How to Use heavy hitter in a Sentence
heavy hitter
noun- She spoke to a room full of political heavy hitters.
- Their company is one of the industry's heavy hitters.
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There’s been some pretty heavy hitter names involved in every other limited series besides Baby Reindeer, right?
— Peter White, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024 -
That’s just a few, and there are some heavy hitters on the way.
— Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019 -
The list starts with the welterweights and moves up to the heavy hitters.
— Field & Stream, 10 May 2019 -
The heavy hitter is near the top of the Keys, close to Miami.
— Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024 -
That ensures a heavy hitter leaves the game and frees up a skull for Cory.
— Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2021 -
And some heavy hitters are coming during the last stretch of the year.
— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 24 July 2024 -
In the world of online dating, Match is a heavy hitter.
— Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019 -
For the Eagles, Jalen White is the heavy hitter and rushed for more than 100 yards in last year’s contest.
— Evan Dudley, al, 8 Sep. 2023 -
To combat the heavy hitters, pitchers are coached to throw fast.
— San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2018 -
The two heavy hitters Fritz and Zverev entered the match with the German leading the head-to-head series 5-4.
— Sam Joseph, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024 -
Some heavy hitters on both light and dark sides make their presence felt.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 July 2024 -
The Rhythm Section cast also packs a few heavy hitters, and even one Night King.
— Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2020 -
The one thing that is certain: First baseman and heavy hitter Frank Schwindel will not be on it.
— Maria Torres, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018 -
The filmmakers have lined up some heavy hitters to come up with the music for the feature.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023 -
The club will serve expressions from the Macallan, the Glenrothes, and Highland Park, to name but a few heavy hitters.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2023 -
The project unites some heavy hitters, and some big horror names, on the producing side.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024 -
The heavy hitters arrived with the final fight of the UFC 292 early prelims, and the crowd is loving it.
— Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023 -
With one final week left of summer, the heavy hitters in rap, R&B and pop have come out to play, as seen by Drake feat.
— Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Mendoza: The heavy hitter on any menu has to taste good, and this did not disappoint.
— Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Apps can do this, but many—including a lot of heavy hitters from Google—don't.
— Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2023 -
This list of the best rifle cartridges for elk hunting starts with the welterweights and moves up to the heavy hitters.
— Joseph Von Benedikt, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023 -
An Iraqi heavy hitter gets two shopping sprees and English lessons for his son.
— David Segal, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2017 -
Parrish and Weiss have some heavy hitters in their corner.
— Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2018 -
By the time the series arrives in Iowa (Race 11), bet on the sport’s heavy hitters occupying the top spots in the standings.
— Jim Ayello, USA TODAY Sports, 7 Mar. 2018 -
Beatz is surely just one of the hip-hop heavy hitters who are lining up to work with Mill since his release.
— Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 6 July 2018 -
The Flyers have about $7 million in salary cap space, and enough talent that should entice some heavy hitters for the job.
— Dan Gelston, The Seattle Times, 27 Nov. 2018 -
It was packed with some heavy hitters, but those heavy hitters were so friendly, so nice, so warm.
— cleveland, 13 July 2023 -
Now that Oscar points have been distributed, some of the season’s heavy hitters have emerged as the best values in the game.
— Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
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