| 单词 | weigh |
| 例句 | Leaves of deepest green clung to its branches, which were weighed down by large red fruits Ekon had never seen before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It's nice to know that my launch to orbit won't have any pesky backup systems weighing me down. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z An adult blue whale can be thirty meters long and weigh 150 tons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if my pen weighs a thousand tons. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When he got off the Manhattan, he weighed twelve pounds more than when he’d gotten on nine days earlier. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The bull is very large and often weighs as much as thirty men. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She had two male guards with her, armed to the teeth with an assortment of curved Eyllwe daggers and swords, both of them studying Chaol and Celaena closely—weighing the threat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Yet, in Florence’s heart tonight hatred and bitterness weighed like granite, pride refused to abdicate from the throne it had held so long. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A big baby weighing ten pounds, James joined a brother and two sisters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Turkish hospital records list a total of eleven children who weighed over twenty pounds at birth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Unlike weightlessness, it is easy to simulate the opposite condition, where the body “weighs” many times more than normal. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a big baby and weighed almost eleven pounds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hair net of fine-spun silver, the strands so thin and delicate the net seemed to weigh no more than a breath of air when Sansa took it in her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I think that's why really rich and famous people look so weighed down and glum in most photos. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z These chairs weigh a ton and it banged my shin something chronic but I acted like it was no sweat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Furiously the butcher hacked off a bit of meat and slammed it down on the paper after weighing it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I weigh the variables and make a guess that sounds far more educated than it actually is. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The wreath we carried weighed on us, pulled on our skinny arms, strained our shoulders. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mammals weighing 130 pounds have an average brain size of 12 cubic inches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Officers said that the body had been weighed down with a cotton gin pulley tied with barbed wire. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z This colossal waste would later weigh on me heavily. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I now held the pot for him when he urinated—he who, in my childhood, had been called upon to capture and weigh my water and faeces. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They walked among the pavilions, each with its banner and its armor hung outside, the silence weighing heavier with every step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Bagging and weighing, pound after pound, dollar after dollar, for what Genie considered to be the nastiest food On the planet. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z David’s adultety with Bathsheba weighed less on history’s scales, for instance, than the positive fact of David’s killing Goliath. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped onto them and pulled Tally up, sitting her on the edge of the roof as if she weighed nothing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Heavily weighed down by the wood on my back, branches poking maddeningly, I had burned almost all of the fuel not to waste strength lugging it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lazarus woodpecker weighs approximately twenty-six ounces, is twenty-four inches tall, and has a wing span of just around thirty-two inches. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Her knees ached from banking hard, whipping through turns so quickly that her body seemed to weigh a ton. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Each monkey weighed between five and twelve pounds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These thoughts weighed down on him, like rocks in his pockets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I was twelve by now, and I had been weighing our options, doing some research at the public library and picking up scraps of information about how other families on Little Hobart Street survived. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then let us weigh the matter in our minds, while the others rest and sleep,’ said Aragorn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘You seem to have demasiado queso to carry. Perhaps if you dropped some of your cheese, your load would not weigh so much.’ The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The binoculars probably weighed a pound but felt twenty times that. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nonetheless, it must be weighed. Did you not hear my orders this morning when—nay, I remember, I had sent you into the Street of the Potters to fetch those crucibles.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “This is when I wish I weighed as much as you guys!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was ten feet tall and must have weighed a solid ton. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Doctors had spent fourteen hours removing a tumor that weighed more than the small girl whose body it had been growing in. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "And in this corner, in white trunks"—the crowd began to cheer loudly and steadily— "weighing one hundred seventy-four and one- half pounds, from New York City . . . Willie Streeter." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I fixed my goggles on my face at the lab table as he weighed the card in his hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She weighed the plum in her hand, and for just a moment it seemed to represent everything she wasn’t—or perhaps every sweet, insipid thing she was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Sputnik 2 weighed 1,100 pounds; the heaviest American satellite, Vanguard, weighed 3.5 pounds and had yet to make it off the launch pad. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was six feet three inches tall and weighed over two hundred and thirty pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I completed sixth grade, I weighed over 200 pounds. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The sky was bright, and the clouds seemed closer, as if they were weighed down by unspent rain. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Dorian felt the eyes of the council upon them, weighing and considering every word out of her mouth, every move or reaction of his. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The lord weighed his sons long and carefully with his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “How do you expect our boys to be as precise as that thousands of feet up with bombs weighing tons! Look at what the Germans did to Amsterdam! Look at what they did to Coventry!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes shift over my face, and he squints, as if weighing and measuring me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy had taught me that the important questions could not be answered without the best scholarship you could lay your hands on, along with plenty of time to weigh and measure the alternatives. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It probably weighed twice as much as me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It weighs only ten pounds, he claims, although, as I soon find out, with the attachments dangling from the strap around your waist, the total is probably more like fourteen. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Though difficult to read at first, it depicts Christ at the Last Judgment, when every soul is weighed. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A chain weighing twenty thousand pounds connected a sprocket on the axle to sprockets driven by twin thousand-horsepower steam engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The giant metal “drift tubes” suspended inside the cylinder, which the deuteron beam would traverse, each weighed several tons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They first had to carefully weigh all the difficulties and risks, though Miep was ready to set off immediately with me in tow. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Since she wasn’t weighing in, I made an executive decision. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z By the time I caught the cable car back to Polk Street, my basket would be weighed down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Real cheese come in hunks or slices, not no blanged loaf that weigh forty pounds. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He used to lift the bags of flour one by one and contemplate them, to see if they all truly weighed the amount the man said they did. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Is she supposed to whip out her own and kill him? Because that’s the kind of decision she needs weighing on her, right?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Bethe had no intention of signing on until he had weighed the undertaking carefully. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I sat up, feeling like my body weighed two hundred pounds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Beezle was hardly over a hundred pounds, and his enormous, unwieldy bundle of sheets and towels had to weigh fifty or sixty pounds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The servants were weighing and recording my dinner. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The thumb was dark brown, rubbery to the touch, and weighed 3 ounces at most. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to be late, and these weigh a ton, so...” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Round brown acorns weighed down the thick branches of oak trees. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I weighed these things, groped under the bed for the pot, and did a fair job of balancing above the icy rim. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Harry watched the goblin on their right weighing a pile of rubies as big as glowing coals. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The confusing thing was, I weighed the same as I’d weighed in Italy and Germany when I won gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z How does anybody know how much the Earth weighs or how old its rocks are or what really is way down there in the center? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “And I’ll make you wish for death, so you have to weigh those options.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Not five or ten but scores of monkeys weigh down the limbs of the jungle trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The wrist with my bracelet feels like it weighs a trillion pounds. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I’d be surprised if she weighs more than ninety-two pounds before breakfast, assuming breakfast is even on her agenda. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was relatively small, weighing perhaps six hundred or seven hundred pounds, but it nevertheless amounted to a huge quantity of meat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It's true that Mags can’t weigh more than about seventy pounds, but I’m not very big myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sitting once on the rocks as we dried from swimming, he asked me, “Do you not find it somewhat strange to have your feces weighed and recorded?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After death, they believe, your heart would be brought to the Hall of Maat, where it would be weighed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He looked at them from an immense distance, seeming to weigh truth, justice, evil and the affairs of men. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Time rarely weighed upon him, for he had many methods of passing it—among them, mirror gazing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She weighed herself once per week, and although her weight did not fluctuate more than the three pounds her doctor assured her was normal, she took pains to maintain herself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He swiped my journal off the table and stared at the page I was writing, his kick weighing down on my neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Nor was his voice ever weighed down with sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Strider sat silent for a while, looking at the hobbits, as if he was weighing up their strength and courage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He starts to wedge the book back in its place, but stops, holds it in both hands, as if weighing it. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Theo does consider marriage and weighs when to break the news to his parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Maybe I didn’t weigh enough to go to America. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Van wore khakis, a golf shirt, and tennis shoes; he stood six feet tall and weighed 185 pounds, fit, his head a bushel of blond hair. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And this feeling of lightness...Perhaps she didn’t weigh anything at all. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I weighed her spiteful words about Hamlet’s love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Her voice was weighed down with pain and fatigue. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A third will weigh each, announce its mass, and pass it to von Rumpel, who will examine the stone through a loupe and call out the clarity—Included, Slightly Included, Almost Loupe- Clean. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Gobble-obble-obble- obble, they shrieked, even though they weighed five times as much as a hawk and could have stomped it into the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched, fascinated, as his father gently lifted one and then the other to the scale and weighed them. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw calculation there, as Thyon weighed the trouble of killing him with the risk of letting him live. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was beyond me to weigh such matters, when my doorstep harbored snakes that could knock a child dead by spitting in her eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z T Ihat night, after I had weighed my fseces and recorded their mass in the book which I had been given for that purpose, I paused; I set down the chamber-pot and replaced the lid. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He weighed hardly more than a large sack of potatoes or a full butter churn. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It is only beginning to weigh on her, but it is much more difficult to manage without the bonfire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was the way Papa shook his head when he talked about liking sin, as if something weighed him down, something he could not throw off. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we've done, and apply what we’ve learned from those things to the future. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Stories of law violations are weighed on a different set of scales in the Black mind than in the white. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man had the look of Westerns about him, and the brown-skinned one must weigh twenty stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Inside, the clerk was at the register, weighing cabbages for a small old woman with a coin purse clutched in her hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And the gloom began to weigh on his spirits. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The chaplain weighed the next silence heavily and then shattered it with an abrupt question. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well, what I’m to tell you might weigh a little heavy on your belief if you did not know that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Jones kept putting Ellsberg off, saying the senator was still weighing options. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was a big one and weighted down too; must have weighed twenty-five pounds. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was saying that it only weighed fifteen pounds and had everybody lift it to check it out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She watched Adiah process the words, weighing and considering them in her mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then, in May, the Soviet Union orbited Sputnik III, weighing in at a whopping 2,925 pounds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And while I weighed out the apples and wrapped her packages, she asked me questions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The Fire Swamp R.O.U.S.s were a pure rat strain, weighed usually eighty pounds, and had the speed of wolfhounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The snake weighed on me like the heaviest piece of clothing I would ever wear. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Where authorities disagree, I’ve tried to weigh the best evidence and make decisions that reflect what thoughtful, literate people consider good English. decimate. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We each take one end, and Dad pretends it weighs more than it does. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Russian ran his eyes over Alex, as if weighing him up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The manacles were black iron, thick and heavy, each weighing a good two pounds, if the dwarf was any judge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Bassam weighed whatever you wanted on an antique scale that looked as if it came straight from the Bible. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Me: unless there’s a new dog over 8 years, black fur, weighing more than 60 pounds, and is mostly pit bull or shepherd. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her heart weighs so heavy, and it is getting more and more difficult to breathe. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Other stories, closer to home, weighed heavily on Mr. Henderson’s mind. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At two months old, she had weighed only eight pounds. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The regents’ breath was taken away by Lawrence’s audacious request for funds at a time when the stock market crash still weighed on the university endowment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There’s a huge table dominating the middle of the room, and on it are maps weighed down on the corners by chunks of glass and metal objects. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It weighed much less now that it was dry. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But they ignored me as they all fell silent, weighing the risks versus the potential benefit of having such a valuable treasure to lure Anansi. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But an invisible object weighing ten times more than the Sun and collapsed into a volume the size of an asteroid can only be a black hole. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They weighed what I ate when it went in, and daily took the measure of its transformation when it came out. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His relationship with Kainene might well not last long, but the moments of being with her, knowing he was not weighed down by lies and pretense, would make the brevity worthwhile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He weighed nothing, my tutor, my preceptor; he weighed nothing, and I had carried him across the waters. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z However, there were two men in that little band who scorned to weigh the chances of success or failure, to whom the extreme peril of the attempt was a reason for making it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The car trip, the weird dream-that-wasn’t-a-dream, working on the farm....By the time I went to bed, my eyelids felt like they weighed a ton. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Even in my own heart I could give no expression to my sensations—they weighed on me with a mountain’s weight and their excess destroyed my agony beneath them. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z His height was five feet, eight inches; he weighed only 155 pounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sample weighed about a thousandth of a grain of sand, but it was thirty-four times more concentrated with the fissionable isotope than was natural uranium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When they were checked over by a doctor, Jack, who was now eighteen, stood five seven and weighed 80 pounds. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z After shaking hands, Spassky humorously tested Fischer’s biceps, as though they were two boxers “weighing in.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Things that give more context. Other factors for him to weigh.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I fell asleep, I could see him sitting on his mat, weighing the possibilities of what I had said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They weighed her down and made her numb. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She weighed the heaviest one in her hand. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “My armor weighs far more than children,” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Being with Jody and Mark and Cal was beginning to weigh on my nerves, like a dull wooden block on the strings of a piano. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I stand still, and every part of me is still, like it weighs more than it used to, only the weight is not unpleasant. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z All the time Bobby weighed possibilities, suggested alternatives, selected the best lines, discriminated, decided. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lightly, as if his armor weighed no more than his fur, the bear-king spun to face Will and Lyra, who were struggling upright. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Olmsted weighed in with a letter describing the proposed road as “unreasonable, unjust and immoral.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z With no tangles to weigh it down, it flew free around my face, as clean and sweet with shampoo as Lissa’s. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z His sodden robes weighed him down as he walked in deeper; now the water was over his knees, and his rapidly numbing feet were slipping over silt and flat, slimy stones. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A brass pin weighs lightly on each of their lapels; one hundred and fourteen hobnailed boots spark against pebbles on the trail. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And since my parents split up, I have begun to wonder if this is happening to me, too: if I am getting more weighed down, harder to lift, as I move through this world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I have my own story, and increasingly in my old age it weighs on me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifts her bag up, sticking out her tongue like it really does weigh fifty pounds, and rummages inside for her sketchbook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This knowledge was heavy on the hearts of all the dwellers in Asgard, but it weighed heaviest on their chief and ruler, Odin. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost transparent, and weighed next to nothing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Those days and nights in the motel room I weighed each of them against the other. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The king handed Minli a pair of intricate gold chopsticks that weighed heavily in her hands, and with his urging, Minli began to eat what was easily the most delicious meal she had ever had. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z With Alvarez standing by, he put through a call to Edward Teller, who then was still at Los Alamos weighing UCLA’s offer to join its physics faculty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was the dispassionate stare of a man well used to weighing humanity in the balance. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The core of a neutron star is so dense that a single spoonful of matter from it would weigh 200 billion pounds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I spent the day in turmoil, weighing my options. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba went into town and returned weighed down with pesticides in every form known to man—powders, liquids, and pills—which he sprayed and sprinkled everywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex can sense him weighing out several thoughts at once, as he often does. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The silence was so unnatural, so ominous, it weighed heavy on us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in my room, I ask Hal to weigh in on the subject. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Weakness has nothing to do with how much you weigh.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It did not take long for the nation’s leading newspapers to weigh in. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There were more than 400 of them, documenting the voyage and ordeal of Endurance, but they weighed far too much to save all of them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A witness’s age helps the court to weigh her testimony and influences sentencing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had on a half-smile, the sort a mother might have in an ordinary family, weighing things up while the children jumped and screamed around her asking her to say, yes, they could do whatever. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Prison now, at age twenty-six, didn’t seem so scary, and time didn’t weigh on him as it once had, though he was serving a sentence of ten years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, they said if we could get all the pieces of her together, she’d weigh over eight hundred pounds now,” he told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She lacked physical presence—she weighed less than one hundred pounds—but she was determined, and she refused to take no for an answer. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z David holds his present on his palms, weighing and poking it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When we got back on board, Hamilton used an old bathroom scale to weigh out the kilos of hash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They looked like they weighed about fifteen pounds each. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He would never measure himself, but everybody whispered he must be over seven feet tall, and he would never step on a scale, but people claimed he weighed four hundred. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was taller than everyone else in the room, though I weighed much less. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We have to make a decision here. Matt, any chance at all you’re going to weigh in?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, these items weighed between 12 and 18 pounds, depending upon a man’s habits or rate of metabolism. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Six levels to climb in the dark with her hands slippery from sweat and the fires of hell burning below, with the rope weighing her down and no net to catch her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At the time of the Cognitive Revolution, the planet was home to about 200 genera of large terrestrial mammals weighing over 100 pounds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt as though my body weighed a thousand kilograms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Aeons of pain and disappointment weigh on you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She hadn’t known how she could continue on with both him and Taisin weighing her down. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Virtually every adult rider, and most of the kids, naturally tended to weigh too much. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s made a big vat of dough and is weighing it, shaping it into balls, and plopping it into trays that will go into the freezer for tomorrow’s pies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z As for him, “it is a sadness which will weigh upon me for a long time,” he says, “and will certainly not leave my thoughts as long as I live.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He stood five feet eight and was said to weigh over a hundred and seventy pounds. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know these things weighed so much.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes it weighed a little more, sometimes a little less, than it was supposed to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the threat of an attack weighed heavily on their minds. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The sailors sewed their bodies up in canvas, weighed down with ballast stones so they might sink more quickly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The smile meant that dust weighed little in the balance of her power. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The demonstrations throughout South Africa and the international pressure undoubtedly weighed on his mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The junkie wouldn’t take an unmelted ball of foil because too many kids put iron washers in the middle to make it weigh heavier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In her pocket the wrapped Stately Homes of England suddenly felt as if it weighed as much as the houses it depicted, but in her pocket it would have to remain. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Weariness weighed down the skin under her eyes, creating heavy pools of shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "This must weigh a couple of tons. It's not going anywhere." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z On the day he rode his first winner, Tommy Luther weighed seventy-nine pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Woolf weighed a lot more than the imposts assigned to most of these horses, but somehow he was able to circumvent the rule requiring riders to be within five pounds of the assignment. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But he’d found it interesting, looking at those things, at the lists of all the babies born and how much they weighed and how long they were. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The morning they were to weigh anchor he was released. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully look up to my left, like I am weighing what he has told me, and slowly I look back at him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Ophie shook her head, unsure how she was supposed to sleep after all that had happened, but within moments a powerful drowsiness weighed her down, and she found herself yawning widely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My heart weighs heavily at the thought of our family worrying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you have to weigh to pull a trigger?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His crime was an anchor weighing him safely in time; it added to him a certain confidence which his gun and knife did not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The eyebrows work in consort with my inky black hair, which weighs in midway between curly and wavy, and calls for the invention of a new word. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They seemed never before to have weighed much against the abundance of her husband’s kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be tacit and self-understood. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm five ten, weigh 160 pounds, my social security number is nine randomly selected numbers, and I turned twenty-two last month. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I had peculiar thoughts weighing on me that I badly needed to tell him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were done, they followed us on the path, singing one of S. E. Rogie’s songs, “Nor look me bad eye, nor weigh me lek dat...” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z What methods are used to weigh the results? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was invisible; I had no shape, no substance; I weighed less than nothing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the same Ring, or looked the same and weighed the same: for that Ring had always seemed to Frodo to weigh strangely heavy in the hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z From the back of the stall, there came a tentative sound of nostrils drawing the air, weighing the scent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I weighed myself on the big scale in the Hankow Dispensary and found that I was as skinny as ever. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These bloody things weigh more than I do. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Largest hospital file on record: Mr. Robert Hoge of Brisbane, Australia, with a file two thousand pages long and weighing in at eleven pounds.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Rupa’s next indoor task was to sift through a bag of uncooked rice from the market and pick out the small stones the vendors mixed in to make it weigh more. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The horse weighed in at 1,070, twenty pounds too much. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I see these feelings in someone else’s face, it weighs me down. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It definitely weighed between twenty- five and thirty pounds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Also to show how strong he was, to lift a suitcase that probably weighed more than he did. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z People come from the settlement; new arrivals move slowly along the highway, weighed down with bags and bundles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Trapped by darkness both ahead and behind, I weighed my options. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There is some thing about the way she is moving today that seems different; she is heavier, weighed down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just lucky for Rachel he had so much else weighing on his mind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His battle armor seemed to weigh him down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Greased lightning don’t weigh no two hundred twenty pounds.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t want to weigh him down with too many things. Ya’ll get busy eating,” she said as she set a bowl of potato salad on the table. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The lady weighs the bananas on a rusted scale, nodding. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was about three inches shorter than I was, weighed less too, but I had no doubt he could tune me up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I walked through the front door, weighing the cost of telling versus not telling, when I was saved from making a decision by Mother calling me into the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But it was weighing heavily on Reggie, and hadn’t stopped weighing on him for many months. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The gear will just weigh us down, and we at least need to try to find them before eking out a life inside caves and eating lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z While her son could run away fast, she would not be able to because she would be weighed down with heavy petticoats. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The meteor hit approximately fifty thousand years ago and weighed several hundred thousand tons! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “The branches of the tree are bent over, they are so weighed down with figs. There must be over three hundred figs in that tree.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Naomi made the declaration before she weighed its risks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z With its iron bindings, the tome weighed seventy-five pounds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The mud had a frozen brown crust and the cordgrass was weighed down by ice. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The engine had to weigh at least twenty tons, and there were dozens of boxcars behind it, each one shoving it forward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Think about it: He was nothing but two ounces of mouse pushing a spool of thread that weighed almost as much as he did. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The work, as he put it wryly, involved “invisible materials being weighed with an invisible balance.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She studied me for a moment, weighing my life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and weigh my options. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The lamp in the far corner cast a yellowish pall, a sickly vibe that weighed heavy on Moss’s eyes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was five feet eight inches tall and weighed just under four hundred pounds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Stonetown Harbor had always been a busy port: ships steaming in and weighing anchor at all hours, countless stevedores and sailors as busy as ants, and the docks piled high with cargo. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The peril of being trapped within the city, without hope of change until some calamity, weighed heavily upon me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The two men look at each other, weighing something heavy in their heads. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The waterlogged fibers weighed a ton, and they clung to my fingers as I tried to hurl piles away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The train rolled past scrap and recycling yards, men and women’s backs sheened mirror bright with sweat as they stacked hand carts with purchased scrap and moved it to weighing platforms for sale. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Hence the powerful Ford, itself weighing around 6,0 pounds; together with the trailer, it was nearly five tons—a missile at highway speeds. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “The turkey’s going to be done earlier than the chart says. I’ll bet that bird doesn’t weigh eighteen pounds.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “An A,” he muttered, his large horse jaws working as he weighed the disgrace of his role for the grade. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She weighed herself each morning, biting her lower lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While they waited for their supply of metals to be weighed out, Ranofer tried in vain to devise such questions. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Jon tried to grab him by the scruff of his neck and haul him bodily inside the ring; no easy task; the wolf weighed as much as he did, and was stronger by far. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then I remembered Papa saying that we got paid three cents a pound, so I mixed dirt clods in with the cotton to make it weigh more. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I could easily lift bags that weighed more than I did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "They both weigh the same," said her father. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z As a member of the Action Board, Lieutenant Scheisskopf was one of the judges who would weigh the merits of the case against Clevinger as presented by the prosecutor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A slight plastic card, but it weighed down his pocket. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When it was over, he said, weighing in his hand the purse he had ceased to swing:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Just weighing my options,” I said as she bolted the door behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some of the boxers were weighing themselves, and joking, and drifting off into the shower room behind the rusty lockers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Black women are even allowed to weigh more. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z These included the elephant bird, a flightless creature ten feet tall and weighing almost half a ton—the largest bird in the world—and the giant lemurs, the globe’s largest primates. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to weigh this benefit, however, against the near-term costs of signing on. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The big, raw-faced outlaw grabbed Prince Brat off the ground and took the heft of him as if he were weighing a sack of potatoes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z As a first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45-caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They came upon the tarp almost at once and he knelt and dropped the bindle and groped about for the rocks he’d weighed the plastic with and pushed them beneath it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were so many questions swirling around in Ophie’s mind, but it was the loudest one that caused Ophie’s shoulders to droop and dread to weigh heavily in her belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He put his free hand in his coat pocket, to weigh it down with the stone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His mind tried to grasp and encompass as much of her life as it could, tried to understand and weigh it in relation to his own, as his hand rested on her shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I weighed the idea, but it was too big for me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When the tide surged back in, the waterlogged timbers on which the structure was built weighed it down and held it fast to the mud. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I couldn't seem to concentrate long enough to weigh the worth of each thought, isolate its potential, allow it to grow. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The news seemed to weigh on his shoulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The following day, having weighed the demand with his Washington lawyers, Oppenheimer informed Strauss that he would fight the charges before an AEC review board. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The jug weighed a ton and its ice cubes clinked. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He had put stones in my pockets to weigh me down, but they slipped out as I fell. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I said, “It was stranger when I discovered others didn’t have theirs weighed. I thought they must be very uncertain.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The referee watched the scale’s weigh beam teeter up, then down, before stopping perfectly balanced. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Victor excuses himself after finishing his coffee, refusing to weigh in on the cake issue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Twelve?” he repeated in the dark voice that weighed so heavily on Meggie’s ears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He paused, and she knew he was contemplating how she might use the information against him, weighing the risk of telling her the truth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Doc, “I know,” and the stone weighed terribly on his heart. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thin, weighed less than 175 pounds, and fast enough to play guard, but the guys in the tournament were good. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z George Finkle was short, but he must have weighed three hundred pounds or more. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In a fistful, he yanked out all of the guts, snapped off the tail, and threw the meaty shell into a plastic tote to be weighed and sold. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z This absolutely delighted me, but I made a show of weighing her up before giving a reply. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled all three books off the shelf, weighed them in her hand. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “No doubt Sata and Geryt and the others weep for me each morning before the gold is weighed. Aside from my absence, is all the same?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “But he has also said that you never hit a girl. And so I had to weigh the two. I just...” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His father watched, judging him, weighing every word. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Each bite weighed on my tongue and felt like a sticky mass of glue as I fought to get it down. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, on the surface of Jupiter, which is the largest planet in our solar system, I would weigh 436 pounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I became attached to these oceanic hitchhikers, though they weighed the raft down a little. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I put my hand in my pocket and felt the crackle of thick paper seventy years old, and the new key weighing heavy in the seam of the threadbare woven wool. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And in the larger society, too, the cost of repression becomes another factor weighing against the expansion or restoration of needed services. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I weigh a hundred and forty. Whatever you weigh, that’s how many you got to kill to leave early.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point the bones weighed upon his back and he feared they had trapped him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A normal spleen weighs less than a pound; Moore’s weighed twenty-two. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As always, she had acted on impulse, never stopping to weigh the consequences. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Saints, what do they feed you? You weigh about as much as a hay cart.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I am not sure which actions should weigh more heavily on my mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In the dry April sun, our black clothes absorb the rays and the heat weighs heavy on our skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As he greeted some ancient melon vendors who had known their grandfather, Liyana’s eyes fell on a young man, who appeared to be a dwarf, weighing bananas on an old-fashioned hanging scale. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Heavy cans full of fuel for the planes were attached to her wings and stacked up in the rear cockpit, weighing down the little Po-2 so that skimming the treetops was even more hazardous. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Middleweight? What, this was so long ago gravity wasn’t as strong as it is now, or did a pound just weigh less back then?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He was glad he weighed nothing in his dreams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I weigh my keys in my hand for a moment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z This seems like a good idea until I realize that I’ll be the only one who can confirm or deny most of what weighs on him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Jacob seems to have weighed his options carefully. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He weighed them, and the heart, and he photographed the wounds. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She took an aptitude test in which she answered questions which seemed silly—which weighs the most, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers, was an example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so still, my hands at my side, my bag weighing on my shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The school nurse told me that once: “James Madison was just in, before you,” she said, grinning like her news was a Christmas puppy, “and you weigh the exact same!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Did you know that the original Star-Spangled Banner weighs 50 pounds? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I could see her weighing a decision, and I was pretty sure I knew what it was. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Heavy and thick, it weighed me down as I squished along the hallway. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In fact, he was so incredibly small that he weighed about half of what the average mouse weighs: two ounces. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Thus, for relief, Maurice had taken up interference microscopy to find a trick for weighing chromosomes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z When the GAC weighed the two proposals, questions of morale and laboratory politics, not scientific merit, came to the fore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Virgil wasn’t sure how much the Bull weighed or how tall he was, but he certainly weighed more than seventy-six pounds. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She struggles through the difficult pregnancy, working in a refrigerated fish factory, packing and weighing salmon and catfish all day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As for weight, the men were in line with the national average, but the women typically said they weighed about twenty pounds less than the national average. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I wondered if she was ignoring my question or simply weighing how best to dumb down the answer. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I had managed to find just five, though several of them weighed close to a pound each. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I dunno. Whatever it weighs, it has to be handled delicate. Like it was a real angel.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He swept up, ran errands, weighed bags, and lifted them onto the drays. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z L. Roy’s thick book weighs heavily in my bag, so I make an educated guess. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Slumber, soft and deep like the still sleep of death, weighed on his eyes as the ship hove seaward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The emptiness of the pigeon coop weighed heavy on me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When I was five and was taught subtraction, 03-01 showed me how to weigh the golden chamber-pot and subtract its weight to determine more easily how much I had passed in the day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But as I let out a shaky exhale, Fig’s fate weighed on my shoulders. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A surge of fear weighs down on me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There was a bleakness in his father’s eyes that weighed heavily on Doha’s heart. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The suitcase weighed heavy on her shoulder muscle and banged against her legs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord, some them hailstones was big as teacups and weighed a pound,” Cudn Hope said, sitting down again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I caught hold of the handles of the barrow and was barely able to lift it; it weighed perhaps four times as much as I did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have weighed a good forty pounds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The next day, though the darkness had reached its full and grew no deeper, it weighed heavier on men’s hearts, and a great dread was on them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Jones, who was only thirteen and weighed little more than eighty pounds, quickly found himself on the losing end of the tussle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Those things must weigh half a ton, dude. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was September—with luck they’d have been home then—before they weighed anchor. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t weigh much, and he’d want them when he was back home. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Polly looked at her for several moments, as if she were weighing her decision. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As we lower the gravity, things weigh less. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I said I was seeking for the truth, and I was trying to weigh—objectively— everything on its own merit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrugged, wasn’t into weighing myself every two minutes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But no matter how carefully I weighed my memories, I could recall no innocent intimacy, no games, no playing, none of the association that usually exists between young people living in the same house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the Astrea had weighed anchor, though, he forgot about everything behind him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I inquired of fishmongers, bakers, the officials who weighed the bread. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I would have liked him anyway, just for being called Woodrow, but I especially admired him when I read that he weighed 350 pounds and was doing the hike to lose weight. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z By the look of him, he must have weighed twenty stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z All of this weighs on my heart until I am jolted by a yell. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Rishi tried to ignore the heavy stone of disappointment weighing him down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z That’s when it occurs to me that maybe the rocks are weighing him down so he doesn’t rise into the air... I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When you hold water in your hand, it weighs nothing, but put it in a pail and it is as heavy as a stone! Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My arms and legs felt stiff, like they’d weigh a million pounds if I tried to move them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The absence left in the wake of Shawna’s departure weighed heavily on the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sputnik weighed 184 pounds, and obviously required a very large rocket to accelerate this mass to a sufficient speed to achieve orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “A human brain weighs about three pounds, and it has three main parts,” he whispers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The ceiling weighs ten trillion tons; it gives off a permeating cold; it drives his nose into the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Let’s look around and grab things we might need—but don’t weigh yourselves down.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They didn’t weigh every conceivable strand of evidence. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I remember several of the dresses being dense, but this one feels like it weighs a ton. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time the chestnut tree was in sight, they felt like tiny anvils weighing me down. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Master Lockton enjoyed the dish, so fat eels weighed down my basket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack saw the chance, weighed it and gave it up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nothing," the master said, "only that I have painted this dragon on the ground, not flying in the sky like all other dragons. Perhaps the magistrate will see how his wealth weighs him down." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Kennel 4 holds a dog named Rufus, a brown pit bull estimated to be 4 or 5 years old and weighing 60 pounds. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It weighs almost as much as he does. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It is the color of an unripe raspberry, and it weighs about as much as a pair of blue jeans. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z My backpack held little more than three empty oxygen canisters and a pint of frozen lemonade; it probably weighed no more than sixteen or eighteen pounds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In short, the weapons of others slide off your back, weigh you down, or tie you up. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But Dr. Strauss had a big argument with him and said an I.Q. didn’t weigh intelligence at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It weighed as much as a storage battery. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny bunny lifted her head slowly, like it weighed twice as much as usual, and her eyes glistened. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The boy hesitated, weighing his chances of beating me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the age of thirty-six, weighing in at four hundred and ninety-eight pounds, Lucy died. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z On the front porch where she had come to weigh them quietly with her eyes, her quietness a condemnation, the woman stood motionless. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He had understood it all, weighed it all, and it made no difference: all was justified by the ultimate purpose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The blue whale has the largest heart, weighing more than a thousand pounds, the size of an average dairy cow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His own metal wings seemed to weigh him down, getting in his way while he tried to work. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “You knew she would. Why are you letting that weigh on your decision?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I asked again if he would forgive me, & this time, he gave me a reply, which I cannot repeat, so heavily does all weigh upon me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The twins, weighed down by their mother’s words—If it weren’t for you I •would be free. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Each catch was weighed, and names were posted on a leaderboard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Though the heart weighs less than a can of soup, a healthy heart pumps two thousand gallons of blood each day. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Well, your sweatshirt must weigh two pounds. And...cargo shorts? All those pockets. Pound and a half. Boots! Hiking boots. Might as well wear two toddlers on your feet.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I was weighing my options when the hinges on the door rotated. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z On this matter, I weigh all theories equally. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “The slightest shake and I’m sure it’ll fall off! It must weigh twenty or thirty pounds at least!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As an example, she chose the heaviest kid in the class and the lightest kid in the class, and had them weigh themselves. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The top of the tarp, which was dark green, sank a little where the battery weighed it down. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z All this stuff weighs you down and holds you down and keeps you down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Harry,” said George weakly, weighing the money bag in his hands, “there’s got to be a thousand Galleons in here.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The baby weighed only four pounds three ounces and had to be kept in an incubator for a week. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The boys in the California boat weighed a total of 1,557 pounds; the boys in the Washington boat weighed 1,561, just four pounds heavier. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He’d always listen to what folk had to say, and if they made sense, he’d weigh their words, he wouldn’t jus’ toss someone’s thoughts out ’cause they wasn’t agreeing with his. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Though he towered over other jockeys, ultimately leveling off at about five feet seven inches, he hadn’t filled out his frame yet, weighing just 101 pounds, light enough to ride. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the schoolboy would huddle in that alley for a long while, weighing the shame of appearing half-dressed in the street with the need to get home and tell what had happened. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She waited for an answer; when none arrived, she seemed to weigh the probabilities and decide in favor of proceeding. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, she felt his eyes upon her face, judging, weighing, testing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Yeah, this is what a board weighs when it’s not hovering. Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The books I had bought from the Catholic Book Store weighed heavily in my pocket. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I already weighed myself three times. I’m fine.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It weighed as much as forty men, and was cold to the touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I give her the details, and she weighs it a little differently than Dad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So different from the silence that weighs on Blackcliff like a death shroud. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He wanted life to be normal again— football, even his homework, without that daily burden weighing him down. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes oarsmen who thought their cox was weighing them down took matters into their own hands and locked their diminutive captains in the steam room for a few hours. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z An antique piano, topped with lace and weighed down with a thousand little knickknacks, sat against a wall. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z To keep the can from floating she weighed it down with a wrench. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Possibly true,” Westley agreed, “and when the moment comes, remember that: I might indeed be bluffing. I could, in fact be lying right here because I lack the strength to stand. All that, weigh carefully.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas, Twilight, and Little Bee carted heavy rocks from the lakeshore to weigh down the makuks, and then hauled wood for the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His heart felt like lead, weighing down his chest, and it was like it was pulling him down to the floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Could I use it to weigh down the lid of the dumpster so I could get inside to call 911? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I walk to the back of the room to the lab tables, and my feet feel like they weigh six hundred pounds. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Her trainer claps for her at her final weigh in, but you can see the disappointment in her eyes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My mother spread out an old striped bedspread, which flapped in the wind until nine pairs of shoes weighed it down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With their thick, clumsy bases, my mugs weighed in at close to five pounds each. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When there was a heroine, she weighed very little, wore very little, and had had her teeth fixed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Every morning, before Stuart dressed, Mrs. Little went into his room and weighed him on a small scale which was really meant for weighing letters. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It weighed on her heart like a stone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The very air seemed to weigh him down, like a warm wet blanket across his head and shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Wilkins weighs 136 pounds, and of all the kamikazes who dominate Permian and are eagerly willing to sacrifice their bodies for the great cause of football, he is the most fearless, or foolhardy. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “See. This Florentine alone weighs forty-three cents. I can’t afford to throw that kind of money away.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For he is very wise, and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was deliberate with his measurements, somberly weighing each pale pink peel in his hand before offering it in trade. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He frowns at his bottle, weighing my words. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Following closely behind them perhaps there would have strode a professional pilgrim, supporting himself on a stout knobbed staff shod like an alpenstock and weighed down with blessed medals, relics, shells, vernicles and so forth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z How noble and good everyone could be if, at the end of each day, they were to review their own behavior and weigh up the rights and wrongs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Life weighed so heavily upon him, but as happens more often everyone is now full of praise for his talent too.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He weighed a hundred and fifty-four—the same as he had the day he graduated from Kansas State University, where he had majored in agriculture. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I think I’m going to need some help. He weighs a ton. Dead weight, you know.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I held on to my skirt, weighed down with ripe corn. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My eyes kept drifting down to his hand resting against the table, weighing down a sheet of once-folded paper that was trying to curl back in on itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Each week, every member of the crew, including dogs, was weighed and measured, to see that no one was losing weight—or eating too much. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He was sorry for them all, even the great trunk backs that were as long as the skiff and weighed a ton. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he weighs me, measures my height, and has me bend over so he can see if my spine is straight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I know they are weighing even the sweep.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He was not tall but he weighed close to 250 pounds, brick hard. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There are two men filling bags with coal and turf and weighing them on the great iron scale, a hundredweight in each bag. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Matney weighed it carefully—more than four hundred pounds!—and then counted out the twenty-two dollars and fifty cents he figured he owed us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The child was still heavy then, still weighed something; his mother had no choice but to follow. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Habib twirled the spoon in his fingers, as if weighing his words. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And he picked her up as if she weighed nothing at all, and began to lick her nose while she giggled and shrieked, and then he carried her to the bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As water rushed forward it weighed down the bow, and the men pumped with every last shred of their failing strength. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Their vulnerability weighed on Estraven’s mind, before I had even thought of it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Barack sometimes referred to me as “Joe Public,” asking me to weigh in on campaign slogans and strategies, knowing that I kept myself happily steeped in popular culture. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And Frank was the perfect coach, weighing up the odds, asking if I fancied my chances, and telling me to go for it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z One was black and one was green, and both were looking at him, studying him, weighing him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The fake arms were filled with cotton and didn’t weigh much, but they were bulky. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z A multilayered guilt weighed him down, guilt not only for wanting to leave Kosi, but for having married her at all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z An electric scale sat on the counter between them, and occasionally Mother would use it to weigh dried leaves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I saw Jennifer jump on her daddy’s back while he was weighed down with a giant Eskimo cooler. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Now, as he felt weighed down by his failure to keep the Rad Lab above the turmoil of the Oppenheimer case, illness began to get the better of him. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I let my arms and legs relax, and after a few more breaths, I felt like I weighed nothing at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Each of the thirty-six cars weighed thirteen tons, for a total of just under one million pounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’m grateful Alan is on my back to weigh me down or else I might float away. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z One of the riders curses and chases after him, and the indecision of the other white men is clear as they weigh their own lives against... Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z We joined others. on the path again, everyone wet and weighed down with rain. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If I found sweet-tasting water I filled her tank, and thirty gallons of water weigh three hundred pounds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I read over the short note again, weighing whether to put in any more details. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Where his pectoral muscles should be, he has a breast weighed down with the words of human beings: by words interred, free-as-a-bird absurd, unheard! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Faget put Allen’s insight to work in the design of the Mercury space capsule, six feet wide and nearly eleven feet long, weighing three thousand pounds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As he enters his senior year at Truman, he weighs 230 pounds on just a five-foot-ten frame, and he doesn’t look fat—just solid. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Her hard-baked shoes were slippery, and her sodden knapsack seemed to weigh a ton. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Ibis pushed his lower lip upward, then let his head bob from side to side, as if it were on a spring, weighing the pluses and minuses, seeing things from both points of view. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Papa carried his own sack to the weigh station, but Roberto emptied it because Papa had a bad back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer had to do the dirty work, weighing me in my tattered yellow robe to make sure I stayed fat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z By the time we got back to the house, we found that Sam Houston and Lamar had brought home a startling catfish that weighed forty-five pounds on the gin scale. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “We were all babies once, right? This little guy doesn’t care what country you were born in or what religion you might practice or how much you weigh or who you might love.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Spider Kelly taught all his young gentlemen to box like featherweights, no matter whether they weighed one hundred and five or two hundred and five pounds. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z One benefit of being underfed is that you don’t weigh much. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When she did speak, Miss Lucy seemed to be weighing up each word carefully. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was available, they also carried M-16 maintenance gear—rods and steel brushes and swabs and tubes of LSA oil — all of which weighed about a pound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I slide my arms around his back and hold him, strumming the knots of his spine and the blade of his shoulder, weighing the events that have made us both who we are now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z At the time of the autopsy, McCandless’s remains weighed sixty-seven pounds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Wednesday seemed profoundly heavy, Czernobog climbed up himself, only using Shadow’s shoulder to steady himself, Nancy seemed to weigh nothing at all. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Ropes flew on their own—releasing the dock ties, weighing the anchor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Their stocky, heavily built bodies seemed to weigh down the stone platforms they sat upon; and the darkness of the night made their stiff, curly manes look like rows of carved blossoms. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Hector asks his daughter, lifting her chin to face him and weighing the look in her dark eyes with his own. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I had a baby. It weighed three pounds. They took it to the incubator so that it wouldn’t die and I’m going to get it back in ten days.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Snow blanketed every rooftop and weighed on the branches of the stunted mulberry trees that lined our street. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As a result, the six canoes were so weighed down that they were only a few inches from being completely submerged. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The helmet weighed as much as a bowling ball. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He weighed two hundred and thirty-five pounds, much of it carried in his chest and shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Gebu had simply been short-tempered that day because he knew the goblet was hidden in his room and his guilt weighed heavy on him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The Blue controlling the one closest to us was a skinny kid, who looked like he weighed about half of what his tub did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He took it from Thyon's hand and weighed it on his own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It didn't matter what they talked about, for their hushed conversation had only one purpose: to fend off the fear and exhaustion that was weighing down all their limbs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The trouble was that his pack weighed about ninety-five pounds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The pain had become the nature of his existence but this other thing weighed on him, a terrible burden. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider had raised his scimitar to sweep down at the bear’s neck, but Iorek Byrnison in his armor weighed nearly two tons, and nothing at that range could withstand him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “You were thinking about it. You were weighing whether or not to come forward and tell Sheriff Moran, in a voluntary way, about this battery incident.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She held her breath, hoping that the cups of water at the edges of the well would weigh the cloth down, letting it take the weight of the key without collapsing into the well. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He looks exhausted, with dark circles weighing under his eyes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Yet each action had to be weighed carefully. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He must have weighed two hundred and twenty or thirty pounds, and I could only move him two or three inches at a time. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This unique species, known by scientists as Homo floresiensis, reached a maximum height of only 3.5 feet and weighed no more than fifty-five pounds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Because every dangling, orange-eyed head was one less miserable creature to weigh heavy on their hearts. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I hold his gaze, weighing his speed against my own. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He had seen many that weighed more than a thousand pounds and he had caught two of that size in his life, but never alone. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, at the very center of our galaxy, sits a supermassive black hole that weighs as much as two-and-a-half million suns. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In fact, it is only one third that of earth, so that a typical male astronaut would weigh around sixty pounds and a female astronaut forty pounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z How had that chubby little girl weighed down with hair become a knife- m wielding would-be killer out to get her son? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Who knew a mummy could weigh so much? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I estimate my Walmart bag weighs 1 pound by the time we get to the end of her street. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We both shook Mr. Reilly’s hand, then the door closed and we dropped away from him, leaning our backs against garbage cans, falling toward Earth as if we weighed a million pounds. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She only weighed ounces, and she kept her claws in when I tucked her in my arm and carried her back to the house with the gum boots. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma, weighed down by her melons, would not admit to herself that she was looking forward to the picture. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By necessity, and because it was SOP, they all carried steel helmets that weighed 5 pounds including the liner and camouflage cover. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not free myself of that mass weighing down my chest. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He had strong arms and he did not weigh much. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He weighed his words and cleared his throat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Akira seemed to be weighing her words, then carefully gathered up the pieces of the geode and cupped them in his hands. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Taking turns, they carried the big PRC-77 scrambler radio, which weighed 30 pounds with its battery. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Going home would resolve a problem that has weighed heavily on Lourdes: Diana’s delayed baptism. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Silvertongue bent down, picked up one of the branches, and weighed it in his hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Except when he is in the sea, he weighs twice as much as a man. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the travel for competitions was beginning to weigh on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Engineers used it to take a “dummy” astronaut, weighing as much as a real astronaut, for a four-orbit flight in November 1961. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I weighed each volume in my hand, and wondered at which I should remove with me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It gets hard to walk around the center of town, hard to think about the next step cuz so much Noise is weighing on yer shoulders. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The lord weighed him with hard black eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In a nearby quarry they found a half-chiselled pillar weighing fifty tons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was as big as a baby and must have weighed a ton. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The surface was level and solid and firm, and he easily kept his balance in the strange gravitational field where everything weighed only one sixth its earth weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She knowed right off something was wrong ’cause with that toady-frog added to it, her sweater weighed ’bout five pounds more than the last time she touched it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether Anna rearranged the cupboards, put the spaghetti in a different jar, moved the weighing scales from bottom left to bottom right. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His concerns about his future no longer weigh so heavily on him as he exits the tent, turning right down the curving path that winds between the striped tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A full compendium of those laws would run more than three thousand pages and weigh approximately ten pounds, but the general thrust of it should be easy enough for any American to understand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It's risky business -Peeta may end up losing his leg -but when I weigh this against him losing his life, what alternative do I have? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The bowl had been covered with a cloth weighed down by stones. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Christian had already been there for months, weighing only about twenty-two pounds, his lungs filled with TB bacilli and an oxygen mask continually strapped over his mouth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She stares at me like she is weighing and measuring me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Helmuth weighs this answer, tries hard to determine if reading a banned book could harm another person. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes flash when I grab her hand, and I see her weigh her options. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I sensed that she was weighing her words, knowing that her answer would register on my young mind. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He did not weigh more than eighty pounds. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Basta as he said this, and Basta bowed his head as if all the misdemeanors of the last few days weighed heavily on him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A man was holding up a pair of rusty scales, weighing some cardboard. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Hazel weighed nothing, and Frank’s body hummed with adrenaline. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z What sort of calculation would their neighbors make, weighing all the promises of their new circumstances against the allegations and the truth of their own pasts? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In Alpharetta what weighs on her is just the daily grind. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z While I was locked up, her parents had dragged her to a doctor who washed her brain and weighed her down with pills and empty words. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Everyone here can read, but Holly has sometimes asked me how to spell words like carry and weighed that she needs to report any “incidents” that occur. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I became obsessed with their ideas about the family—with how a person ought to weigh their special obligations to kin against their obligations to society as a whole. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each one weighed no more than twenty-seven pounds to ensure that it would float if a canoe capsized. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Powell reached for the “Handbook of Robotics” that weighed down one side of his desk to a near-founder and opened it reverently. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Werfel asked, “How can that be enough? An apology? It’s nothing but air. Air weighs nothing.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He weighed the sellswords with his yellow eyes, fticked his tongue across his yellow teeth, and said, “Five thousand silvers for the lot.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Seems crazy, but the tuna weighs more than the skiff and me combined, and even with a harpoon barb buried in its back it has the strength to run. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When I was busy applying for colleges, you may have been weighing the pros and cons of going to university versus getting married right away. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She lifts the stake as though it weighs nothing and splits his head in a single clean movement—ponk—like cracking a hardboiled egg. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When Mama’s sack was too heavy to drag behind her, Roberto took it to the weigh station to be emptied. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At this point, the star is so dense that every teaspoon weighs hundreds of millions of tons. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There was holes cut in each end of the U. It musta weighed sixty pounds. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “The Florentines are seven ninety-five a pound, two dollars more than the other cookies, so weigh them separately.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew Wood sat scowling, his keen mind challenging and weighing each new thought. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His defeat at the hands of the crowd weighed more strongly on him; he couldn’t blame her for that. