How to Use lift weights in a Sentence

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• The kid would lift weights to the point where coaches had to tell him to stop.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
• Mobley would either lift weights for an hour or do some on-court stuff.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2022
• Bracing core and keeping arms straight, lift weights straight up to shoulder-height.
  — Women's Health, 7 June 2023
• The next morning, Liza woke up and went to the gym to lift weights and work out with her boyfriend.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
• There wasn’t much to do other than lift weights, travel to wrestling practices and play video games.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2022
• These are best for people who are just starting to lift weights, or want to focus on one area of the body.
  — Leila Najafi, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2020
• Most injuries happen when people lift weights that are too heavy or use poor technique.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 1 July 2026
• Dubus, tired of being picked on by preppy kids, begins to lift weights and go looking for fights.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• But the players ended up just wanting to go lift weights together.
  — ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2021
• During your lunch hour or after work change into your work out clothes and hit the gym to lift weights or jog around the block to let off steam.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• Peratino also taught her how to lift weights and the benefits of doing so.
  — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
• Tate joined him on a stream last month to lift weights and offer advice about how Clav should handle his newfound fame.
  — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
• He recently was cleared to ride an exercycle and lift weights, and hopes to try running later this week.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
• In barracks that resemble a locker room, the troops goof around, play loud music, lift weights, and swap tales of past firefights.
  — Bing West, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
• Williams demonstrates how to lift weights in a weightless environment and how to sleep without laying down.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2013
• Sommer partnered with the app Fitplan, where users get to lift weights with their fave fitness influencers.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 19 Aug. 2020
• These are the ones who wanted to lift weights and wanted to condition — wanted to practice six days a week and wanted to be a part of it.
  — Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• While Wilson and his friends mostly did pushups and agility drills, the varsity starters also showed them how to lift weights.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2021
• Clyde Drexler told me his running mate bench pressed 350 pounds, which wasn’t bad for a guy who didn’t lift weights as a practice. Seemed natural, then, to think a talent evaluator who made football players out of hoopsters and track guys could do the same with Michael Young.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• While Meyers Taylor was left to lift weights in her room, her competitors got in early training runs.
  — Amy Bass, CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
• Coming into this season, players got together frequently to run routes, lift weights and sometimes just to hang out.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Practice lasted about three hours before Kidd made the players lift weights and run in the pool, despite some of the players not knowing how to swim.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
• Demoing the moves below is Tina Tang, a strength coach who mentors women 50-plus to lift weights through peri and post-menopause.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 9 Jan. 2023
• Her coaches tried to make the best of it, having the gymnasts lift weights and stretch outside, Wang-Polagruto said.
  — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2021
• The practice lasted three hours, and Kidd made players lift weights immediately after.
  — oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2021
• Horn decided to lift weights more this offseason to protect himself from the injury woes he’s experienced over the past three seasons.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
• Jokic started to lift weights after every game, regardless of playing time, for example, and cut soda, beer and video-game snacks from his diet.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• Football coaches in Weaverville had the boys lift weights a few times a week, just to give them something to do, said junior varsity coach Ryan Gogan.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2021
• The most obvious explanation for the precipitous drop is that Foltynewicz didn’t lift weights during the shutdown.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
• In addition to walking, aim to lift weights at least twice a week to build strength and stability, and help your body recover with daily massage and stretching sessions.
  — Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2011