How to Use heft in a Sentence

heft

1 of 2 noun
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  • That’s a lot of heft, a lot of teeth, and a lot of power.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The thing has just the right amount of heft to it and just looks and feels sturdy.
    — By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
  • On the flip side, there’s not much in the way of heft along the defensive line in this class.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The helm has heft, the steering is progressive and sure.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The heft and sweep of the filmmaking work to distract us from these creaks and joins.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
  • To achieve the right balance and heft, the unique handle is weighted with sand.
    — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The rest of the team has good size, particularly in the backcourt, but not the heft that the Aztecs can bring.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
  • And that’s fine, but don’t throw anything that’s got any heft to it that’s gonna hurt somebody.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The brakes are excellent and the steering is precise with a nice heft to its feel.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
  • There aren't enough tears to cover the emotional heft of this film.
    — Christine Giordano, Women's Health, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Grizzlies, for all their heft and roar, are kind of crummy hunters.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Cut a second paper circle and adhere it to the back of the photo to give it heft.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The more robust flavors mean this wine can stand up to flavors with a bit more heft.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Setting up this stroller took a bit of time and was kind of annoying due to its heft and size.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • While that may be heavy enough for some, people over 250 pounds might want a blanket with more heft.
    — Shannon Ullman, Health, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Words like those, just words in some ways at the time, have gained significant heft.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The teal magnesium frame curls, kinks and plunges from the central spar, and the wing-like seatpost/battery give the look some heft.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The emotional heft of the case is partly owed to the clarity of its origins.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The drums on this track receive some serious bass heft.
    — PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2023
  • All in all, anyone who likes the feel of antique linen and the heft that goes along with it might like this duvet cover.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The result is our list above: Our eight honest picks of the best weighted jump ropes to add heft to your workouts in 2023.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This set offers the heft All-Clad is known for, but in an even easier to use design.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • High quality flannel will have some heft to it and feel thicker to the touch, but still soft.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Perhaps the depth and heft of some answers should make up for shortfalls in overall breadth.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Second, pick up the coconut and feel the weight—there should be a reassuring heft to the coconut.
    — Farokh Talati, Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Despite its heft, the megalodon was adept in the water and could swim at a swift 1.4 meters per second.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The crunchy red cabbage feels grounding and bright while the dates and pistachios give the salad plenty of heft.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The 20-ounce weight has enough heft to flatten dough without much effort and the 19-inch length is in the sweet spot for rolling out a classic pie crust.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Canned artichokes give the rich filling its meaty heft.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2024
  • To me, this salad is about the heft of the cabbage, the cool of the lettuce, the crunch of the cashews and wonton chips, the brightness of the citrus and the umami bass note of the sesame-soy dressing.
    — Jim Webster, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2023
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heft

2 of 2 verb
  • The man who built the house would pile on some mud, then heft a great club and pound it down.
    — Lu Yang, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • Gardner hefts his tripod and camera and leads me out to a nearby stream.
    — Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017
  • In 2014, art thieves hefted the heavy sculpture into a car trunk and made off into the night.
    — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Ten men hefted the hyenas’ heavy, wheel-less cages to the their new enclosure.
    — Sharon Guynup, National Geographic, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Many women liked to carry the bag on their shoulder because the Paddington, worth its weight in gold, had heft.
    — Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Worse yet, hefting even the smallest book was unspeakably painful.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The officers ignored her, pulled her upright and hefted her back onto the grass.
    — oregonlive, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Miners came down the gangplanks hefting three tons of gold from far northwest Canada.
    — Smithsonian, 24 Oct. 2019
  • On the other hand, Intel is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with all the R&D heft that comes along with that.
    — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Ants are known for being able to heft up to 50 times their own body weight, but new research shows their sense of smell might be even more formidable than their strength.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 11 July 2017
  • Start your reading engines early this month, because this month’s book picks have heft — in number of pages, yes, but also in terms of thought and inquiry.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Alex Kuball trekked across the festival grounds hefting an inflatable kiddie pool over his head.
    — Tessa Weinberg, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2017
  • After a short drive to the village of Ambolotara, the men hefted the baskets a mile and a half up a dirt path to the planting site on one side of a ravine—land that belongs to a farmer who’s under contract with the project.
    — Paul Tullis, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2019
  • By brushing all that heft forward, the cut becomes more voluminous, drawing the eyes to the angles of the star's jaw rather than contributing to an overall roundness.
    — Hannah Morrill, Allure, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Both characters come with major emotional baggage, but the actresses heft their heavy loads with grit and grace.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Crews in yellow hard hats were pouring concrete and hefting bundles of reinforcing steel for the new building.
    — Joseph B. Treaster, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Others favor a sturdier base, like those at Picoso, where the tortillas have heft, which explains why each taco is wrapped in only a single layer.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Combat jets can also heft a wide variety of ordnance, including air-to-air, air-to-ground, and anti-ship missiles as well as bombs.
    — Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2023
  • When his companion showed up later, the two hunters were able to drag the buck to the road, but couldn’t heft it up onto the trunk of their ’69 Plymouth Fury until another hunter happened by and offered to assist.
    — Bob Humphrey, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The possibility was real that the hunters had shot the animal illegally in the Yukon and hefted the body across the border into Alaska.
    — National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • In fact, that’s one of the things that gymnasts can teach us about assessing relative strength: One of the best ways to gauge it is by performing exercises that challenge you to heft your own bodyweight.
    — Men's Health, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Xie’s gift for striking imagery withheld—in order to give her precepts heft and authority.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
  • That’s where the bottlenecks typically happen, with people piling up in cracks and gullies, sometimes waiting more than an hour for their turn to heft themselves up onto the next section of trail.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Its dinosauresque dimensions can be a nuisance, particularly the 35.0-inch lift required to heft objects into the cargo hold.
    — Car and Driver, 23 Oct. 2017
  • On Monday, fire crews in Northern California packed down carnitas and coffee and headed to a morning briefing before spreading out across the region, each hefting around 50 pounds of gear.
    — Tim Arango, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The luckiest of the Rohingya leaving the violence by trekking through the Chittagong Hills hefted bamboo poles laden with their most treasured belongings: sacks of rice, umbrellas, solar panels, water pots and grass mats.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2017
  • According to the Wall Street Journal, the staffers included accountants and marketers, who suddenly found themselves hefting boxes.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2017
  • For one, these kinds of actuators have nowhere near the power of traditional motors, which allow robots on automotive assembly lines to heft massive pieces of metal.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
  • No matter, this hiring cycle suggest Miami still has heft inside college football.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Arrieta, shown hefting a 230-pound cube during a traditional Basque weightlifting competition, was extremely proud to be included on the outdoor mural depicting Basque life through the ages.
    — John Sowell, idahostatesman, 30 June 2017

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