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I could feel my pants freezing to my legs, and my coat felt as if it weighed a million pounds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Work was heavy that fall with two hands short, and there was a heaviness, too, that weighed down upon the spirits of those who worked. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was icy; Harry’s waterlogged clothes billowed around him and weighed him down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z For a squat-legged beast that couldn't have weighed less than four hundred pounds, the thing could run. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z For a moment he seemed to weigh the money. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Officials weighed and inspected each car and then held a lottery to determine the positions in the first heat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Then he took it from me and weighed it in his hands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He lifted Nita up as though she weighed nothing at all, bringing her face close to his own blunt, doglike features. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Until he was shot, Ted Lavender carried the starlight scope, which weighed 6.3 pounds with its aluminum carrying case. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The pack Mrs. Baker gave Danny was full of cans of chili—which weighed enough to make Danny stop smiling pretty quickly. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The baby weighed less than Precious Coins, but was a lot more grief. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He swept around in his long black cloak, watching them weigh dried nettles and crush snake fangs, criticizing almost everyone except Malfoy, whom he seemed to like. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boy. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He had plenty for himself at home, and didn’t want any more weighing him down. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Two feet of marble. What do you figure it weighs?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It spreads, slow and sodden, loosening her teeth, weighing down her limbs, darkening the scar on her withered chest. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was very little similarity between the two, so even though the bottle of water might have weighed two pounds, when I tried to lift the chalk it felt like sixty pounds. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Jackson, weighing less than 100 pounds, slid down the bank and met with an open mouth the ice she had craved all her life. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The difference in weight would be written off as trash, which defied precise weighing, or laid to a fault in the scales. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z This is because I must weigh at least three hundred pounds. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I weigh too much, more than my frame can support, so much I should fall right through the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There was so much pressure weighing down his arm, and he stole a glance at Javier’s mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It almost made me stop feeling the anger and sadness weighing me down like invisible anchors. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If you’re an entrepreneur gambling on a new product, how do you weigh the intelligence you get from rational analysis of the existing marketplace against your own instincts about the potential of your new idea? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z All his crimes weighed heavy on him, the deaths of Stilson and Bonzo no heavier and no lighter than the rest. Ender's Game 1985-01-15T00:00:00Z The high blood pressure that accompanied her obesity—she weighed over 300 pounds by this time—caused her to grow light-headed with exertion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom unlocked the lobby door, which is iron and glass and must weigh three hundred pounds, and she pushed hard to swing it open, her heels slipping on the tile floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z And now it was hidden in the scroll room, where it weighed upon Ranofer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He needed help to mount; he felt as though he weighed a thousand stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They weighed heavy in his hand as he held each one. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We had to wait more than an hour for twenty-two teams to weigh in, but no one knocked Abby out of the top spot. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Edward had scooped me up in his arms, as easily as if I weighed ten pounds instead of a hundred and ten. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There are cats that weigh more than my IQ score. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She felt the air start to weigh down in response, and she looked at Redemption. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The pig was a sow weighing perhaps a hundred pounds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And since I only weigh 117 pounds and have only had alcohol one time before, I might have been a little woozy by the time I got back to the table. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z A heavy weariness was starting to weigh on him, but he forced himself to focus on the man across from him, hoping for answers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The rivalry weighed heavily at the Rad Lab: having learned that Brookhaven was about to submit its proposal, Lawrence gave Brobeck and his design staff a scant two weeks to finish theirs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Frank seemed to be weighing how much to say. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The secrets Helmuth keeps to himself weigh heavier with each step. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoon light, the fruit weighing down its boughs seemed to glisten. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They would weigh his silver and gold in their minds. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character: to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Liberator was one of the heaviest planes in the world; the D model then in production weighed 71,200 pounds loaded. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Ever told how much he weighed or how tall he was? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z One of those dogs must have weighed eighty pounds. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, it doesn’t weigh anything, unless I tell it to.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z With the suspicious attention of a diamond merchant he examined the banana meticulously, dissecting it with a special scalpel, weighing the pieces on a pharmacist's scale, and calculating its breadth with a gunsmith's calipers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Welfare reform itself is a factor weighing against any close investigation of the conditions of the poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You went under the surface, I couldn’t see you. My clothes were weighing me down. We could have drowned, both of us. Is it your idea of a joke? Well, is it?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Of the twenty-four Australian animal species weighing 100 pounds or more, twenty-three became extinct. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks heavy, like she weighs two hundred pounds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter that I weigh more than both of them put together. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A heavy feeling of despair weighed down her arms and legs, but she realized that Ambuya needed care. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so excited I knew I wasn't weighing the danger. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Sunny, oddly didn't weigh in on the sunflower seed situation. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Michael was tough as nails, pushing his way past offensive linemen who sometimes weighed ninety more pounds than he did. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I know what she is doing—weighing a single life against so many lifetimes and memories, drawing an obvious conclusion from the scales. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The maitre d’ was a small, elegant man who looked up toward a massive, red-faced man who stood six feet four inches tall and weighed over two hundred and twenty pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With an effort, as if her hands weighed a ton each, she brushed it off and peered out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Alex was weighing the odds between them when his thoughts were interrupted by a man and woman walking out of the Olde Amsterdam Tavern. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z "How old is he, what's he weigh, how many—" "You want to fight or not?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Are you aware that a navy frigate hardly weighs that much? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The stranger held it careless, as if it weighed no more than a rooster, though even to a horse it would of been heavy as lead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The pig weighed exactly as much as I did. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z However, if it’s known somehow that the person chosen is over six feet four inches tall, then the conditional probability that he or she also weighs more than 250 pounds is considerably higher. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Archimedes’ principle, if water were to occupy the volume of the block which is under water, that water would weigh the same as the whole block. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I weighed my fist, and observed my target; but I found I had no will to strike the gentleman. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When He looked in our hearts to weigh our worth, would he find love for our Congolese neighbors, or disdain? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because Esme was young, but she seemed entirely oblivious to the things that weighed so heavily on Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She seemed to be weighing the options, considering. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On 13 September 1768 a large meteorite, weighing seven and a half pounds, fell at Lucé, Pays de la Loire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The ice ball exploded, spraying his entire body with freezing, paralyzing streams of water, weighing down his arms, deadening his legs, squeezing his heart. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Headlights tilted up mean there are people in the back, weighing down the vehicle, says Alexander D. Hernandez, a supervisor in Cotulla, Texas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Since Francie had five years in which to make up her mind, the responsibility of deciding whether or not to marry Ben did not weigh too heavily upon her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A spare container of butane gas for safety’s sake weighs seventy- five pounds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was relieved that it was not a windy day, for everything was still in its place, every water-filled plastic cup weighed down the paper tablecloth as it was meant to. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was one of the victories, weighed against plenty of losses. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “We had one fish in there, old Yellow Belly, a cutthroat, that must have weighed fifteen pounds.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time he had known his weight, he was twelve years old, was several inches shorter, and weighed 110 pounds. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z One scientist estimates that if you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons —an inconceivable number, given that an individual cell weighs almost nothing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And it weighs you down and holds you down and keeps you down more and more and more with every passing moment. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I’m too old to be weighed down with jewelry,” she says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, he decided, before they weighed anchor, he’d write a letter to Elizabeth. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We both said at the same time, “How much you weigh?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Travelers like us tramp along, weighed down with bags and babies. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In the sunlit courtyard, people talked in scattered groups, perhaps weighing the moves of Fortinbras against the king’s defense. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Once back here, I too felt very saddened,” he tells them, “and had continued to feel the storm that threatens you also weighing upon me.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We were practically the same heighth, but he weighed about twice as much as I did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Even though the war weighed on everyone’s mind, the full scale of it still surprised people. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He would weigh the gold, every grain, and pour the ingots and wash the sweep, and he would not carry home the wineskin when the day was done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He had ridden now for four days on end, and the ever-deepening gloom had slowly weighed down his heart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She smiles at me and an immediate guilt for any less-than-nice thing I’ve ever thought about her weighs me down like an anchor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The kayak weighed a ton because it was full of water and covered with slimy mud and algae. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She put a plastic doll’s cup every foot or so, at the edge of the well, and she weighed each cup down with water from the jug. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He measures twenty inches long, weighs seven pounds nine ounces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her shoulder bag drops to the floor like it weighs fifty pounds. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On November 18 he appointed Lilienthal, Acheson, and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson as a special committee to weigh the political, military, and technical aspects of the Super. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The bread was weighed and distributed to us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Aron said, “I’ve got a buck rabbit weighs fifteen pounds. I’m going to give it to my father for his birthday.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She stomped out a beat, and I tried to follow, but my feet felt like they were weighed down by big Frankenstein shoes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z As happy as she was about this pregnancy, his expectation weighed on her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The stuff with the mission, questions about his own character, in his own mind, weighed heavily on Reggie, more than he let on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Once I weighed down the excess canvas with rocks, I had a water-tight bathtub! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony felt the disadvantage of being two years younger than the other girl, of having a full two years' refinement weigh against her, and now her play seemed a miserable, embarrassing thing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I fought to speak, to get out the words to the question that was suddenly weighing heavily on my mind. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He watched her face twitch for the briefest of moments, like she was weighing whether to respond or not. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z More and more men swarmed into the square with their baskets of pepper to be weighed and stored in bags. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered why he paused before each sentence, as though he weighed his words. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I could practically feel my marked-up papers jammed into the bottom of my backpack, weighing heavy on my lap. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z One of two courses you may take, and you yourself must weigh them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Already the load of thanks in the future was weighing her down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On earth I weigh 165 pounds, but on the moon I would weigh only 27 pounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A heavy relief nearly weighs me down; the sheriff’s shot went wide. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z American cannon were firing on the Vulture, which quickly weighed anchor and sailed away. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was in school, we had to memorize this little rhyme: Use i before e, except after c, Or when sounded like a, As in neighbor and weigh. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, each child had to weigh himself, plot the figure on a graph, and initial the process charts again after he had done his homework, washed his hands and face, and brushed his teeth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited for Rosaleen to say how ridiculous that was, but she squinted straight ahead as if weighing the possibility. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My teacher still slept, and this weighed on me and sucked the happiness out of everything. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The towering magnet weighed 220 tons, its sixty-inch pole faces nearly twice the diameter of its predecessor’s at the old Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then going into the station house to see if he’d gone, and there helping a man lift a huge crate onto the weighing platform. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A tallow candle weighed down one end of it, a steel gauntlet the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After weighing his options, therefore, he settled on the most prudent course. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Odysseus at length said to his son: “Go tell old Nurse I’ll have a word with her. What’s to be done now weighs on my mind.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The poor thing weighed no more than a small damp towel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It probably weighed as much as the dolphin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec seemed to be weighing the pros and cons before he answered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z For example, stunned cows, each weighing nearly a ton, would simply fall to the floor and have to be dragged by three or four men to be hung up for slicing open and skinning. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He stared away into the distance and seemed to be weighing Loki’s words and conditions. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z With that apology, she dashed out the door, followed by the photographer weighed down with cameras. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I take shallow breaths, coughing all the way, my body weighing ninety million pounds, and I push my way out the other side of the bramble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The heavy weight of four muted funerals weighed on her head, funerals based not on physical bodies but on her words. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In his mind he had been weighing what to tell her and when and how. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I’ve stopped trying to decipher the things the captain says, but they still weigh on me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And ninety-five more who weighed between fifteen and twenty. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Buddy couldn’t have weighed much more than a hundred pounds, and I worried that he had AIDS. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost . . . except for the pain in my shoulder and the guilt weighing me down. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The spacecraft weighs 0.9 tons and would fill a large living room. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned against a penny weighing machine wondering what was the matter with her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Chrome and turquoise, it had fenders as wide as a Chevrolet’s, tires as thick as a wheelbarrow’s, and appeared to weigh at least a hundred pounds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Loaded with food and equipment, the boats weighed in at more than a ton apiece. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Blimey, this is heavy,” said Lee Jordan, picking up the golden egg, which Harry had left on a table, and weighing it in his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “These old mountains can weigh anybody down. When you get away from them...well, there’s a whole other world out there. You’ll see.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A worker bee is just over a centimeter long and weighs only about sixty milligrams; nevertheless, she can fly with a load heavier than herself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I weigh my options carefully, think everything through. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The spectacle of the Transvice dissolving a person like a cloud of smoke caught in the wind wasn’t even what weighed on his thoughts the heaviest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “In this life, you see what must be accomplished, weigh your options, and then embrace the opportunity.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z With one hand he reaches into the water and scoops out Mags like she weighs no more than a puppy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z For somebody who couldn’t have weighed ninety pounds, she could put it down. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z By now, sullen confusion weighed upon the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Abhi took two—for bracelets—Zoser the little one for—thread. And I myself have—used the others. I'll not—weigh short at the end of the day, you may—stake your life on that!” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He pointed out that Richard hadn’t yet been tried, which made it too early to weigh in on the constitutionality of any sentence he might receive. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He weighed every word, especially those that had to do with the way he felt about things. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s heavy, but there’s something comforting about the way it weighs down and rests against my chest. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z At the time this picture was taken I weighed 125 pounds. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He dug the ingots out of the leather weighing bag and handed them to the apprentice. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The thought that he would so soon have to part with his young friends weighed on his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I bet. They asked me stuff like, ‘Did you eat a skyscraper?’ and ‘Do you weigh more than my dad?'” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He’s back with me, she thought, as drowsiness weighed down her eyelids. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Still, I weigh it up for close to a minute and eventually decide to cross the road and sit against an old oak tree to wait. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z George Post’s design called for twenty-two trusses, each weighing two hundred tons. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “It means something needs to be released. And if you don’t release the something, it just weighs you down until you can hardly move.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Like these women wanting men to pick them up and carry them across thresholds and some of them weigh more than you do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Impressions aren’t part of it; feelings aren’t part of it. The facts are all that matter,” said Ishmael, “and the facts weigh in against him.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Gandhi insisted that every person weigh the commitment and make a personal choice.“Every individual,” he explained, must make the oath him- or herself, facing not to his neighbor, but his God. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z And unless folks didn’t want his hands on their foodstuff, he’d soon be weighing up sugar and flour and drawing molasses out of the barrel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Steel weighs more than wood. Chop through a man’s neck with that thing, though, and his head is not like to turn into a melon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Amanda shrugs it off, her foot weighing down on the gas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In the six weeks since the shooting, Garfield had lost nearly 80 pounds and changed from a robust and slightly overweight man weighing 210 pounds to a skeletal figure. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z An average humpback weighs 50 tons, and is 15 meters long. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After weighing Mama’s sack the contratista jotted in a notebook ninety pounds after our last name, which he asked Roberto to spell. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My body feels like it weighs a thousand pounds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He lifted the thing out of the straps, weighing it in his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The biggest animal in the Andes during Inka times was the llama, which typically weighs three hundred pounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It weighs between two and four tonnes, the female being larger than the male. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I must weigh at least fifty or sixty pounds less than the smallest Career. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Ben was five feet ten inches tall and weighed 165 pounds; his father was six feet four inches tall and weighed 220 pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each stone pillar weighed up to seven tons and reached a height of sixteen feet. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And in March of 1954, as my father weighed his future, Chapter Eleven, with a littie wave of farewell to me, raised his arms and traveled down the waterslide into the world. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sweeping the cue under the balloon, I grab the string and pull the balloon out of the water, noticing a tug at the end as something on the bottom of the pool weighs it down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A few other women worked nearby, weighing dried leaves or straining tinctures. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A kudu stood taller than Nhamo and weighed ten times as much. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was certainly among the most prominent, and his failure to speak out weighed the more heavily for that. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I watched Aunty Ifeoma and the woman walk slowly to the door, as though weighed down by both what they had said and what they had not said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Their destroyed clothes, the ruination of the party, the damage done to the ballroom and the rest of the house—none of this weighed on the minds of the Incorrigibles. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My failures weigh upon me like a yoke across my shoulders. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I kept returning to Ellis Park to watch him play, to study his mannerisms, and to weigh his attacks on apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth weighed the risk of capture against his desire for food and rest. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s about the size of a small green apple but hardly weighs a thing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Mom and I stopped still, the supermarket bags weighing down our arms. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They made their way inside, through the massive eight-foot door that felt like it weighed a ton. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nothing to weigh me down, to make me think, to make me ache. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I listened to these men and weighed their views carefully. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only happy newborn ever to weigh over twenty-four pounds upon entrance was the product of a southern Turkish union. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Ray, who weighs almost as much as Axel himself, sheltered in George’s old-man arms. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Thus the states have weighing stations for trucks where the loads are assessed and taxed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He often weighed no less than twenty-two stone, and sometimes as much as twenty-five. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel my depression creeping up on me, weighing me down with heaviness. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The grapefruits weighed on the branches, huge and round, dark green speckled yellow. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A ring of white marble tiles in the center of the room form the symbol of Candor: a set of unbalanced scales, meant to symbolize the weighing of truth against lies. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He flicked through a sheaf of fifties, added a smaller stack of twenties, weighed them in his hand, then passed them over to Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z My father, of course, was bringing the Word of God—which fortunately weighs nothing at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My own load, I know, weighed exactly one hundred and fourteen pounds, and someone else always had to help me hoist the rucksack on to my back in the mornings. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They would be weighed, measured, at the railroad station or at the dock, and this information would be compared with the descriptions of all other known runaways. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He was six three and weighed 190 pounds and had once been clocked in the forty in 4.37 seconds, an astounding time for someone of his size. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When they weighed too much, he reportedly cleaned their pockets of their pennies so they couldn’t buy food or locked them up until they starved down to the right weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked vaguely like the little boy in the picture in Gabriel Pérdido’s wallet, which weighed me down as I thought of the distressing news we were bearing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z By the way, despite our tremendous height gap, he and I weigh the same. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The threat of a new, more destructive conflict weighed heavily on him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But still he was useful for he watched the labor of others and he stood by when the grain was weighed and measured. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Although his touch was light, the heaviness in his brown eyes weighed us both down. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z As if she weighed nothing at all, he turned and loped away in a long swinging run up toward the ridge and into the low trees. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He got up and walked out to his car, his steps plodding, weighed down with misery. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z No rule says I have to weigh in on the Tariq Johnson story; I brought this on myself. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Five feet ten inches tall, weighing one hundred and thirty-one pounds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Did he consider lines that he should have pursued—weigh whether he could have performed better? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I sat there frozen, staring at Sorrento’s employee number, silently weighing the repercussions of what had just happened. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The words flew out of my mouth before I could weigh them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed privacy for this thing he was discovering about himself: a place to test it in secret, to weigh his own fear for what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I was frail, not weighing a hundred pounds. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To protect himself, he bought a heavy coat made of horse leather that weighed more than thirty pounds; he hoped it would be thick enough to deflect a knife attack. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With every day that passed the secret he knew weighed heavier and guiltier on his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Sleep weighed down your eyelids, but you did as I asked. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z While she was visiting colleges with her mom, during the time she and Dill weren’t speaking, he’d weighed heavily on her mind. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I feel bad, ain’t no two ways about it, my skin’s tingling and sometimes I’m shivering and sometimes I’m sweating and sometimes my head weighs a million pounds. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z This transaction took place in Seaside and the stove weighed three hundred pounds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Carla, you don’t have to—” “Shush, listen to me. I’ve been thinking this over. I could see this new thing was weighing down on you, but I know you’re going to be all right.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure deduces what she can from the sounds of their shoes: those are small, those weigh a ton, those hardly exist at all. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The hamper weighed a ton, and I had no luck in getting Mary Alice to carry the other handle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He must have decided that my life weighed more than one hundred lives. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The sail was heavy and dragged in the water, but JoJo plucked the rig from the sea—mast, surfboard, and all—like it weighed about as much as an inflatable pool toy. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I weigh too much,” she says, her words melting together. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It was as if the gravitational pull of the earth had been multiplied; or as if he lay on the bottom of the ocean, all the massive waves weighing on him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip it over my head, and it weighs heavy on my chest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He trailed off as he weighed the bag in his hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z How much money we appeared to have, how we dressed, how much we weighed, what we looked like—the list goes on. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Bull reflected on whether dress whites that had been tailored for a one-hundred-ninety-pound man would permit the entry of the same man who now weighed two hundred and twenty pounds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The stones we turned over were not large —weighing from three to fifty pounds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he adds, “And more important, it’s the weight. How much do you weigh, Jessica? One twenty? One thirty?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “He weighs fifteen pounds,” the girl announced with pride. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He weighed each organ, reported them as normal and uninjured. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z All his crimes weighed heavy on him, the deaths of Stil- son and Bonzo no heavier and no lighter than the rest. Ender's Game 1985-01-15T00:00:00Z As a big man, therefore a machine gunner, Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which weighed 23 pounds unloaded, but which was almost always loaded. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z During the month that he played in the tournament, Bobby was rarely seen outside of the hotel: He spent most of the time holed up in his room, weighing strategy and tactics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My bag is empty, but it feels like a ton of stones weighing down my shoulders. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z If she is weighing temporal against spiritual values, it can be only in a symbolic sense, because nothing about the figure or the setting betrays a sense of conflict. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Unspoken words that I don’t know how to say weigh against my chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If you weighed it on a postal scale, would hardly move the needle at all, but I suppose there was a fraction of an ounce of sorry for him somewhere inside me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll let you guess again: Do you think Alfred Hartnett weighed about the same as me, or about sixteen times more? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I can see her tallying the cost of my ultimatum, weighing it against my possible worth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then Habib paused for a few seconds, as if weighing his words. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He must have weighed my life against a life he might have been able to save. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Both boats were sixty-two feet long and, within a pound or two, weighed the same. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Riders competing in ordinary weekday events needed to whittle themselves down another 5 pounds or so, while those in the lowest echelons of the sport couldn’t weigh much more than 100. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As we approached the weigh station, the contratista there said to Roberto, “You are really strong for such a little guy. How old are you?” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left to weigh him down or keep him bound to my side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Lugging packs weighing more than fifty pounds, the young men slogged across muddy rice fields and cut through dense forests. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She seemed to be weighing whether to go on, as if deciding if I was worthy of receiving her divination. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only Professor Lupin’s departure that was weighing on Harry’s mind. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Jo’s face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But here, now, reposing in his arms, weighing next to nothing but changing everything, is the second. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The sheer weight of the Cyclops battalion began to weigh Typhon down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It weighed nothing, just a wisp of air. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z However, as soon as the tablet was laid on his back, Bauxi felt himself weighed deeper and deeper into the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “That cat was our lucky piece for six years. Not one of the men would have weighed anchor without her.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z My head feels like it weighs a thousand pounds. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Though none of them compared to the boulder weighing down her left hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The man stood a full head taller than Elodin and probably weighed twice as much, but the blood drained from his face as the shoeless master glared at him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Linguistic evidence, first weighed by anthropologists in the 1970s, suggests that they arrived from the north as late as the seventeenth century, about the time of the first Spanish settlers and missionaries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The pronouncements of foreign governments, their policies, plans, and acts were calculated and weighed in relation to the lives of people about me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The variables were clearly weighing heavily on him, though I knew better than to ask too many follow-up questions or insist that he walk me through the particulars. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She opened the door to the Impala; it weighed as much as a horse. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z On the way home that day, the feeling that had been weighing me down so much since I’d said that mean thing to Howard felt a little bit lighter. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sputnik weighed three times more than the United States' Vanguard 1 satellite, which had not even launched successfully. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Every time Pong saw her, she seemed less weighed down. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Just as she had gone with her mother in the days when she was mute, she now took Blanca with her on her visits to the poor, weighed down with gifts and comfort. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow,” Eril-Fane told them, and his voice seemed to weigh down the air, “we launch one of the silk sleighs.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Plus, Hector is helping to weigh me down. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In December, when they weighed anchor for home, the captain drawled, “Well, Mr. Bowditch, you’ll have a lot to tell her—your sister, I mean—won’t you?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She weighed the theory purse on her palm and said, in a bright, stunned whisper, “I think you win.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But none of those could hold a candle to my troubles, weighing down that clothesline like a sack full of bricks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I assume you’re deep in thought about the French Revolution, Ms. Burke. Care to weigh in?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour cut her eyes at her husband’s small portrait on the bedside table, then to the coin purse that weighed down my hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells them, “Not very sporting, taking out a kid who weighs about as much as a moth.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Now it was time for Mom to weigh in. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He had never been in better form, weighing, parrying, answering the questions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why should I weigh myself down with books?” said one young man. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His basket weighed five pounds in no time. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z And since I haven’t reached the recommended minimum age on the air-bag warning sticker, and since I barely weigh eighty pounds, I’m lucky he doesn’t force me into a booster seat. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “I mean, there you are, you gotta weigh two hundred pounds, and you got a rifle, and you’re against a squirrel that weighs maybe two or three pounds, and he ain’t got nothing.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One end curled up from being rolled; he weighed it down with his dagger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With its quilted liner, the poncho weighed almost 2 pounds, but it was worth every ounce. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All this wasn’t accomplished with kids who weighed 250 pounds and were automatic major-college prospects, but with kids who often weighed 160 or 170 or even less. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s bright blue and purple and says Gertrude Nix Rock Camp for Girls, with pictures of girls screaming into microphones, guitars weighing down their shoulders, drumsticks flying. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a male Grant, weighing over five hundred pounds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When the camp had been liberated in 1945, Gitl weighed only seventy-three pounds because she had insisted on sharing her rations with the children. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the secret that weighs on him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He hesitated politely again, weighing his next question. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As a member of the executive, I had to weigh arguments and make decisions, and expect to be criticized by rebels like myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She weighed ninety-eight pounds; rings—a wedding band and one set with a diamond modest to the point of meekness—wobbled on one of her bony hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The largest pure rat is probably the Tasmanian, which has actually been weighed at one hundred pounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I even weigh in on scene blocking and storyline issues. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My mind whirs this way and that, weighing the alternatives, then grinds to a halt under the strain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Guiltily Ranofer broke into a run, but he entered the courtyard to find the morning weighing already over, and everyone scattering to the first tasks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “And in this corner, weighing two hundred and ninety-five pounds, from Indian Lake, Pennsylvania...it’s the Earthquake, doing his signature move.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “They don’t necessarily weigh evidence, proof in the same way as a criminal court.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As I weighed the question, my heart felt heavy and water filled my eyes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He knelt and picked up some pebbles, and weighed them on his palm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At birth my new brother weighed only two pounds. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Because the land was mined and booby- trapped, it was SOP for each man to carry a steel-centered, nylon-covered flak jacket, which weighed 6.7 pounds, but which on hot days seemed much heavier. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of them grunted and groaned over the box, and finally got it up on a dolly, w'here they could push it to the weighing platform. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to stand on your hind legs when you weigh more than forty men. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He offers to carry her shopping bags, and though they weigh nothing at all she allows him to, telling him she’d been to a sample sale in SoHo just before they’d met. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in twenty-five years he weighed less than two hundred pounds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to use arms for this exercise which weighed twice as much as the ordinary sword and shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stand up,” she repeated, yanking Sticky to his feet as if he weighed no more than a bird. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Used chess books were everywhere, hidden in every conceivable crevice, many stacked from floor to ceiling or on top of chairs, or weighing down and bending the shelves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “When I was a boy,” said he, “this was my punishment. Standing with Milton weighing upon one hand and Shakespeare the other. But you ... you shall be encumbered with your own past, hm?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mother staring at me, holding Ruth May in her arms, weighing the two of us against one another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It barely weighed anything at all, the sort of toy a little girl could carry everywhere. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I only weigh, like, ninety-seven pounds. My mother doesn’t have a clue about me. Not a clue.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z These all weighed heavily in his final assessment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The arrow alone must have weighed as much as her backpack on a Monday before Christmas break. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So, as the head of the court martial, Washington weighed the evidence and listened to Church, who claimed he was innocent. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Prof. Nemur said it was something that measured how intelligent you were— like a scale in the drugstore weighs pounds. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Her backpack seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I feel groggy today, my mind stifled and my heart still pounding from another round of nightmares, and my limbs are weighed down as I drag myself out of bed. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I hesitated, weighing and balancing the imponderable realities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Men could weigh in on the issue, too, and they were less supportive: Almost 70 percent of the men who voted opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The cylindrical green tank only weighed a few pounds, and I had this little steel cart to wheel it around behind me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The biggest trees weighed fifty tons, as much as a traincar. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z That night, when the darkness was weighed down with singing crickets and Rosaleen was snoring right along with them, I had myself a good cry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While the crew shifted uneasily at the rails, Captain Reed waited, counting out the seconds, weighing his choices. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Eventually a nurse led me to a small white room where she weighed me, took my blood pressure, and swabbed my tongue. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I feel like my shoulders weigh more than the rest of my body, and if I don't get out of the house and into the open air I'm going to suffocate. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Although she weighed just ninety-one pounds, her sparrowlike proportions disguised a formidable resolve; to an astounding degree, Yasuko had been propelled up the mountain by the unwavering intensity of her desire. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The Vanderbeeker kids were bundled up in their heaviest winter coats, weighed down with scarves, hats, earmuffs, and multiple pairs of socks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I weighed the personalities of the men on the job. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To let go of everything weighing on my heart. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But soon, the events of the day weighed so heavily on their eyelids that they could no longer resist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was easily twice the size of the El Camino and probably weighed ten times as much. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Like it's weighing heavy on my chest with every breath I take, even now. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Its big .44 caliber ball, weighing in at nearly an ounce, was a solid, deadly round. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “The thing weighs a ton and is still trying to steal my Jaffa Cakes. He and David are mates.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The thought of it weighed upon Gherland’s heart, like a stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z |
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