How to Use heavy lifting in a Sentence

heavy lifting

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  • Mothers do the heavy lifting, fathers swoop in when the praise flows.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 May 2022
  • They, and so many others, did the heavy lifting that made this day possible.
    — CNN, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Technology stocks helped with much of the heavy lifting.
    — Damian J. Troise, ajc, 21 Apr. 2022
  • No need to worry about beating egg whites, as aquafaba does the heavy lifting in this light buttercream.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The nifty neckband accompanying the ultra-slim specs does most of the heavy lifting.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2022
  • So for example, Monday is a heavy lifting day, and Friday is a high-rep day with 20 reps for five sets.
    — Ian Douglass, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The fovea, a tiny depression at the center of the retina where visual acuity is highest, does all the heavy lifting while the rest of your vision goes unused.
    — Sonya Collins, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • Essays may be the best way to learn to write clearly and logically, building sentences and paragraphs; as anyone who’s read a bad essay knows, that’s a lot of heavy lifting.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • His thorny operas, his greatest works, are heavy lifting but worth the effort in their translation of harsh reality into primal mythic import.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Mermaid gowns can be frustratingly hit or miss, but with a smattering of multi-sized sequins doing the heavy lifting, this corset gown on Precious Lee pulls off a win.
    — ELLE, 4 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And, looking to the future, AI could also help with some of the heavy lifting.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • A lot of the heavy lifting was being done very quickly.
    — Ian Gotts, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Thomas did the heavy lifting in the morning, when the wind was raging and limbs were swaying.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2022
  • Using a tool that takes that off your plate leaves you the mental space to do the heavy lifting.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 May 2024
  • The pop up is a lot of work, a lot to coordinate, lots of heavy lifting.
    — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Yet much of the heavy lifting was done by Orton and Orton alone.
    — Matthew Richards, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Sanogo did most of the heavy lifting, capping the run with a ferocious dunk.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The heavy lifting was done in large part by [director] Derek Tsang.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
  • The cartoon comparison does some heavy lifting in the verse.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024

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