How to Use heavy lifting in a Sentence

heavy lifting

noun
  • But it’s the defense that is doing the heavy lifting once again.
    Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Andres Levell’s score is left to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Childbirth, heavy lifting and even genes are listed as some of the common causes.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 6 Dec. 2021
  • That leaves the next four months to do the heavy lifting, with September setting the standard.
    Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
  • When reporting on programs, AI can do the heavy lifting.
    Shannon Farley, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • There is time to reach an agreement without jeopardizing games, but the clock is ticking to do a lot of heavy lifting.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • If the tutor is doing most of the heavy lifting, this could be a sign that different instruction or a revised learning plan is in order.
    Sara Lindberg, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Regarding new features, Google's Tensor A1 chip does much of the heavy lifting.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Much of the heavy lifting when brokering the sale of a business lies in promoting the business and attracting quality prospective buyers.
    Yec, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The title certainly does a lot of heavy lifting, capturing the prevailing response to inconvenient news.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 Dec. 2021
  • So the new coach almost always is walking into a situation where there is a ton of heavy lifting to do, the margin for error isn’t great and patience can evaporate quickly.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • With computers doing the heavy lifting, retailers can quickly build efficient work schedules that include adequate rest breaks and periods of time off.
    Anthony Presley, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Antetokounmpo did the heavy lifting for Greece, scoring 34 of his country’s 79 points.
    NBC News, 28 July 2024
  • Zoom in: While legislative leaders did a lot of the heavy lifting, Walz's budget proposal to spend much of a $17.5 billion surplus that year set the tone.
    Kyle Stokes, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Third, a lot of the heavy lifting will be done by the iPhone 14 Max.
    Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In fact, the mentee should be doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
    Gracey Cantalupo, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Virgo moons do most of the heavy lifting for the rest of us.
    Glamour, 31 May 2022
  • In the end, as is so often the case, the Americans and the British did the heavy lifting.
    The Editors, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Marte’s out was only the start of the bullpen’s heavy lifting.
    Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024
  • There still is a lot of heavy lifting to do and the draft to look forward to.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • There will be weeks when the offense will be asked to do the heavy lifting.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In the second quarter of 2020, Big Tech did the heavy lifting.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 15 July 2022
  • But [Brittany Snow] does most of the heavy lifting there.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Lucky for you, Women's Health did all the heavy lifting.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 11 July 2023
  • Yavuz Gultekin did the heavy lifting on the glass, each pulling down 12 boards.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Expect some of the heavy lifting to take place behind the scenes.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • And on both nights, their fastball did the heavy lifting.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • But a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of building this thing was the three of us with band input.
    Ron Hart, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Lose to struggling Utah -- even on the road -- and the Ducks would have undone a lot of heavy lifting.
    John Canzano, oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2022
  • And, looking to the future, AI could also help with some of the heavy lifting.
    Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023

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