HEAVILY in a Sentence
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245 example sentences for HEAVILY, such as:
1. His novels draw heavily on his childhood.
2. The city was heavily defended against attack.
3. Misfortunes have rained heavily upon the old man.
4. Tap water is usually heavily treated with chemicals.
5. Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.
2. The city was heavily defended against attack.
3. Misfortunes have rained heavily upon the old man.
4. Tap water is usually heavily treated with chemicals.
5. Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.
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Meanings and Examples of HEAVILY
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heavily
ad. in a heavy-footed manner
ad. slowly as if burdened by much weight
Classic Sentence: (201 in 14 pages)
1 He crept back heavily to the sofa, stretching himself out with limbs so leaden that he felt as if they would never move again.
2 Melanie patted her shoulder and Pittypat tiptoed heavily about the room pulling down the shades.
3 So the matter of Ashley's letters did not lie very heavily on her conscience.
4 In that section, the Confederate sympathizers were in the minority and the hand of war fell heavily upon them, as it did on all the border states, neighbor informing against neighbor and brother killing brother.
5 But in these exciting days her widowhood and her motherhood weighed less heavily upon her than ever before.
6 She noted how the leaves on the trees were still dark green but dry and heavily coated with red dust, and how withered and sad the untended flowers in the front yard looked.
7 The pockets of his coat sagged heavily with ammunition.
8 But the horse was alive--breathing heavily, sick eyes half closed, but alive.
9 His stubbly chin sank heavily in loose folds of flesh on his chest.
10 But the fading hopes of the Confederacy weighed less heavily on Scarlett than his remark about the scarcity of food.
11 She looked down the street toward the firehouse and saw that the wide arched doors were closed and heavily barred and two sentries passed and repassed on each side of the building.
12 Georgia was heavily garrisoned with troops and Atlanta had more than its share.
13 Moreover the lie she had told Frank had never weighed heavily upon her conscience.
14 She held out for him a massive gold watch, heavily embossed, from which dangled a chain with many fobs and seals.
15 They drank heavily at Scarlett's parties, far too heavily, and usually after a reception there were one or more unexpected guests who stayed the night.
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1 Easy access to a railway network weighed heavily with us when we chose a site for the new factory.
2 The city was heavily defended against attack.
3 The march will be heavily policed by an anti-riot unit.
4 Misfortunes have rained heavily upon the old man.
5 Tap water is usually heavily treated with chemicals.
6 The report was heavily slanted towards the city council's version of events.
7 It had snowed heavily during the night and in the morning the garden was a white fairyland.
8 The word "not" was heavily underlined.
9 The boat rolled heavily in the troughs between the waves.
10 The center already has dipped into its reserves and anticipates borrowing heavily from the city.
11 Despite being heavily outgunned, the rebel forces seem to have held on to the south side of the city.
12 His novels draw heavily on his childhood.
13 People who drive when they are drunk should be heavily penalized.
14 Environmental law heavily intertwined with administrative law.
15 Violence seems to feature heavily in all of his books.