12 example sentences using heavy.
Heavy used in a sentence
Heavy in a sentence as a noun
If someone is a heavy Google Maps user it makes no sense to get an iPhone 5.
It was not a heavy blow, but the novice was nonetheless surprised.
Tesla taught him how to operate a laser cutter, and a bunch of other heavy machinery.
Those tend to get a lot of upvotes and heated discussion too. I do not think that it will recover unless PG & Co start moderating it in a more heavy handed way.
Heavy in a sentence as an adjective
The source code to the parser is very assert-heavy, so if there's anything that's amiss, it tends to blow up with an assertion failure.
It oxidizes easily, and it's oxides are heavy and non-soluble, so when it is released to the environment, it just tends to fall down and stay there.
Your accountant or DB admin or whatever will always be more productive with a keyboard and mouse when it comes to heavy "business" style applications.
If you want verification that replication is working at write time, you can do it with w=2 getLastError parameter.> 3. MongoDB requires a global write lock to issue any write> Under a write-heavy load, this will **** you.
Heavy in a sentence as an adverb
This also leads to other problems like heavy head wear because of the smart card contact, having to define avoidance areas because of the same and jamming issues with the added complexity of using the card flipper.
The title, "Contents", was set in very heavy type which happened to be an unexpected edge case in the classifier and it matched the "o" with the "e" and "n" and output "Contoots".The classifier was adjusted and these errors mostly went away.
The internet in particular has been a huge liberating force and so young people especially have come to take it for granted that they can freely make all sorts of choices without having to feel burdened or restricted by the heavy hand of the law.
This part of the Act says, in effect, "we realize that the IPO market has been moribund ever since SOX was enacted and, because part of the reason is the heavy regulatory burdens imposed by SOX, we will seek to encourage more IPOs by giving issuers more incentive to go public without having to face huge expenses right out the gate.
Heavy definitions
an actor who plays villainous roles
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
See also: fleshy overweight
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
See also: lowering sullen threatening
of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
See also: dense impenetrable
of relatively large extent and density; "a heavy line"
made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
See also: sonorous
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
See also: intemperate hard
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
See also: leaden
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
See also: heavily