top-heavy

Example Sentences

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It’s also a top-heavy draft, with a ton of depth in the first round and no clear first overall pick.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Throughout the complex aerial gymnastics of an abort, the distribution of weight matters immensely: A top-heavy capsule performs differently than a bottom-heavy capsule.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

He initiated an antigraft purge and dismantled the military’s top-heavy administrative fiefs in favor of centralized, joint-combat theater commands that report directly to the Central Military Commission, which he leads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Maija García’s 25-minute “Jazz Island,” accompanied by resonant jazz segments specially composed by Trinidad-born Etienne Charles, is top-heavy with narrative baggage and light on choreographic coherence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

If the left branch is slender enough, it is generally understandable, albeit top-heavy, with all those words to parse before one arrives at the payoff.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker