heavy with

idiom

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

Examples of heavy with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This means that the costs could still soar in the next set of filings, especially as the show is VFX heavy with Jedi battles aplenty. Caroline Reid, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 The rise and fall of my chest was heavy with the dull ache of a broken heart. Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024 Across the state, foresters are peering through binoculars to survey the tips of branches, heavy with cones. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024 These bais, marshy, natural clearings dotted all around the Congo Basin, are honeypots for numerous animals—forest elephants gather here to mine the mineral-rich soil, buffaloes come to graze on plants heavy with protein. Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024 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 24 Oct. 2024.

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