Thomas’s discouragement grew with every toss, until it turned into a heavy mass of blah. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lyra and Will each awoke with a heavy dread: it was like being a condemned prisoner on the morning fixed for the execution. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the weight of responsibility felt so heavy, leaving the yoke of the world behind seemed a better alternative. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Beg pardon, m'lord," she said at last, in a heavy wooden voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was during this reflective time that I noticed how heavy my own voice had become. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The branches echoed with birdsong, and the paths wound around lush flower beds and between heavy emerald bushes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Hope there’s no repeat of the recent carnival fainting incident—Courtney’s certainly too heavy for me to lift, and I only have a learner’s permit, so I couldn’t drive us back. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Silence hung over the room like steam, heavy and sticky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She opened her robe and drew out a pale, heavy breast, tipped with red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Just a heavy blow. She’s hove down for repairs at the yard. What do you think of the new ketch?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

German authorities realized their precious heavy water would never be safe in Norway. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few heavy moments of silence ticked by. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At the same time, though, I feel heavy with the weight of knowing everything she had to go through. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The guns were a little heavy for Sheku and Josiah, who kept dropping them and picking them up as we went along. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He paused and there was a heavy silence. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The flute is silver, heavy in my hands. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And before he knew it, his eyes grew heavy and his neck wobbly. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He lifted his heavy eyes and saw leaning over him a huge willow-tree, old and hoary. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They d hollow a hole in a log and put the corn in there, then pound and grind it with a heavy stick. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stumbled along with the heavy basket on her head, but she couldn’t feel the ache in her neck anymore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later there was the sound of heavy footsteps on the front porch and a loud knock came. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course her load is heavy; these bags contain everything she possesses in the world. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The checkpoints are no problem, everything goes as smoothly as the Commander said it would, despite the heavy pounding, the pressure of blood in my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get that,” he said, scooping up Bridge’s heavy box. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Podrik Payne handed up helm and shield, heavy oak emblazoned with a golden hand on red, surrounded by small golden lions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A doctor had to examine Roan—a heavy drinker who had once wrecked his car while intoxicated—and deem him a safe risk for the insurance company. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The air was warm and heavy with the scent of burnt koka leaves, a smell I recognized from ceremonies of the past. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

With each name called, my anticipation deflated with a heavy exhale. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They strolled back to the wagon to retrieve a heavy coil of rope and unhitched one of the horses to help drag the tree out of the road. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I think I must have got old and heavy when May left us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, my head felt heavy enough to sink through the mattress. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moved back to the desk, intending to try the drawers, but with the heavy expectation of failure; and as he did so, he heard the faint crunch of tires on gravel. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little cuss was heavier than he looked. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, this thing is heavy,” Mr. Ray moaned, using his handkerchief to wipe smudges off the pearl box. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The stranger reared up and aimed a heavy cuff at Campion, who leaped back just in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pounded the robot’s head with his heavy hooves, denting and crushing it into an ugly shape, and with one final crack the head broke loose, soared through the air, and squelched into the muck. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The house was not far from City Hall, along a street where soldiers with heavy axes were chopping down the row of tall poplar trees. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rachel set down her heavy flatiron and regarded her niece seriously. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, I thought the cloud would get so heavy that all my prayers would come falling down and I’d have everything I wished for, but now I’m eleven so I know better. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The other brought him a triangular shield almost four feet tall, heavy oak dotted with iron studs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Look up,” said the bear, as a waft of breeze moved aside the heavy curtain of the fog. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Got the heavy line coiled in the plastic tub. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was secret, like sin, and slimy, like the serpent, and heavy, like the rod. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

We walk down the yellow hall with the industrial carpet, that factory gray, past the shiny elevators, and through a heavy door to the stairwell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could tell why, poor things; they missed the heavy solid warmth of their humans’ bodies; just as Pantalaimon would have done, they longed to press themselves against a heartbeat. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Laleh’s suitcase was twice as heavy as mine, because it was also crammed full of the stuff Mom had brought with her from America. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His presence feels like a heavy shadow, a darkness. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was made of dark-blue cotton, had a belt, and the cloth was so heavy that Lupita did not need to buy a petticoat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She has a weird obsession with being strong, with proving she can lift heavy things. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And a heavy, incomprehensible dark cloud of depression and sadness settled over my own head and heart—a nightmarish web of memories that would hover over me for many years to come. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A toddler waddled out of the bathroom, his eyes heavy with sleep. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

With king's men, Darry men, Lannister men, and Stark men all crammed into a castle far too small for them, tensions burned hot and heavy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jack was selected to help carry the heavy kettle—a dangerous job because of its weight and hot contents. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Deborah had said, in that heavy voice of hers: “You know, honey, the Word tell us to hate the sin but not the sinner.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was a powder monkey, which meant it was his job to rush heavy bags of explosive gunpowder to the men loading the cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was dragging something heavy across the kitchen floor. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Harry wasn’t surprised; he could see that it was crammed with at least a dozen large and heavy books. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But she turned and went up to her room with slow, heavy steps. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The gate was tall and ominous and heavy, set strongly into a stone wall which went off through the trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The air around us is so heavy, it wouldn’t surprise me if birds began to fall from the sky. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She went to the village goldsmith and had her heavy wedding ring melted down and made into a thin bangle with snake heads that she put away for Rahel. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was heavier than she expected, and he clung to her, his legs wrapped firmly around her hips, his head resting against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy load for a child to keep inside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He turns the smooth, heavy piece of dough around and around on the table, but he cannot bring himself to start. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Arletta Paisley’s summer season premiere was only a few days away, and H & H was showing a heavy rotation of reruns to build excitement about the new show. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Oklahoma BBQ takes its time and sits heavy in your belly for more than a day. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then her heavy arm was lifted and put back gently under the quilt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was holding my ridiculously heavy fifth-grade math textbook in my hands. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The next time I wake up it’s a few hours later, and the clacking of the furnace almost drowns out the sound of Mango’s heavy wheezing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They pulled heavy draperies away from windows and the light from outside came into Hill House. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavier than it had been coming, for there were two of them now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then he ran away with Miss Lark’s angry, outraged voice screaming in his ears, and his body almost bursting with the exciting weight of that heavy thing inside him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

A stroke of lightning flashed, followed by heavy thunder. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Turner felt the heavy air they dropped, heard their rumbling like the distant chariots of the Assyrians. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Harry received a heavy blow on the back of the legs: Another wizard had just flown out of the fireplace behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, he stamped on the heavy boy’s foot and grabbed the nozzle during that moment of distraction. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You could take that with you. It's big and heavy." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was this kind of pall over everything, heavy and sticky like a film we couldn’t get out from under. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were pretty heavy school stuff—Latin, algebra, things like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I untied my heavy cloak and laid it over him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My legs must forget the miles. They would be more willing, if my heart were less heavy.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A cruel wind shrieked through the rocks and the air was thick and heavy, as if it had been used several times before. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

His suppleness, combined with his bigness of frame, and his large, wide-set rather glowing eyes, heavy black hair, and markedly bronze complexion gave him some of the handsomeness of an Indian. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The air’s thick and it’s dark and it’s heavy, but it’s not a frightening kind of thick and dark and heavy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Vivian unfastens the silk loops from their hooks at each side of the casing, letting the heavy paisley curtains fall across the glass. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I remember remembering,” she muttered, sitting down with a heavy sigh; she pulled her legs up to wrap her arms around her knees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Now wait,” he says as we settle onto a heavy beam. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even now men were hoisting heavy blocks of stone into place, no doubt cursing him for making them work through the festivities. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The two sisters struggled to pull out the rickshaw, but it was too heavy for them. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Although the trade wind was blowing, the smell of gas and oil lay heavy over the Schottegat Other empty tankers were there, high out of the water, awaiting orders to sail once they had cargoes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorraine said nothing, just grunting occasionally as she pushed the heavier cartons into her home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Jam snapped, her words heavy with contempt laid over a skeleton of fear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When the knight frowned, his heavy black brows joined together above his deep- set eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The windows of the classroom were all open, and the fragrance from the oleander bushes outside filled the air, heavy, rich, and warm. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tibbets knew he’d need every inch of the runway to build up enough speed to get his heavy plane into the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I'm deluged in lemony foam that I have to scrape off with a heavy bristled brush. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her eyes felt heavy, and she was ready for bed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“The secret omen,” she said slowly, making every syllable heavy with significance. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of a bummer, but I knew I was getting heavier and heavier to lift, and so changing me was harder. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Exclusion Authority bureaucrats mill around on their phones amid a heavy presence of armed Exclusion Guards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The lawns were dark and drenched with the heavy rain, and the trees had a shrouded humped appearance. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

No wind stirred the wood; the air hung humid and heavy, and Jon's clothes clung to his skin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pressed them down with the pestle, the white marble cool and heavy in my hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The muscles of the body also find their job easier, especially the leg muscles, which no longer have to hold a heavy body “up. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For five months, heavy bombs dropped on that little island almost every minute. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I give you this name to use with honor, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, ‘Spirit That Could Not Be Broken.’” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Winston was aware of some heavy piece of apparatus being pushed into place behind his head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was late, and Taylor’s eyelids were heavy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The acoustics in the Assembly Room were so poor that silences there had a heavy hum of their own. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not intending to remove the gauze, but as she loosened it, the heavy sterile towel beneath it slid away, taking a part of the bloodied dressing with it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the reading went on her head grew heavier, and twice she jerked herself painfully back from the brink of sleep. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

At first sight it was an acorn, but it was oddly heavy, and when he looked more closely, he saw that it was carved out of a piece of tight-grained wood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wore leather gloves and some kind of heavy canvas apron beneath an open fur coat that stretched down to his ankles. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

One look at the heavy limb, and Seth took off down the path at a full sprint. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She was really heavy and moved around her place really slow, hunched over a plain black cane made of wood. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

But he’d had enough left over to set himself up as a labor broker selling slots into the very heavy crews that he’d escaped. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

What I had seen and heard lay heavy on me now. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had in these five years, the first holidays of his trouble-filled but unsuccessful life, put on a good deal of fat and thus had become really heavy. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance strode up and down, holding a heavy cudgel in her paws as she urged them on. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That it was bare and cold and smoky, heavy bags hanging from the ceiling that Ms. Adams gave bare-knuckle jabs and right hooks to. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lawrence camouflaged his frustration by ordering up a lab-wide effort to expand the Joliots’ findings beyond aluminum, magnesium, and boron to heavier elements. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The dream was still heavy in his mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Smith had avoided Rosemont earlier in the season not because he feared Seabiscuit would lose, but because he feared his horse would win, prompting the racing secretary to assign him heavy weight for the hundred-grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wherever you go in Germany, you see their mustard-colored uniforms and hear their heavy boots pounding on the cobbles, clop, clop, clop, clop.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I finger the heavy gold and wonder how far it will take us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before them, the concentration camp at Auschwitz spread out, a desolate flat place surrounded by heavy chain-link fence, topped with coils of barbed wire. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He determinedly spoke English, always, in a heavy Igbo accent. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms were wrenched behind her, and iron shackles with heavy, rusty chains between them were snapped onto her wrists, holding them there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not terribly late, the night is fairly young in circus terms, but the silence is already heavy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A heavy beast that could decapitate you with a single swing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was heavy enough to make an impression on a cottonmouth moccasin, though he hoped that wouldn’t be necessary. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is he the best that’s left? I’m sorry, but I’m not putting my future in the hands of this heavy breather.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

With a heavy exhale, I grab at one of her wrists, and I notice that spots are dancing at the corners of my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soil samples showed heavy infestations by tiny nematode worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sat in the snow and gasped heavy breaths and felt my heart pounding and peered down into what death looked like. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

To his surprise he noticed that the great block was shaped like a heavy door, and was less than twice his own height. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Citizens made their way around the community only by bicycle, but large deliveries were transported by trucks, and sometimes maintenance required heavy equipment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at his heavy face trying to look as if he would have liked me to say No. I said No. The lie lumped in my throat and I couldn’t get air. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push open the heavy doors, cross myself, light a candle, and sit in a pew, the dying Christ rising high above my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A pair of eyes topped by a heavy line of eyebrow appeared over the paper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Gloom hung heavy over the dinner table as the kids sat themselves down for their final Christmas Eve dinner in the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There was a strange feeling rising in my chest that followed—like something heavy was trying to work its way up from my center. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One of Juan’s heavy metal songs started blasting from Sierra’s pocket. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Something dark and heavy began to squirm just under her diaphragm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Like, heavy enough to pull my shoulders right out the sockets. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as the wagons are hitched to teams, the Percherons lean into their harnesses and drag their heavy loads across the field. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Jill walks out, he gives me a kiss on my cheek and makes a loud heavy breathing sound and Jill rolls her eyes and throws her hands up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

So when Toby got to the office, he took a deep breath and pushed through the heavy metal door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nearby was a heavy, wandering black line, which I presumed to be the Forest Service road we stood beside, though there was no actual telling. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She leans forward at the waist and those glorious tits swing, so heavy, so low—a foot long, at least, wider and rounded at the ends, as though each contains a grapefruit. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I swallowed down the heavy lump in the back of my throat, fighting the dismaying urge to cry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cal hadn’t just won it—they’d done so in a near record time of eighteen minutes and fifty-two seconds, despite a stiff crosswind and heavy chop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I swung the heavy bound book into the small of Nick's back. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a heavy stone Constance flattened the conical brass extinguisher fitted to the top of the staff until it resembled a vicious-looking spear. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now I am the one who heats and carries the heavy buckets of water, stirs the soapy brew, lifts the sodden clothes to be rinsed, and spreads them to dry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Using both hands, she tugged one of the heavy wooden doors open, revealing a large, high-ceilinged room filled with long tables. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She shoved heavy stones into her pocket and dove into the water. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some of my traveling companions were snoring as the late-night breeze caused my eyes to become heavy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The fiasco placed heavy pressure on Lawrence, whose outwardly sunny disposition concealed how close he had been brought to physical collapse by the weight of his responsibilities and the strain of constant traveling. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I remind you that the penalty for slander is heavy. A fine of thirty pounds or three hours in the stocks. Mistress Tyler would be within her rights to press her own charges.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The largest one was filled to the brim and was so heavy they had a hard time lifting it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But now being a girl was like being stuffed into a heavy, constricting costume. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Their backs bent under the burden of the Witch, and their sorrowing hearts were as heavy as stones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The iron weight looked like something borrowed from Sarah’s kitchen—a heavy little hooked thing I’d once seen her hang meat on to roast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now, mums are so heavy that they have to be worn around your neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All of my limbs feel heavy as I sit up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Janae’s not crying, but she’s taking up a whole lot of space with her heavy sighs, and moping around as if she doesn’t have her whole life ahead of her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As her voice got heavier, and her rocking more rhythmic, I could feel her heading into a story. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the slow, heavy way she said it, Dimple knew what a Herculean effort it must’ve taken. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Strapping on his gun belt, Bernabe stopped in front of her, slipping one hand inside her robe to cup a heavy breast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy wash and thud of the surf after the wind had died. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were ceramic, like kitchen mugs, and not too heavy. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sunlight streamed through the branches overhead, each one heavy with green buds. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My father loved the Great Dane for its size, and frequently took her on long, aimless drives, during which she'd stick her heavy, anvil-sized head out the window and leak great quantities of foamy saliva. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For some reason my feet wouldn’t move fast enough, my arm felt heavy, and I was always one step behind where I wanted to be. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The bus wasn't air-conditioned, and the hot, heavy air was almost as stifling as the handcuffs. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But those who were heavy and tall had it rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bales were so heavy and piled so high that they were a real menace. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She gave the fragile-looking bag a little shake and it echoed like a cargo hold as a number of heavy objects rolled around inside it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Greek and Roman casualties were heavy, but not nearly as bad as they might have been. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or they go to one of the hole-in-the-wall tea shops and drink tea in paper cups with heavy cream, asking the waitress in Bengali to bring them bowls of sweet yogurt and haleem. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Parts of the forest were quite heavy, but in other parts you could see the komorebi—the sunlight filtering through the trees. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a heavy jacket and had his hands in his pockets. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guardsman waited at the heavy oak doors of Katz’s meatpacking plant. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This idea tickled Jo’s fancy and put her in good spirits, but Meg didn’t brighten, for her burden, consisting of four spoiled children, seemed heavier than ever. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two knives: the smaller, a hatchet-bladed cleaver, heavy and hard, for cutting through the rib cage, for jointing and segmenting; the other a long, daggerlike blade, for cutting out the heart. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, my love,” his mother said in her heavy voice. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ammu flew through her dream on heavy, shuddering wings, and stopped to rest, just under the skin of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavy, and a deep yellow in color. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The corner timbers would be heavy to lift and hard to drag. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden something heavy went Splat! right on Danny’s helmet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has only been a week, but he feels that he is becoming heavier, rounder, softening in this country of New York. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

With all those people, hundreds of heavy padded chairs, and all those bags, how would the plane ever get off the ground? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in unison, and on a slow, heavy rhythm, “We— w-ant—the whip,” shouted a group at the end of the line. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy black volume, amateurishly bound, with no name or title on the cover. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was also receiving daily written intelligence briefings, suddenly privy to the nation’s heavier secrets—the classified threats, quiet alliances, and covert operations about which the public remained largely unaware. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her name was Maldagha, and her voice was heavy with apprehension. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The crew laid heavy tarps over the cracked blacktop yard. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had a thicket of dark hair and wore a worn flannel shirt, rough brown canvas pants, and heavy black boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her legs felt heavy, as though weights had been tethered to them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The front door banged open and heavy footsteps were on our wooden stairs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A heavy hand descended on her shoulder and yanked her off her feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His back is to me, and my gaze goes automatically to the sword hanging from his belt, visible beneath his heavy wool cloak. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He watched the sail makers cutting heavy canvas into strips and sewing it back together again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was electric cable, the heavy, black kind used for outdoor wiring and strung on telephone poles. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was not looking forward to this visit, and my heart felt heavy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Minli woke up alone under a heavy, rich blanket. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

So widespread and heavy was the loss that 14 other beekeepers joined him in suing the state for a quarter of a million dollars in damages. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I say, taking the heavy sack from him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark and heavy, and the moment she heard him speak Meggie hated it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was warm in the waiting room, and close, and the blanket was heavy, and my thermal underwear had thawed and was starting to heat up again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“But how could people allow this to go on, Mark?” he asked in a heavy German accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest led him into a parlor heavy with tobacco smoke, where a cast-iron samovar steamed quietly on a side table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Either they were too heavy, or too light, or too long. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The dragonflies’ wings were pearled with mist, like cobwebs, and from time to time they’d beat them quickly to clear them, because the drops must make them heavy, Lyra thought. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

One man removed the heavy bronze bars; the second pulled the door inward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sheet on top of me felt heavy as a winter blanket, holding me in place on the bed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The days that followed were gray and heavy, as if Tali’s death was a dark cloud surrounding them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Five overstuffed stockings lean up against the couch cushions, too heavy for the mantel. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He lifted his heavy feet and forced himself to start down the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

A double bar line, either heavy or light, is used to mark the ends of larger sections of music, including the very end of a piece, which is marked by a heavy double bar. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The front door swung open, and Sierra’s Tía Rosa came swooshing in as if pushed by a heavy gust of wind. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It had seemed cooler after the rain, but as they went on and on, getting deeper into the trees, the air felt warm and close again, heavy with moisture. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Inhabitants of those islands developed intensive dryland agriculture requiring a heavy input of labor to build terraces, carry out mulching, rotate crops, reduce or eliminate fallow periods, and maintain tree plantations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man had a heavy brow, with dark lines of hair like caterpillars above his eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I read and Amil sketched little beetles crawling out of their holes, and then we heard Papa’s heavy step on the stone walk. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stumbled backward, but he was heavier than Luke should’ve been. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He borrowed a cup of dried peppers and a block of salt, and he brought in a long working knife, eighteen inches long and heavy, as a small ax, a tool and a weapon. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard his heavy boots pounding behind me as I turned into a second alley branching off from the first. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was taken to Volks Hospital in Cape Town, under heavy security. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made fun of his suspicions, however, without even noticing the heavy weight of love, uncertainty, and jealousy that he had inside. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Moving heavy objects allowed me to feel manly in the eyes of other men. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He reached in his quiver and pulled out an arrow heavier than the rest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He seemed older that morning, and leaning quietly against that great tree wrapped in his heavy coat, he seemed smaller too. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in heavy furs, his face illuminated by the flame of a naphtha lamp. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

All he wanted to do was close his eyes, which were so heavy and so sore with weeping. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My head feels heavy like there are bricks sitting on top. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A heavy air of preoccupation hung over him for days after his return, and I recall once, in reply to my inquiring how he had enjoyed his trip, his remarking: 'Disturbing, Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was heavier when she was unconscious, and I was shaking, but I managed it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Presently it grew altogether dark: the air itself seemed black and heavy to breathe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The rain was heavy, and traffic into Santurce was backed up for miles because of floods. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The clouds in the sky grew steadily denser, and foretold a heavy summer rain before nightfall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It looks like it’s real heavy ’cause he’s leaning up against it trying to hold it up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Resplendent geese stand on a headland and peer into a heavy sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She held up a heavy garden shovel and passed Sierra a baseball bat. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing but a heavy stone in my chest that used to be a heart filled with dreams and possibilities. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

This was heavy for her, in all the heat, but she didn’t push him away. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, only the heavy wood mortar was left behind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I unhook Beetee’s belt and find a heavy metal cylinder attached to the side with a rope of vines. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting here nice and cozy in the front office, peering out through a chink in the heavy curtains. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In spite of myself I pictured a father with shiny black arms pulling fish from the river and a mother with dark, heavy breasts pounding manioc in a wooden trough. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stepped into my woolen overskirts, laced my stays, and wrapped a heavy shawl over my bodice. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Sunday mornings would be so heavy with disappointment that we thought we might explode. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She yanked a heavy switch from a tree. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Not physically heavy, but like something was pulling his heart downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Despite the unsanitary presentation, the milk was ambrosial—fragrantly nutty, delightfully heavy on the tongue, unlike anything I had encountered before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, German soldiers lashed flat train cars carrying forty barrels of heavy water to the deck of the Hydro. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, tugging, got the great front door open; it was just as heavy as it looked, and she thought, We will really have to find some easier way to get back in. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Book of Three, the heavy tome filled with Dallben’s deepest secrets, had been set carefully at the top of a shelf. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I took Toby out of his cage and put him into the pocket of one of my coats because the cage was very heavy to carry all the way to London. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were lugging the five heavy books the ranger had given Neel, and Baba was also carrying their decoy masks and his long, sturdy stick. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I keep them closed through being jostled by something heavy and furred. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Someone had lived here long ago, and the vine had grown so heavy, part of the arbor had collapsed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz tucked his cane under his arm and took the heavy lump from Van Eck’s hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I walk away from Bartley, Max's bag a little heavier with the weight of the walkie-talkie. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he’d toss it away and grab another one while the headless chicken would fluff and flap around, give a few heavy shakes, and die. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she thought about it that way, that talking to Clara was about justice and fairness, the bucket she heaved up the narrow staircase to the dusty, disused attic didn’t seem quite so heavy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

On top of the meanness of Miranda’s words and of her friends’ laughter, there was the shame she felt at her heavy tongue and the embarrassment of the other students’ pity. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ana giggled then, a high-pitched squeal that startled Ash into nearly dropping the heavy soup tureen she was removing from the dining table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for me, with his heavy sack upon my back, I had to struggle to keep up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The silence between us hung heavy and close. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My tongue felt heavy and my lips raw. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The darkness hung about our tiny circle of lamplight as heavy and palpable as a curtain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Imagine it now, with the horses twice as heavy as the soft-mouthed hunters of our own midnight pageants, with the men themselves twice heavier on account of arms and shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had bought heavy coats for all of us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conditions usually responsible for these losses in Oklahoma were those made familiar by repetition over the years: the application of insecticides to crops, a heavy rain, and poison washed into the ponds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“They’re too heavy laden to keep up. Scuppers under—the lot of them. Serve them right if...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother says there used to be sparrows in the tamarind tree, heavy once with fat clusters of pods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something heavy and oily squirmed in my stomach. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whispers, like a heavy fog, hang on in my mind. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“She asked questions, too,” he says, his voice heavy with unsaid things. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The heavy stone of inevitability was on his heart. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon was already prizing up one of the heavy old tiles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could hear Madame Antoine’s heavy, scraping tread as she walked back and forth on the sanded floor. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

She hears Madame Manec stand and collect the bowls and her father exhale cigarette smoke as though it is very heavy in his lungs and he is glad to be rid of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A longsword hung from his hip, and his deep-dyed scarlet cloak was fastened at the shoulder with a heavy silver brooch in the shape of a mailed fist. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to help her carry the heavy boxes and hampers of silver to the chaise. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly any food remains in the entire kitchen—only cornmeal and a sheaf of lavender and two or three bottles of skunked Beaujolais—but down here in the cellar, two heavy cans. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A lifetime of practical and comfortable considerations settled atop the spark inside her like a thick, heavy blanket. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, she shook the ladder she was too heavy to climb. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was in late middle age. Fleshy and smooth-skinned. Silver-gray hair. Dressed in expensive clothes, and with traces of a heavy scent around him.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With no yeast, the flour they had could not be made into bread, but instead was baked into heavy, unleavened scones. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“They are too heavy for you to put into the water.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His logic: Since the horse rested himself so much more than other horses, he could stand up to an unusually heavy racing schedule. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground squelched under Fist’s heavy feet, and his footprints filled with sludge. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The answer was too heavy, the possibility crushing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was too long and too heavy for me to hold against my shoulder the way you’re supposed to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it rains heavy, I might have to put some buckets in the living room to catch the water coming through. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contraption lay with its stomach on terra firma, heavy and sluggish and looking more like a wounded duck than like one of those newfangled airplanes they were starting to produce in the United States. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheelhouse in which they had ridden, a huge double-decked carriage of oiled oak and gilded metal pulled by forty heavy draft horses, was too wide to pass through the castle gate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

With heavy heart I knocked on his office door. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something slung over the back of his destrier, a heavy shape wrapped in a bloody cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Wash brought them the things they needed, worn-out clothes from his mother’s scrap bin, heavy wire to connect the limbs, armfuls of straw they could pack into the sleeves and pant legs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s got a good fifteen pounds on our squad’s heaviest flyer, so working out with her makes lifting those chicks easy as pie. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rocks were heavy and rough, and we were given no wheelbarrows or gloves. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

For thirteen days, the battleships boomed and heavy shells rained down on target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a man's voice, and his footsteps sound oddly heavy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

For a few days the survivors had attempted to follow the Indians, till a heavy snow had made it impossible to go on. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Piper’s talk of exhaustion affected him, too, sapping his strength, making his body feel heavy. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All the heavy furniture and bedding had to be left behind, and these were promised to the Huangs as my dowry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except on the high moors of the Northfarthing a heavy fall was rare in the Shire, and was regarded as a pleasant event and a chance for fun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said Lyra, with a heavy despair in her breast. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mark woke up and rolled onto his side, his eyes fully open, his breathing heavy. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The man stepped into the light and the farmers’ excitement was smothered by the sight of the piecemeal leather armor and heavy sword that marked a mercenary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and cold to the touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy, unwelcome downpour that turned the dirt road into a muddy mess. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Papa breathed out, this slow, heavy thing loosed from the bottom of his soul. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And heavier than a pig dipped in mud. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was larger than the other dogs and had heavier fur and yellow eyes and he ran with a graceful stride like Rontu’s. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed in the ordinary gear of backpackers: jeans and casual button-down shirts in heavy, weatherproof fabrics. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They could hear his heavy steps running and tripping. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dug in their heels and drove the heavy thing sideways. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The air was heavy, and the breeze from the sea didn’t come, didn’t come. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As heavy as a small coffer of coins, it was entitled The Herball or General History of Plants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You carry a great many burdens with you. A heavy heart. Things you’ve lost. But you are moving toward change and discovery. There are outside influences that are propelling you forward.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To save precious time, they decided that instead of dragging the heavy canoes over land, they would let them run down the river empty. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The rains were heavy again that year and there was much growth throughout the country, but in Snail’s fields only weeds grew. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The floor was of wide, heavy planks, almost black in color and unlittered, so that if the key were there it would have been instantly visible. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But still, it gave me heavy, heavy boots. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sledge was heavy loaded; Estraven guessed the total weight to pull at something over 300 pounds. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he began to kick me with his heavy boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she reaches for it, she watches the way the light slips through the heavy pine needles, dapples everything with sweet September light . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

