

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