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.
• Steamboat invested heavily in the start-up costs of the center, kicking in more than half a million dollars, Duke says.
  — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
• Both municipalities have relied heavily on state and federal grants to complete their projects, and Key Biscayne expected to do the same.
  — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
• 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 coach also plans to lean more heavily on midfielders to put the ball in the net.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Most likely, the cold has heavily damaged your sea grape and may be dead to the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• The lowest 688 feet of the ice core above the bedrock is made of older ice that is heavily deformed.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2025
• Of course, the global wine list focuses heavily on rosé — what the South of France is known for.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• All three teams were also booed heavily, with the exception of The New Day.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Feb. 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
• At least a dozen states have moved to ban or heavily restrict abortions since Dobbs.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• The field of finance has leaned heavily into the use of AI at every level.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• Rinna constantly stirred the pot on the show, and feuded heavily with Kathy Hilton.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 13 June 2023
• Bird on a Rock plays heavily into many of the new releases.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
• 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
• For a team with nothing left to play for but pride, the Rams looked like a team heavily invested in the playoff picture last week.
  — Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• 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
• In the third set, the city’s water tower appears to have been toppled and heavily damaged, amidst a sea of rubble.
  — Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
• Instead, New World picked up the original and used that heavily.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
• That the show has remained popular is both a triumph and a tragedy, to Gilbert, who wishes the same themes did not resonate so heavily.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Feb 2025