How can a thing that’s made of wood and sunk in the water feel so heavy? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since the power was still off at the school, I wore thermal underwear—top and bottom—plus an extra T-shirt, a sweatshirt, and two pairs of heavy socks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was queer how the heavy falling snow muffled the sounds of their bawling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my legs high in giant steps, and with every landing, my feet sink deep into the wet, heavy snow. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Orange, heavy, spilling out of a crack that widened as they watched. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Of course, my treacherous tears arrived as soon as the heavy door closed behind me. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Fried chicken, potato salad, ham sandwiches, chocolate cupcakes, even a jumbo can of peaches in heavy syrup. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want his mom driving around in such dangerous conditions; the rain was so heavy that she wouldn’t be able to see the road very well. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just sit there, too heavy for me to pick up. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

With a heavy heart, I walk through the market taking in the smell of all the delicious food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Sabrina is talking, a woman walks in quietly, closing the heavy door behind her so it doesn’t make too much noise. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that their discontent had left me with a heavy name. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Teenie kept her busy from dawn to dusk doing what Polly considered to be slave labor—peeling potatoes, shelling peas, shucking corn, and carrying heavy stacks of kindling for the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had a fire going in the fire pit, a small hearth that Deydey had made for them of the smoothest, thickest, heaviest stones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Also, where the Nationalists whom we had “fished” were almost all men, among the storefront Christians, a heavy preponderance were women, and I had the sense to offer something special for them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She changed their diapers then laid them back on the bed and watched their eyelids grow heavy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jojen’s eyes were a dark green, the color of moss, but heavy with a weariness that Bran had never seen in them before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The air hung moist and heavy over the park. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something large and heavy was being slapped against it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was a collage of pictures underneath showcasing what looked like a heavier, darker-skinned version of my dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the etagere. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Between the edge of the burned forest and the mountains, a rocky slope of heavy boulders and scree was littered with scorched and twisted metal: girders and struts that had belonged to some complex machine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add except that the boxes were “main and mortal heavy,” and that shifting them was dry work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Grace felt both cleaner and heavier, like someone who had done half their chores but saved the worst ones for last. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sea was walking the earth with a heavy heel. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His hands are cold and he puts down a heavy bundle of brown paper bags. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy, solid construction designed for stolid floating, not for navigating, though I suppose that if we had been thirty-two to row we could have made some headway. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The beaches are devouring men—Americans, Canadians, Brits, Germans, Russians—and all through Normandy, heavy bombers pulverize country towns. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Standing at the door was a Jewish man with an unnatural heavy smear of eyebrow, who caught my eyes as we advanced, and said, when we came up with him,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sheerest muslin lay hot and heavy on our laps. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was star-dingly heavy for something made of twigs, seaweed, and grass. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The ridge above us is heavy, dense with trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The grand palace rose above the rest of the city like a mountain, the thick snow lying on its tiered roofs like heavy clouds. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he left it again he wore a heavy dark-blue cloak, the gift of the township of Low Torning, whereto he was bound, for they wanted a wizard there. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wounded men moaned and prayed, faqqa ihan moved among them, the mercy men with their heavy axes, taking a harvest of heads from the dead and dying alike. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Will picked them up, and then he noticed his father’s feather-trimmed cloak trailing behind his body on the ground, heavy and sodden but warm. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated in front of the heavy door, looking down into the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I heard Osh yell behind me, but I kept on, the wind shoving me off balance, the current tugging at my legs, and my nightshirt heavy with water. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The snow is getting heavier, and he is fading into the darkness. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t push him very hard, but he was kind of top- heavy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Each one of the sliding floor-to-ceiling bookcases was loaded down with heavy cardboard cartons, books, or metal storage bins. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There was actually a queue forming up at the bottom of the stairs, and soldiers struggling down with heavy horsehair mattresses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As Cook handed her the tea service, which was somehow even heavier than the oatmeal tray, she’d made certain to warn Ophie that the dishes were valuable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In early 1943, after the heavy losses in Russia, the Nazis realized they needed to bolster Germany’s dwindling manpower. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio stared at the shining little creature, his eyes heavy with sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I felt heavy inside, listening to them talk out in the living room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cold and gray and heavy in the scavenged bowl of the countryside. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They felt heavy, clumsy, as if they belonged to someone else. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I changed into dry clothes and took the bag of graveyard dust and powdered brick, still heavy with water, out of my dress pocket. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She has on two heavy rings, one with a turquoise, and chunky square earrings, and a silver bracelet: Mexican silver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the soul, obsessed with the journey it had made, and had still to make, pursued its mysterious and dreadful end; and carried, heavy with weeping and bitterness, the heart along. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

In gloved hands were clutched all manner of weapons: longswords and lances and sharpened scythes, spiked clubs and daggers and heavy iron mauls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

David Howard’s thirty pounds heavier and bigger than me, and he still don’t care who sees him cry. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My book bag is heavy, the diagonal strap digging awkwardly against my shoulder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s hunched over his desk, his back moving up and down with each heavy breath. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The passive allows a writer to postpone the mention of a doer that is heavy, old news, or both. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He came to his feet and picked up the heavy iron rod with one hand resting it on his shoulder as he turned toward the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the table is a stack of paper, on top of which a thick and clumsy spiral has been drawn by a heavy hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The barrels would travel under heavy guard, and German planes would fly overhead to watch the land on either side of the tracks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two ugly boys who must have been his sons went before him, struggling with the weight of a heavy metal shield as tall as they were. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I follow Mrs. Hameed out of the office, dread hangs over me, as heavy as the smell of burned popcorn. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Again we pass the double doors with the red number—then several doors under heavy guard and still others with large glass panels. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel had never heard that name—Clai-tee-us—but saying it made her limbs feel heavy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We were brought before Mother’s friends, there in the heavy saloon air, to show our artistry. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cape looks store-bought and expensive, as it has a silver clasp and the material is much heavier than what might be used to make a cheap Halloween costume. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cabinets opened fine with a little extra tug, and they could lift Grandma’s biggest, heaviest pot from beneath the counter when they worked together. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Three levels underground I pushed upon a heavy metal door marked "Danger" and descended into a noisy, dimly lit room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke is slowly clearing but still too heavy to be healthy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But on the last day an astonishing number of English heavies opened up on us with high-explosive, drumming ceaselessly on our position, so that we suffered severely and came back only eighty strong. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old dog stood for a minute, his heavy head hanging, and his tired body swaying slightly, then lay down on his side in the hollow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air above was heavy with fog, and a reek lay on the land about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The heavy water equipment had been destroyed, dealing a serious blow to German bomb research. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The headmaster stopped at the heavy door to his office and pushed it open. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

All of those past interactions continue to have heavy consequences, because the details of who arrived where before whom are shaping Africa today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We got on well together, sweating away as we swung the heavy implements. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a heavy crash and the lean-to shivers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stand out even more because he has thick, heavy eyebrows. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was breathing heavy, and his face was dark red under the gold. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

There was only one creature in all the wood with that heavy unmistakable scent...Constance the badger! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Gluck was armed with an incredibly heavy musket, a singleshot museum piece with an octagonal barrel and a smooth bore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly I reach for the heavier set of dice and begin shaking them in my fist. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seriously good haul this year!” he announced, holding up a heavy gold watch with odd symbols around the edge and tiny moving stars instead of hands. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Remembering that, holding the check, all I could do was sit on the edge of the couch feeling my head getting heavy at the top. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It fits in your hand,” Royal said, “but it’s as heavy as a cannon.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mom eyed George, her eyebrows thick and heavy. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The heaviest rains fall then, and if the river is going to rise, it rises then. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A large crimson flag, heavy with rainwater, hangs from the sill of an upstairs window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at us almost sympathetically and was about to say something but changed his mind, instead swinging the heavy gate open for us and indicating that we should follow him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warden’s library is a big dark room with heavy red drapes drawn closed and floor-to-ceiling books—the kind of official volumes with thick indexes Natalie likes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex’s hands freeze, and his head jerks back to his dad, who’s still stirring with his heavy wooden spoon, face impartial. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But everybody got out of the way seconds before all those heavy bags crashed to the pavement. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dark heavy soil poured down the Dragon's throat. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we insisted that she sing with us, and she would join in with an unsteady pitch and heavy Tianjin accent, wagging her head and moving her arms just as we did. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was heavy and hung low to the ground. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omar would have laughed at me for picking up such a heavy tome, but choosing thick books meant I could hold on to them longer before I needed to exchange them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The man’s daemon, a big heavy wolverine, snarled back, but Pantalaimon didn’t flinch. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He was heavy, yes, real heavy. But there were two of us and we were careful. We didn’t hit him on anything.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell what it was, but it looked very heavy. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the heavy front doors closed behind us, we looked at each other. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The clomping of Rémy's heavy boots matches the racing pattern of my heart. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They’re standing side by side in collared shirts, holding a long, heavy box in their arms. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The heavy slug struck him in the shoulder and flattened and tore out a piece of his shoulderblade. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She herself invented a wonderful door-opening device made out of wires and springs and pulleys, with heavy weights dangling on cords, and soon every door in the house had a door-opener on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mark heard his own breathing, heavy and strained. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Even if you took it and struck it with a heavy sledge-hammer, it would make no dint in it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stood up, his legs and entire body feeling heavy and sleepy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something heavy and important—something I don’t understand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each desk has two lamps with green glass shades, and two microscopes, old microscopes, with heavy thin tubing and brass fittings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the heavy door finally closed, Matthew Wood turned fiercely toward his wife. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple continued munching on her pizza, ignoring the tiny pit in her stomach, even though she could feel Celia’s gaze heavy on her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My feet felt heavy as sacks full of scrap metal. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was the cold presence Hazel had felt earlier—like a vast deposit of obsidian, so heavy that Hazel couldn’t possibly move it, powerful and indestructible and completely devoid of emotion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I took off the cap, and the pen grew longer and heavier in my hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe the truth was too heavy for too long. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She breathed in heavy through her nose and gave me a flat smile. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

What is this heavy white garment that won’t let me move? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I threw a dart. It was neither big nor heavy, but you must have seen it. Balder, my brother, why are you not laughing?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Each link in the chains was too heavy for a normal man to lift. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, you be moving dirt all day. That's heavier than cotton.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the children's march in the streets of downtown Birmingham, Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference drew heavy criticism for putting children in harm’s way. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With this stake came a heavy hammer, such as in households is used in the coal-cellar for breaking the lumps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He took a step forward, and the heavy burning of his anger brushed against Jam’s skin. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He whooshes from the room, leaving a dark, heavy cloud of the unspoken behind. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When the heavy garment, sodden with spray, fell from her shoulders to the deck, she gave him a little bow and smiled anxiously. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’ve gone way up high in the Sierras or maybe up in a plane, like my ears are totally clogged up and I can’t hear and my head is heavy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then I stepped next to her and braced myself on one knee—holding up my hands—and touched the cold, heavy clouds. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I knocked down walls and lugged heavy beams, ran pipes and wires, and became a familiar dust-masked face at both the dump and the pharmacy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny would not be able to tell Doctor Warren the exact number of casualties the British had suffered, but he could tell him that they thought they were heavy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to know how heavy my saber was and if I could really kill someone with it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The guards now lifted the heavy bars of the doors and swung them slowly inwards grumbling on their great hinges. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His heavy, dark eyebrows, the curve of his cheek, the line of his nose, the hollow at the base of his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your grandma is crazy,” Irene told me, extending the word crazy and rolling her heavy brown eyes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

My eyelids were as heavy as my feet had been on the road. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The smell of oil was everywhere, heavy and pungent, exciting the senses. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lovely wood, heavy with history. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The slot in the heavy portal rattled open. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

With them were several more, including a heavy, savage-looking rabbit whom he guessed to be Vervain, the head of the Council police. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Baudelaire children listened to his heavy footsteps go up the stairs to the tower they were forbidden to enter. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The heavy smell of fried dough filled the space behind the stall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my head against the car window, watching the scenery zip by, a tableau of dark green fir trees dotted with snow, wispy strands of white fog, and heavy gray storm clouds up above. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the heaviest snow of all, a storm Mr. Chris said was one of the worst in history. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My headache grows lighter, and my eyelids get heavy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Walensky said, with heavy sarcasm, “as long as they dish me my money, they can play games all they want.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no!” cried Ear as a heavy rhythm began to vibrate the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trembling more than anything, like a heavy vibration. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The heavy sword hanging from his shoulders by a length of cord thumped against him as he urged his legs forward: the breath rose ragged in his throat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even the gate was some kind of black metal that looked impossibly heavy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s a bit like the old paradox: can God make a stone so heavy that he can’t lift it? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had not known my cowardice lay so heavy in my belly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll get used to it," I said, scooping up a heavy load. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow Lily down the same path as last time—through the heavy wooden gate, the cemetery, and finally through the church that leads to the inner courtyard where I am to meet Ethan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was made from a hide, elk or maybe buffalo, heavy and stiff enough to stop stones and arrows; long dry years had shrunk and split the edges, and it had lost the round shape. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the furniture was impressively old, heavy, and sent out signals of permanence and settled judgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The stump end of the dead mesquite was big and heavy. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone was big and heavy and looked like something you’d see in a black-and-white movie on cable. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Me and Donna have the same rhythm—we both have let go of something heavy and deep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Very heavy, and the eight kilometers back to the city leave me sore and aching. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

I waited at the porter’s lodge until a thin man appeared and, producing a set of heavy keys, unlocked a wooden door set into the stone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She has taken off her hat, her red hair falling in waves around her shoulders, and she has replaced her white jacket with a heavy black coat and a knit scarf in a vibrant violet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet up, the heavy cage began to sway with every gust. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the manse, the air was heavy with the scent of spices, pinchfire and sweet lemon and cinnamon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As the heavy door shut behind him the cloud gradually lifted from the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I willed my hand to reach for the door, but it seemed too far and my hand too heavy. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Snow squalls and heavy seas made visibility poor and forced Endurance to creep forward with the engines dead slow as it headed into Stromness Bay. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

When I realize the family is speaking in Tamil, my heart turns from a hopping frog into a heavy stone. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It would also be the first element heavier than uranium ever found—the first transuranic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was dark and heavy and he tied it back with bookbinder’s twine and spared it very little thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They had driven through heavy iron gates into an open area inside a compound of buildings. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It's the heaviest thing I see so it'll have to do. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was six inches shorter than Luke and at least seventy-five pounds heavier. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The mushroom was heavy, and cool to the touch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The air was heavy and full of smoke, and of other smells besides: acrid chemicals, decaying vegetable matter, sewage. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The shadows in the cavern became deeper and heavier. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Did you apologize?” asked Mother, gazing at me through heavy eyelids. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And then, musicians also used the heavier narcotics, if I later wanted to graduate to them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t anyone to answer these questions, and my head felt heavy with the images that it contained. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Arthur obeyed the hand, but he plunged his own hand into his gym bag and pulled something out—something short, black, and heavy—like a sock filled with lead. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined her face contorted with rage, her stance heavy and threatening. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every man is aware of the heavy shells tearing down the parapet, rooting up the embankment and demolishing the upper layers of concrete. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to my locker, take off my wet coat, and pull the heavy books out of my backpack. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My steps felt as heavy as my heart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift it once, twice, but it was too heavy even for him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, she had another year, maybe, to bulk up enough to compete against hundreds of others for openings in heavy crew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a heavy tramp of boots in the passage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She’s not exactly beautiful, but there’s a definite story in her shrewd blue eyes and angular features, the heavy creases of frowns around her mouth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I got back, I was hot and out of breath; I had filled the pail nearly full and it was heavy. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The heavy work of Stella’s breathing sounds like the wind in trees, and I wait for sleep to find me. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

With a heavy reluctance, Will turned to the knife itself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day felt heavy and oppressive as he crossed the bailey back to the Tower of die Hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I know they were heavy to carry down and all, but I had to wonder if they was worth the bother. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etienne raises the heavy telescoping antenna alongside the line of the chimney. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tom uncleated a heavy line with a floater tied on its end and dropped it into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neville’s aim was so poor that he kept accidentally sending much heavier things flying across the room — Professor Flitwick, for instance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I think through everything, but in the end the weight is heavier, as if it’s moving up the rest of my body and sucking me down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He felt twice as large, twice as heavy, and a thousand times stronger, but he knew he was defeated from the start because of the tenderness he felt and his desire to protect her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the picnickers had eaten to excess and now sat heavy and dulled in the sun, which poured over the scene a clear, clean radiance, a piercing island summer light. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Come in,” came the huntress’s voice, and the man nodded to Ash before leaving her alone, standing before the heavy canvas flap that served as a door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, and a moment later I wish I hadn’t asked, because the corners of Nita’s mouth turn down, like the memory hangs heavy from each side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Lázaro’s heavy, impossible presence seemed to cast a shadow on her all the way from the fourth floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The two talents had a reassuring weight to them that had nothing to do with how heavy they were. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a curious, heavy growth of fur on the crown of his head, which gave him an odd appearance, as though he were wearing a kind of cap. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyelids get heavy, and I feel an instant urge to make today disappear by falling asleep until it’s tomorrow. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then fatter, heavier drops—Coop’s hands on your ____, and your hands on his ____, and his mouth on your ____, and your ____ on his ____. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When we finally arrived at the cabin, it was past midnight, with a heavy, wet snow falling. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Only the Sports Family had all their windows totally blocked, covered by heavy blinds. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When my eyes open, I’m sick to my stomach and sweating, the afternoon sun streaming around the edges of the curtains and Siunek’s heavy frame. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The silence was heavy while Rishi stood and left a hefty tip on the table so they wouldn’t have to. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In these deep beds, even on days of heavy winds, the Aleuts hunted. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obambo Chivari tried to shoot at the She Elephant with the Nirvana gun, but so far all he had managed was to dodge heavy gold statues. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold and heavy and cut into her shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoking circle of metal fell to the floor with a heavy metallic boom that made me jump in my chair. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The bullhorn is as heavy as a gun. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There upon the smooth crimson velvet lay a heavy golden locket. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He slipped into despondency, dragging himself in from the junkyard each night, silent and heavy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

General relativity predicts that heavy objects that are moving will cause the emission of gravitational waves, ripples in the curvature of space that travel at the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lazily turning ceiling fans did little to cool the heavy air, and several people around us were smoking, but we hardly noticed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he stood at the guardhouse door of a quarry, and some ladies dressed in warm heavy coats and boots came and sang Christmas songs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool to the touch and heavy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was certain, though, and lowering my magazine I made a heavy sighing sound that would be clearly audible. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s momentary relief melted away, and she went to fetch their coats with a heavy heart. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The carpeting was too deep and the walls were crowded with heavy framed pictures. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes in the middle of my chores, I feel so heavy I sink to the ground and stare at nothing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke from a heavy, dreamless sleep to find myself lying on Francis’s couch in an uncomfortable position, and the morning sun streaming through the bank of windows at the rear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was in the room another five minutes but never again addressed the solemn quartet that stood with heads down, their heavy legs sagging, the light dwindling from their eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

