weightier

Example Sentences

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A couple of the disputes are a bit weightier than a question of whether someone’s yard goes to here . . . or to here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The couple are set to return to the presidential residence, but this time Mutharika's in-tray will be far weightier.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Many are even less charitable in their comprehension of the burden he will inherit, which has only become weightier with time.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

The game is faster, the crowds bigger, the stakes weightier, but Brown’s time playing in front of sparse crowds has helped his adjustment to the spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

My body has grown heavy, which makes each step weightier than the previous one.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman