heaviness

Example Sentences

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Greek yogurt tenderizes, it thickens, it adds richness without tipping into heaviness.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

On a crisp and sunny morning, there is a heaviness in the air in Beirut.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

I walked to the neighborhood bistro for lunch and proudly slipped into the booth, feeling that heaviness I’d longed for, that glimpse of a different future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

There’s complexity, harmonies and even some darkness and heaviness to some of the best classical music.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

I need hardness, cold, rigidity; not this heaviness, as if I’m a melon on a stem, this liquid ripeness.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood