How to Use heft in a Sentence

heft

1 of 2 noun

• The fruit should have good heft for its size.
  — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
• The thing has just the right amount of heft to it and just looks and feels sturdy.
  — By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
• Grizzlies, for all their heft and roar, are kind of crummy hunters.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024
• Plus, the heft is just right once the weather cools off every year.
  — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 22 Aug. 2025
• The body is light and crisp, a foil to the syrupy heft of some richer bourbons.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• On the flip side, there’s not much in the way of heft along the defensive line in this class.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• Naturally, that heft comes back to bite in the turns.
  — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 11 June 2026
• The vivid world-building lends real heft to the love stories.
  — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
• There aren't enough tears to cover the emotional heft of this film.
  — Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
• These lists don’t include sports, of course, which would add even more broadcast heft to the rankers.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
• To achieve the right balance and heft, the unique handle is weighted with sand.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• The more robust flavors mean this wine can stand up to flavors with a bit more heft.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2023
• The heft and sweep of the filmmaking work to distract us from these creaks and joins.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
• And that’s fine, but don’t throw anything that’s got any heft to it that’s gonna hurt somebody.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2023
• Words like those, just words in some ways at the time, have gained significant heft.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• Both tins are weighted, which adds heft and creates a more secure seal than lighter tins.
  — Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2023
• Please contemplate the heft of these two regions.
  — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
• Setting up this stroller took a bit of time and was kind of annoying due to its heft and size.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 July 2023
• The brakes are excellent and the steering is precise with a nice heft to its feel.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
• Lentils add some heft to a classic shrimp salad in this weeknight-friendly dish.
  — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026
• Perhaps the depth and heft of some answers should make up for shortfalls in overall breadth.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
• Roast red peppers, caramelize some onions, wilt some spinach, or brown some mushrooms for more heft and flavor.
  — Julia Levy, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• High quality flannel will have some heft to it and feel thicker to the touch, but still soft.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022
• Cut a second paper circle and adhere it to the back of the photo to give it heft.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
• While that may be heavy enough for some, people over 250 pounds might want a blanket with more heft.
  — Shannon Ullman, Health, 20 Apr. 2023
• If the heft of this skillet doesn't bother you, this model is a workhorse for searing.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• All in all, anyone who likes the feel of antique linen and the heft that goes along with it might like this duvet cover.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2024
• Some fresh mint leaves and warm, nutty pistachios add plenty of heft to the lean, crunchy melon.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• Balance the heft with texture on top, like corduroys and a shearling jacket.
  — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025
• And there’s some evidence that the big spenders are flexing their financial heft.
  — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026

heft

2 of 2 verb

• The man who built the house would pile on some mud, then heft a great club and pound it down.
  — Lu Yang, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• Here in our yards, long years of earth have been hefted by hand and heaped up on tarps.
  — Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
• Gardner hefts his tripod and camera and leads me out to a nearby stream.
  — Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017
• Ten men hefted the hyenas’ heavy, wheel-less cages to the their new enclosure.
  — Sharon Guynup, National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2017
• Worse yet, hefting even the smallest book was unspeakably painful.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2020
• The officers ignored her, pulled her upright and hefted her back onto the grass.
  — oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2019
• Miners came down the gangplanks hefting three tons of gold from far northwest Canada.
  — Smithsonian, 24 Oct. 2019
• In the wind and snow, Rob hefted the trash over his shoulder and into the can [then] headed back inside.
  — Liz McNeil, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• Candy is dandy but trick or treat for UNICEF has heft.
  — NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
• Many women liked to carry the bag on their shoulder because the Paddington, worth its weight in gold, had heft.
  — Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021
• In 2014, art thieves hefted the heavy sculpture into a car trunk and made off into the night.
  — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019
• Alex Kuball trekked across the festival grounds hefting an inflatable kiddie pool over his head.
  — Tessa Weinberg, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2017
• O’Sullivan hefted the 30 pound sphere and carried it in his lap on the drive back to the farmhouse to call the police.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
• Both characters come with major emotional baggage, but the actresses heft their heavy loads with grit and grace.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
• Xie’s gift for striking imagery withheld—in order to give her precepts heft and authority.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• Start your reading engines early this month, because this month’s book picks have heft — in number of pages, yes, but also in terms of thought and inquiry.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
• Crews in yellow hard hats were pouring concrete and hefting bundles of reinforcing steel for the new building.
  — Joseph B. Treaster, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
• Ants are known for being able to heft up to 50 times their own body weight, but new research shows their sense of smell might be even more formidable than their strength.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 11 July 2017
• Combat jets can also heft a wide variety of ordnance, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, and anti-ship missiles as well as bombs.
  — Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2023
• Early the next morning, in the dark, prosecutors say, he was spotted on camera hefting a large, heavy object into his car trunk.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
• The judge also hefted an additional $250 fine to one person’s charge for taking rocks.
  — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026
• Others favor a sturdier base, like those at Picoso, where the tortillas have heft, which explains why each taco is wrapped in only a single layer.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
• No matter, this hiring cycle suggest Miami still has heft inside college football.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• By brushing all that heft forward, the cut becomes more voluminous, drawing the eyes to the angles of the star's jaw rather than contributing to an overall roundness.
  — Hannah Morrill, Allure, 11 Sep. 2017
• Instead of hefting a heavy steel basket, Sanitation workers flip back half of the upper steel collar and pull out a lightweight plastic liner.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
• That puts it well over what typical rooftop tents weigh, and buyers will want to be careful to check the dynamic weight capacity of their vehicle/roof rack before dropping on all that heft.
  — New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025
• On the other hand, Intel is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with all the R&D heft that comes along with that.
  — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• That’s where the bottlenecks typically happen, with people piling up in cracks and gullies, sometimes waiting more than an hour for their turn to heft themselves up onto the next section of trail.
  — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
• To most of the world, London is the epicenter of stately and venerable — places, palaces, institutions with longevity and heft around every corner.
  — Derek Newton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
• Sure, but different missions have different requirements and not every rocket is designed to heft relatively heavy payloads into space.
  — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022