tip the scales at

Example Sentences

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The largest males often tip the scales at more than 540kg.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

But football was his best sport, and he was so small as a freshman that he hid ankle weights under his jeans to tip the scales at 112 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

A Cadillac Escalade, for instance, now weighs over 6,200 pounds, and the latest model of the Ford F-150, the most popular vehicle in America, can tip the scales at almost 5,700 pounds.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2024

“We are at a crossroads,” said Marib’s provincial governor Sheikh Sultan al-Aradah, arguing the weapons are needed to tip the scales at Marib.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

To begin with, not all of them stand six-feet-one in their stocking-feet, or tip the scales at a hundred and eighty odd; likewise their shoulders lacked the breadth that goes with the other measurements.

From The Range Dwellers by Bower, B. M.