T. P. lay down in the ditch and I sat down, watching the bones where the buzzards ate Nancy, flapping black and slow and heavy out of the ditch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cars are far too heavy for the average human. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The padded headpiece felt tight and heavy on her skull, and it was strange seeing the world through a mesh screen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

If he saw his sister Pancha in the hall of the main house, walking with the heavy gait of the satisfied woman, he bowed his head and was silent. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says this last part with a heavy English accent, then cracks up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The palm branches acted as buoys, helping to lift the heavy canoes up high enough to keep the water from rushing over the sides. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

That which was clear and light drifted up to become heaven, while that which was heavy and turbid solidified to become earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run from the cathedral, letting the heavy oak doors thud shut, and don’t stop running until I’m at the door of Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was thickset and grizzled, dressed in a heavy rancher’s coat that had seen its share of labor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The second is the feeling that something heavy and painful in the pit of my stomach is making me want to vomit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Yeah . . ." He was breathing heavy, and it was wonderful. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But Louisiana felt different from Edgar—she was somehow both heavier and lighter. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And oh, the heavy burning thing that had been inside him all day had melted and disappeared. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice had managed to vanish, but the heavy work was over. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But–and here’s the troubling point–to forge these heavy elements, you need the kind of heat and energy of a Big Bang. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

One man, wearing a shirt of heavy metal rings, unbuckled a sword and leaned it against a wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two aged crab apple trees, bent with the wind, stripped of leaves but still heavy with berry-sized red fruits and bushy crowns of white-beaded mistletoe, stood sentinel on either side of the front door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

When I was as tall as the washing machine, I stepped out on the back porch one night, and some heavy, ruffling, windy, clawed thing d;ved at me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what, most days I drove spikes with a heavy sledgehammer. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Losing his nights to cheap beer and the nameless heavy metal band setting up in the corner. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had not even realized that he was clammy or that there was a heavy weight pressing on his stomach until both sensations lifted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I studied them closely until they left the train, their shoulders rocking, their heavy heel plates clicking remote, cryptic messages in the brief silence of the train's stop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow carried the heavier bottom end of the gurney down the stairs and out onto the street, then he wheeled it along the icy sidewalk to the hearse. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Lightheaded and immensely heavy all at once, Celaena faced the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And with each subsequent sip it got easier to swallow, and soon my body felt heavy and my head swam, and everything Mabel said made me laugh and every memory I had was meaningful. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He remembered the cook, the flour on her hands, heavy breasts shot through with dark blue veins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I felt my head continue to nod as if it was attached to heavy springs, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell him that I appreciated his words. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t notice when the pears grew heavy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes heavy with fatigue, Taran leaned forward and patted the stallion’s powerful neck. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Venkat and let out a heavy sigh of relief. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment Lee came to the bedroom, followed by the nurse—a strong, broad woman with heavy black eyebrows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was rumored that the Italians carried knives, even the girls, and that the morenos had brass knuckles in their pockets and steel toes in their heavy shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and smelly and I was a little worried about what else this special chicken might be able to do, but I carried the crate all the way up to the henhouse anyway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Gran’s voice sounded as heavy as Seven’s heart felt. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Owls hooted to one another in a disgruntled sort of way over the babble and the scraping of heavy trunks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I let out a deep breath and nod, trying to ignore the heavy feeling in my chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The chain around his throat felt very heavy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If you talked crazy at me,” a heavy, red-faced guy called over to Peewee, “I’d leave, too.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As you can imagine, especially in a prison where there was heavy emphasis on rehabilitation, an inmate was smiled upon if he demonstrated an unusually intense interest in books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a horrific crash in the parlor as the hooks that held up the heavy draperies flew off the wall and landed on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one was formed of a heavy spiral of white shell and had a hole bored at the center to allow it to be hung around the neck. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was very heavy, and wedged somehow, he couldn’t move him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of shame. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on Hannah’s hair tenderly, but it felt as heavy as a weight. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still something else at the bottom of the rucksack, and it was heavy too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ron’s hair was now long and wavy; he had a thick brown beard and mustache, no freckles, a short, broad nose, and heavy eyebrows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mainly they were heavy winter boots for trudging through snow, as ugly as could be. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But just as I say the words, light spills into the room and a flood of people enter through the heavy doors behind us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ice was so thin in some places that the heavy lifeboats cracked the floes and formed leads of seawater. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She shoved the tyke to the side and pulled the heavy wooden door closed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, drown-proofed if I happened to fall into a pool conveniently only wearing my swimming gear and without my heavy artificial legs on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Inside of me my world crashed and my body felt heavy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words are so heavy that they make everything sink inside me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy gave him his name ’cause he’s always been as heavy as some bricks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a lax sunny day, warm and with the scent of pines heavy on the air. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men halted at a heavy wooden door leading into the next room, hesitated for the space of a heartbeat, then Snape turned the bronze handle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything or make any movement, but I could feel his heavy stare. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy thing, a dozen maester's collars threaded around and through each other and ornamented with gemstones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Back once more in Goblin’s saddle, he turned to watch them, Cilia bent under the heavy load, Isannah skipping about and for no particular reason chanting the shorter catechism once more. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other words: Some of the same pathways and results seen in the abuse of substances is happening in the brain of heavy Internet users. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was heavy in his hands, and harder to grip than he’d expected — her hair. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of Charles—damp, alcoholic, sweet with the linden-water he used for shaving—hung heavy in the air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Though it was summer and the leaves heavy on the trees, people went about the streets coughing as if it were the catarrh season. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The ceiling hangs heavy and low, and drips with foul water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m going to make it. Too big for light crew, too small for heavy crew, what happens then? How many clans are taking kids who aren’t their own?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hung each heavy core from the ceiling, made a series of measurements, then took the core down. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the heavy twilight he couldn’t see the rowing boat at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This makes my chest heavy so I put the book back in the rucksack and lean my head against the boards of the mill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Septa Scolera was thick-waisted and short, with heavy breasts, olive skin, and a sour smell to her, like milk on the verge of going bad. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He cut through the heavy gabardine cloth all the way around the thigh in a straight line. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Last of all came the collar, a heavy golden tore emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The visitor was a stout man in cracked, mud-caked boots and a heavy brown robe of the coarsest roughspun, his features hidden by a cowl, his hands drawn up into voluminous sleeves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His wife answered nothing at first and then she said in her plain, heavy way, “It is better not to say lend. There is no lending in that house. There is only giving.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The ropes are thick, heavy—fourteen feet long for double Dutch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw a heavy gun sagging at the man’s hip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around eight o’clock a heavy policeman came out of the main doors and stood on the steps, looking over the crowd. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I felt empty, too, and strangely heavy, like the planet was spinning too fast, heating up gravity, pulling me toward the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Beside the door swung an ornate oil lamp on a heavy chain, with a globe of leaded red glass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The beautiful old church was rank with the heavy odor of rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As he started to pedal back toward the house, I called after him, “Go slow at first. Get used to the feel of it. Your Schwinn was much heavier.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Running a small business was a heavy load to take on, but I loved working on Louellashop.com so much, it didn’t feel like work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The botdeneck, Rob explained, was due to the unusually late and heavy snowpack, which until just yesterday had kept any yaks at all from reaching Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once released, they find that a heavy and cruel hand has been laid upon them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Over their shoulders the vendors had heavy poles, from which they balanced baskets at either end—some with vegetables, others with pastries, or candies, or toys. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tramp of heavy boots outside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I feared now for my trees—the ice was too heavy to bear. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not much talking in the flat; the silence was heavy and brooding. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote down a “first line” that said: Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two trusties lifted and tilted the heavy cage, while three officers yanked Joe's chair with a violent pull that finally dislodged it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A warm, fresh breeze lightened the heavy air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She hauled the heavy planks back onto the well, covering it as carefully as she could. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I felt him drop a heavy palm on the back of my head, but it was a long time before he could piece together his thoughts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Celaena turned the crisp yellow pages of a heavy tome, squirming in her seat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I dodge and turn, but he expects the blow, and I have to stumble inelegantly back, blocking yet another heavy chop of his blade. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My legs felt heavy and my body was doing what it does when I run, but I wasn't running. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I knew from my weekend experience that the easiest way to make fast money was to carry luggage for passengers: If somebody had a heavy bag, you offered to take it to the bus. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Soon, heavy footsteps climbed the stairs to the second floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And Viola’s on top of me and I’m breathing heavy into her face and she’s breathing heavy into mine. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It took all three of them, and several grunts, to shove open the heavy metal panel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

None knew yet that it belonged to him and he walked out to see it alone, a long square of heavy black clay that lay stretched beside the moat encircling the wall of the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Their hearts were heavy, remembering the many men that had fallen in battle in this place. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The mayor was a vast, heavy man, so big in the middle that his arms looked small and dangling. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, two women carrying a single fish, for they were all of about the same size and heavy, we lifted them up the cliff and brought them home. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father, he had carried a heavy walking stick with a brass head. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because Otto’s engine was weak, heavy, and seven feet tall, it did not recommend itself over horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, after several seconds of heavy silence: “Where is Miro?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once they got down near the layer of fossils that Louis and Mary wanted to work on, Mary insisted on doing the last of the heavy work herself. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry shouted, trying to follow, but a heavy branch whipped lethally through the air and he was forced backward again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Wow. It’s heavier than I thought it would be.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

His hands are heavy on the steering wheel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad fires up the van and tries smiling at me, but his eyes are heavy again and I know he’s thinking what I’m thinking: There’s no such thing as easy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His hand had traditionally been very heavy when he returned from overseas, so intent was he on re-establishing codes of discipline and ensuring that the children marched to his harsher cadences. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he thought of this he sweated heavy cold sweat, and he dared to tell no one what his uncle hid in his bosom. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Miranda remembered a heavy aroma of incense and onions in the house, and a pile of shoes heaped by the front door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My skin crawls, and suddenly what was just a smooth hip-hop song now sounds like heavy conga drums—a downbeat rhythm, like for the Petwo Iwas, the fiery spirits signaling danger ahead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then they would face another day of trying to earn enough for the whole year with the heavy knowledge that they were going to end the season as they started it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry Dobbins, who was a big man, carried extra rations; he was especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you say a terrible thing, it should be like a weight lifted off your chest, but giving voice to this thought has only made the weight heavier. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun drew the warmest tones out of it all, and the air felt rich with it, almost the color itself of heavy golden wine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I climb back into the cab, I have three heavy bags full of food, enough to last us a week even though she'll only be here three days. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And when the last rocket burst and the cheering died away the night that had been fine before seemed dull and heavy in contrast, the sky became a pall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The accent is West Indian, and a ground-level camera comes up on two dark, somewhat heavy and middle-aged WOMEN. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had regained her strength, but the craft was still too heavy for her to lift. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were heavy and cheerful, the perfect size for cereal or soup. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The air was cold, and heavy with the dust and odor of grain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I should like to learn it. In Moria, in Khazad-dûm! But it makes the darkness seem heavier, thinking of all those lamps. Are there piles of jewels and gold lying about here still?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A breeze stirred the heavy, moth-eaten velvet curtains, ruffling his hair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His limbs felt like lead; his eyelids too heavy to lift.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just one of Gebu’s heavy footfalls—even at his stealthiest they were audible—and the whole household would be shouting the alarm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Big Bol was a bouncer at the Crow Club, perfectly suited to tossing out drunks and wasters, but too heavy on his feet to be much use when it came to a real tussle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and right away find that it’s much heavier than I had anticipated—and then I get a little freaked out realizing that I’ve never actually held a gun before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still, it is with a heavy heart and leaden steps that I make my way to the royal rooms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I am feeling so heavy with their stories, stories I am glompsing in splurts, detecting a bit here, a bit there. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The actual number is slightly contentious because the heavy, synthesized elements exist for only millionths of seconds and chemists sometimes argue over whether they have really been detected or not. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, the weather is not ideal, as I’m certain you’ve noticed,” August says, gesturing up at the heavy grey clouds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the songs were heavy, sad love songs that made you feel like you were drowning in tears. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

At last a pair of heavy iron doors rose before them, rust-eaten and forbidding, closed with a length of chain whose every link was as thick around as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I missed how the story ended, my eyelids too heavy to keep them open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Despite everything—her cramping belly, the tightness of her bindings, and the heavy knowledge she carried inside her—Jinny did smile then. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

More rains would come and the seeds would grow into tall plants with heavy ears of corn. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Laila’s feet felt heavy again, anchored to the floor, as if all her blood had suddenly pooled down there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cupboards were dangerous to open because clothes and books and shoes would cascade down and some of his books were heavy enough to inflict real damage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was rising, and they could hear the old wooden buildings creaking around them, and in the distance a heavy shutter banging, over and over, forgotten. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A heavy weight was settling steadily on Frodo’s heart, and he regretted now with every step forward that he had ever thought of challenging the menace of the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The shame is so heavy I think it might pull me to the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

José Arcadio had come to think that he had run away, when he reappeared, panting a little because of his haste, dragging legs that enclosure and lack of mobility had made weak and heavy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We hear the heavy bass from Dray’s car outside, and Donna changes her outfit for the twentieth time. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After coining down from the side of the Devils Thumb, heavy snow and high winds kept me inside the tent for most of the next three days. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weariness and more than weariness oppressed him; it seemed as if a heavy spell was laid on his mind and body. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was brutally hard work walking through the jungle loaded down with bandoliers of heavy ammunition. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I picked up two more glasses, but they felt so heavy in my hands all of a sudden, and I set them down on the counter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There in the fall of the heavy brown wool she held her eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when the knight left, he locked the door behind him with a heavy iron key. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The High King is seated on his throne of woven branches, wearing the heavy circlet, looking out from his deeply lined face with alert bronze eyes, like those of an owl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dark, heavy brows met at the bridge of a long, hooked nose. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Soon?” she asked Einar, after she showed him how she could hold herself raised on the branch with her arms taut and unshaking, even while wearing the sack of rocks at its heaviest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, there is a heavy silence. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to bump the cart out of the groove; it was too heavy to be easily bounced. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great door was so heavy it took all of Dany's strength to budge it, but finally it began to move. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A huge bony cleaning woman with white hair flapping all over her head came in the morning and the evening to do the heaviest work. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

One lady wouldn’t even believe you could make your own by whipping heavy cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The night was dark with occasional gleams of moonlight between the rents of the heavy clouds that scudded across the sky. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Though it was lighter than he expected, the smaller pack gave the impression of being heavy and unwieldy, like a brimming bucket of water in danger of overflowing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, a skinny stairwell wended up into the gloom and the scent of dust and mold, heavier there than anywhere else in the house, had seeped out from the darkness. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Several heads snap up as the heavy door latches shut behind me, as I hurry to my seat in the middle of the room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One after another the heavy shutters slammed to and he bolted them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Cavendish, gold resisted the disintegration effect, except for a modest result the scientists traced to contamination of the heavier targets by light impurities such as boron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had a heavy coat on and was leaning on his crow’s head cane—he looked almost like himself again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pulled a lever and flexed the heavy steel blade up and down, bringing the bottom edge to rest just even with the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"There's only a tiny tear. I don't know why you all wear these dresses. Too much fabric. Isn't it heavy?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Papa’s gait on the stairs sounded heavier, more awkward, than usual. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another hulk heavy with wildfire went up behind him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But she also understood that Reggie might not feel that way, that he might be carrying a heavy weight of feeling like he’d let down himself and his family and his community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Reverend Gershom Bulkeley laid down his linen napkin, pushed back his heavy chair from the table, and expanded his straining waistcoat in a satisfied sigh. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the heavy door open a bit wider, the hinges creaking loudly as I do. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Aside from being heavy, they seem pretty normal. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"The piglet is not too heavy for you now, is it?" asked Madame Zeroni. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they were rain clouds, heavy and dark, and sometimes airy tufts of white that cast delicate shade and twisted into shapes like hunting ravids or castles in the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The heavy smell of sage slipped down the hill. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole asked, unfolding a heavy wool blanket, woven with colorful blue-and-red images of a totem pole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She smiled, but her voice was heavy, sad almost. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The cool air felt heavy against my bare arms, as if it were holding on to raindrops that were reluctant to fall. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And indeed, his heart felt heavy with the thought that something, he did not quite know what, was about to happen at Number Seventeen, Cherry-Tree Lane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

After the wonder and ease of flying in so real-seeming a dream, he felt heavy and trudging and trapped down here on the surface of the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt the heavy truth of it, but pushed back anyway “How do you know?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a box as though it were a pound of heavy drugs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn bent unsteadily and lifted a piece of heavy iron, then heaved it toward the Shear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had Johnny’s wax model in his hands—delicate hands to go with such heavy wrists. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we left it open,” she said with a little shake in her voice, and the doctor came past her and pushed the heavy door open again. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It leaked in through the heavy drapes, smearing itself across the room in thick lines. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All the parents leaned over the children as they exchanged soft words and softer touches, hands gripping hands, palms cupping cheeks and jaws, all heavy with sorrow and regret. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But they are also defeated eyes, uncertain and melancholy, heavy with unloved duty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face was a mass of scars, and in one hand he held a sword, short and heavy as a cleaver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This one was almost twice as large, chunky and heavy, with a short bobtail and thick furry legs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your prize? Risk your life? We have lost life and shed blood for the cauldron. Yes, a heavy price has been paid, heavier than you know, Prince of Pen-Llarcau.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning the ghetto reverberated with sounds of the Aktion, the roundup: gunshots, shouts in German, doors banging, and heavy boots on the stairs. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” he said, handing me the heavy plastic bag. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air had a heavy quality and the sky over the mountains was overcast and stormy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Behind us, I can hear Madoc’s heavy step, but I know where I am going. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he stretches his back, rubs his hands togevver against the cold, looks out at the heavy curtain of darkness, and tells us a truly frightening tale. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It felt good to drop the heavy shorts with the envelope stuffed in the pocket. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The biggest otter stuck out his paw, swatted the heavy thing, and quickly jumped back. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The blade was heavy enough to kill with a single blow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I went up to the kitchen and got it for him, except I made it a good deal heavier on the soda than I knew he wanted me to. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The litter was suspended between eight mammoth draft horses on heavy leather straps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I like aggressive music, but heavy metal makes me feel like I’m locked in a box draped with chains. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

