hefted

past tense of heft

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hefted 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hefted
Verb
  • Then Shouhed is hoisted up by his arms by two agents who are seen leading him away from his car wash, according to the footage.
    Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The agents bandage the cyclist’s wounds, cover him in an emergency blanket and stay by his side until he is hoisted away by the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s helicopter, the video shows.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The initial launch will aim for speeds near Mach 2, but project officials say later versions could reach Mach 4 or even Mach 5, the lower edge of true hypersonic velocity, once range restrictions are lifted.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Near the climax of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics—a living diorama of British history, directed by the filmmaker Danny Boyle—a model house was lifted away to reveal Berners-Lee.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Neal scooped up the loose ball before Wade could get it and heaved it over his head as Wade knocked Neal to the ground.
    David Ubben, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Flaming palm fronds heaved back and forth across the frame, and embers streaked the air.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Investors saw this in quarterly earnings reports from Club holdings Meta Platforms, Amazon, and other Big Tech names, which raised their capital expenditures.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan said Sunday that initial public offerings had raised nearly 150 billion Hong Kong dollars so far this year, ranking top globally.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Hefted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hefted. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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