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• Across the state, foresters are peering through binoculars to survey the tips of branches, heavy with cones.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
• Outside, the air was heavy with the smell of smoke and death.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• Rain could be heavy with a few claps of thunder and winds again look to gust over 40 mph.
  — Ashley Smith and Steve Horstmeyer, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
• The high court is in the midst of a term heavy with social media issues.
  — Mark Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
• They will still be run heavy with Jonathan Taylor, but Ryan can make the big plays.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2022
• The day after the fire, when the air was still heavy with smoke and ash, Cottrell showed up at the clinic to help.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
• In mid-May the air is heavy with tree pollen, and the leaves are still unfolding, still bright, still soft.
  — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• But in a moment this heavy with emotion and rage, few moves are safe.
  — Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
• However, that leaves just two spots on a team heavy with wings and guards.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
• Beck never worked too hard to fit in on a DEA squad that was heavy with straight-laced Mormons.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2022
• And while this draft is heavy with talent at tight end, the receiver group might see four go in the first round.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• The car was quiet, heavy with the pressure of the possible outcomes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
• In the backyard, an orange tree hangs heavy with overripe fruit.
  — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• In the backyard, an orange tree hangs heavy with overripe fruit.
  — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• The chef’s knife is heavy with a rubber handle that’s easy to grip, and there’s a nice curve at the bottom to rest your finger.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
• The chef’s knife was a standout for being nice and heavy with an easy to grip rubber handle.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
• The green tree outside my window grew white overnight, heavy with blossoms.
  — Grady Chambers, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2023
• The air was heavy with smoke, and the garage was flooded from the sprinkler system and water streaming from burst pipes in the ceiling.
  — Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• The roster is heavy with sophomores and juniors, most of which didn’t have pivotal roles -- if any role at all -- in 2020.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 29 Nov. 2022
• Pomegranate trees hang heavy with fruit in gardens in the labyrinthine alleys that lead uphill and away from the shore.
  — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 24 May 2023
• The movie is heavy with a sense of shame — shame easily mistaken, and written off, as mere white guilt.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
• Henderson’s heart was heavy with the grief of more friends and acquaintances dying.
  — Margaret Coker, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• Roman, wearing military fatigues, eyes heavy with grief, and Dmytro, in a white linen shirt with long hair, joined the crowds.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The Giants probably didn’t want to build a roster so heavy with down-and-outers hoping to bounce back.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2023
• Even the sections with interpretive dance (yes, that’s here too) drip heavy with meaning and metaphor.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
• Along the village pathways, orange trees are heavy with unpicked fruit.
  — Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• Last week’s nectarines were heavy with sunshine and sugar, ripe but not overly soft.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• The trail traces the rim of Walnut Canyon before dropping through mixed forest heavy with underbrush.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2023
• Native grasses—timothy, brome, fescue—bowed to the wind, heads heavy with seeds.
  — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• Well, the actual air in the Brooklyn gym—heavy with the sweat of 50 or so boxers and their coaches during a Tuesday evening training—is a bit stifling.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 29 June 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024