How to Use heavily in a Sentence

heavily

adverb

• He sat down heavily on the couch.
• She drank and smoked heavily for years.
• He was leaning heavily on the table.
• Our flowers were heavily damaged by a late spring frost.
• He relies heavily on his wife for advice.
• These artists borrow heavily from Picasso.
• Most likely, the cold has heavily damaged your sea grape and may be dead to the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• This website was around in the 1990s when online dating was done by dial-up and was heavily stigmatized.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• Fox is expected to rely heavily on First Amendment arguments in court.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
• Fully automatic guns in the hands of private citizens are very rare and heavily regulated.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
• Given their overlapping views, the candidates’ personal stories and resumes likely will be heavily pushed by their campaigns in the runoff.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• Standing up for farmers and ranchers: Our local economy relies heavily on the strength of Colorado’s agriculture.
  — The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
• Advertisement His right foot heavily taped, Garbers moved comfortably around the field while taking first-team snaps during the portion of practice open to reporters.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
• Hagerty’s character was to be heavily featured in the new season, so the writing team had to rework episodes to make Sam and Trish’s relationship more central.
  — Lisa Tozzi, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
• The Knicks must now lean heavily on Robinson to shoulder the load at the five.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
• The group was featured heavily on a day where the heat was at the forefront of a lot of minds in Owings Mills.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• Of course, the global wine list focuses heavily on rosé — what the South of France is known for.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• In this case, the small buy was heavily justified as the stock fell like a rock thrown out of the Empire State Building.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
• At the show, the first and last hour is open to networking, which is heavily emphasized throughout the night.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
• Back then, the Tigers had recruited Texas players more heavily as a member of the Big 12, which was based in Texas and had four teams in the state.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Aiken and Studdard wanted the 20-year tour to lean in heavily into that sense of time travel.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
• Rinna constantly stirred the pot on the show, and feuded heavily with Kathy Hilton.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 13 June 2023
• The fabric pilled heavily after the first wash, but the texture and quality of the towel remained the same.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
• Meistrowitz, who is about to go on parental leave herself, was heavily involved in planning for her time away.
  — Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza, Quartz, 3 May 2023
• This is the first generation of the company's watch to be cleared by the FDA, and it's now heavily discounted.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
• Instead, New World picked up the original and used that heavily.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
• Down the ballot, the Senate race is tilted heavily in Democrats’ favor, with about 84 cents of every ad dollar on their side of the ledger.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
• They were heavily traded ahead of the opening bell, spiking and then returning close to flat.
  — WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
• Williams said the charges weighed heavily on Wilhoite, who loved her daughter-in-law and is a devoted mother.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2023
• Yet, in 2023, the bank remains heavily dependent on the dollar for its survival.
  — Mihaela Papa, Fortune, 25 June 2023

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024