I’m feeling heavy, but I always do on Sunday nights. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a heavy knock on the front door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A simple opening in the wall served as the entrance, and the door was nothing more than a heavy stone that the robot could slide out of the way. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s taller than I am and super heavy, so I drag it out into the daylight. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Right now it seems to be heavy guard on the gate, no more crossing of the bridge. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Home,” she told him with a heavy but relieved sigh. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The division would be associated with lunar orbit rendezvous, one of the most ingenious and elegant solutions to the challenge of propelling extraordinarily heavy objects on the several-hundred-thousand-mile journey to the Moon and back. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was shot in black and white, and had subtitles and a plot heavy on symbolism, so fewer than a dozen people came, even though it was free. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a heavy supper we settled in the room of my uncle Mateo, because he was the storyteller. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark bars of iron stood heavy and still between him and the dimly lit scullery beyond. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I watch as his heavy eyelids droop and then close. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, he looks uncertain, as if he can’t decide what to do next in the heavy traffic. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The heavy air seemed to slow the working of my mind. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God’s body, you certainly have a heavy pair, don’t you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turned once more to the steep path through the woods, my legs reluctant, my head heavy, a strange sense of foreboding in my heart. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered that as she mounted the stairs with John’s heavy weight in her arms, and as she entered the door, she heard music, which became perceptibly fainter as Florence closed the door behind her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The sun came out; the air grew milder and heavier; the little mountain streams became lively with the tumble and gurgle of meltwater. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Citra, who was not the heaviest sleeper, found herself awake all night after they arrived home. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I get a big whiff of sour perm and heavy perfume smell. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he sat down beside me to rest His breathing was still heavy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put a heavy veil on his head and tied it around his face so that it covered all except his eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my bank back home heavy with coins. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Tom pulled out six cans of Coke and shut the heavy wooden door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In full dothe I found the Envoy, though a long awkward load, no heavy one. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he moved from the well, picking up, like a man in a trance, the heavy pails of water. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was clad in black from head to heel; high leather riding boots, roughspun breeches and tunic, sleeveless leather jerkin, and heavy wool cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He is sure to be carrying some fairly heavy supplies and equipment. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So she ignored my mother’s advice and took the heavy bags and their two thousand dollars to China. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peering in through the glass door, I saw that Mamá was standing at the counter, slicing pie with a heavy knife. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She smelled like road dust, and honey, and the smell the air holds seconds before a heavy summer rain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A heavy grating sound revealed double sliding doors being forced open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Up close, I notice that Joon’s eyes are bloodshot, his eyelids heavy and drooping. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I tried to cover my face with the heavy gloves, but I couldn’t. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It simply bent over more and more as the peach got heavier and heavier. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The wet clay was far heavier than he had ever imagined. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘We do not know, and our hearts are heavy,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

You could have eaten off the floor by the time I left this one house today, my grandmother begins, letting out a heavy sigh. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I wondered whether you would remember that. By the way, I was awakened by what sounded like something heavy falling against my door. Have you any idea what that could have been?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with nothing else to hope for, we lean toward Angola, waiting, while the past grows heavy and our future narrows down to a crack in the door. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shouting over the wind, the men fought their way off and into the open water again, where a heavy, wet snow began falling on them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She wore heavy makeup and she had one of those unfortunate bulging figures where the flesh appears to be strapped in all around the body to prevent it from falling out. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper moved forward, inserted the key and pushed the heavy lid up. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The air hung hot and heavy, and the sun was so bright that both of them were squinting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He said hello to my mother and father, and then, balancing his heavy head, he lowered himself carefully onto his cartons and sat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shielding his eyes with his hand, he fired the full clip in his automatic toward the sound of the Laughing Man’s heavy, sibilant breathing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It is not a very heavy thing, a cigar. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan walked inside the hogan and helped Uncle Jet carry a large, heavy mattress outside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because every dangling, orange-eyed head was one less miserable creature to weigh heavy on their hearts. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

But he kept hold of the paddle, and then found a heavy branch nudging at the hoop where Asta was perching, and he seized that and held the canoe still against it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She came running back, her entire skirt bowed full and heavy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Out there. He was too heavy for me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Chinyere’s mistress was only one of many families on campus who were leaving; houseboys bought huge cartons in the market and cars drove out of compounds with their boots sunken by heavy loads. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The chopper was a large blunt thing far too heavy for a small boy to use. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now we were by the door to the kitchen, and I heard the scuffle of heavy feet in there on the crinkly linoleum. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another group of girls wore heavy makeup, hitched their skirts above their knees, opened one extra button on their blouses, and teased their hair into enormous bouffants held solid with spray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The cape was heavy and smoothly stiff with gold. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Branches are cracking, her heavy footsteps hitting the path moments after mine, then I remember she doesn’t have footsteps. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He heard the man’s heavy breathing mixed with his own, the solid thumps of their feet pounding the steps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At last I heard his heavy steps going away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But about two weeks after her second radium treatment, Henrietta got her period—the flow was heavy and it didn’t stop. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The man sucked a deep breath and marched in heavy Silence. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He removed the boards, then lifted the heavy box up onto the floor. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lift off his heavy limbs, crawl free. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

So I took Annie’s note and tucked it inside my heavy coat and headed up to the locker room, half an hour early for Conditioning. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He caught the first man in the back of the knee before they even knew he was there, and the heavy axehead split flesh and bone like rotten wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I did not know whether it was an actual flood, but I had never seen rain as heavy as what fell on us in Oklahoma that day. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At that time, the military was experimenting with dive-bombing tactics for heavy bombers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

However, I was held up on my way to the airport by heavy rain and I missed the plane. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I lean my hand on the sideboard because the baby’s getting heavy on me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There have been a lot of unbelievably heavy air raids. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The air close, damp, and heavy; so thick, I could hardly breathe. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They tell me of heavy losses that we have been having. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, something heavy dragged after the boot steps, and liquid leaked through the wood slats of the barn floor into the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Must have figured out that working muscle for Lucky Strike pays better than heavy crew.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’d come down the strait plotting soundings as she went, but the pilot would not put his faith in this, and at 0126 hours that morning, in heavy fog, had radioed the lighthouse for assistance. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The heavy rain hit the canvas top with the sound of slaps. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth on his heavy heels, his face wise with profundity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at her thinking of what I'd tried to do and of where it had gotten me, seeing her heavy, composed figure before me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drag their heavy bodies, back and back and back, though their brains must be cloudy with lack of air, while the other side of existence, whatever is beyond life, is pulling them down. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bride and groom were sitting uneasily side by side, Ira stiff in the heavy embroidered sari, white flowers in her hair, very pale. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had written that when he crawled as a baby his head was so heavy he kept dropping it on the floor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forty-five thousand rowdy fans had packed the track to see him run, and they had made him the heavy favorite. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried to push Kapu into the shelter she found him too heavy. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting the stool under his left arm, he carried the heavy pail carefully, so none of the milk would slop out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Stop hitting poor old St. Paul—and give your heaviest raps on the head of every Nabob—man or woman—who does injustice to a human being—for the crime of color or sex!!” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Now she leaped under my heavy relentless foot, and the wind shrieked around the corners of the house. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu took down the heaviest book she could find in the bookshelf—The Reader’s Digest World Atlas—and hit him with it as hard as she could. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy relief nearly weighs me down; the sheriff’s shot went wide. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was bigger and heavier than any coins he’d used so far. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mama Killa, the moon, rested in the sky, round and heavy, but she was leaving even as I watched. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She could carry three small bucketsful in her bucket, but it was so heavy she couldn’t lift it to dump it into the high tank on the flatboat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then after a while it was better and I lay in bed and listened to the heavy trams go by and way down the street, and then I went to sleep. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The room presses in hot and heavy the way it does when you wake up from a nap in the afternoon sun. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The tidy basket, with the bit of work she left unfinished when the needle grew ‘so heavy’, was still on its accustomed shelf. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were astonishingly heavy—almost too heavy for a girl to lift, even using all her strength, but she managed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Even as a child, Naomi was not a heavy sleeper. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Around two o’clock on Saturday, heavy firing began—machine guns, according to the men. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His hand clutched his heavy black staff like a claw. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ethyne had spent her entire childhood carrying the heavy weight of her mother’s stories about the Witch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She says it’s like having a piece of wood suspended between two chairs, but piled in the middle with too many heavy objects. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could say anything else, something heavy landed on top of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got my old set,” he said as he dug out a pair of heavy gloves and a stiff leather apron; both were charred dark in places and stained with grease. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As he washed the boy’s hand with a soft white rag he said, “You musta slammed these fingers in a awful heavy door or gate.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blinds were shut and there were heavy bedspreads over all the windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I hoped they had sense ’nough not to run off with them heavy shackles on their necks. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later we had the headlights on to see a little better and traffic was almost stopped, the rain was so heavy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Adèle, whose head leant against my shoulder; her eyes were waxing heavy, so I took her up in my arms and carried her off to bed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crouched low, my breathing heavier, my heartbeat faster. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My eyes began to grow heavy and I fainted. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The cross was heavy, and when He fell the soldiers whipped Him and struck Him with clubs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opposite the couch was a television set in a dark, heavy console. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While the sun’s hot and bright, the air’s warm and heavy with moisture, and I get the feeling I will never really be dry here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was gravelly, and his accent was heavier than Mamou’s. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Will saw blazing blue eyes in a haggard face with several days’ growth of beard on the stubborn jaw, gray-haired, drawn with pain, a thin body hunched in a heavy cloak trimmed with feathers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s heavier than an alphabet block, but I think it is a shape with all flat sides. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like the slowness that came from being underwater; it was like I was under air—thick and heavy air that had decided to follow me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Believe me,” she replied with a heavy heart, “I know that all too well. And by the way, your nose is bleeding, but only on one side.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was woven of forget-me-nots, real ones, hundreds of fresh blooms sewn to a heavy woolen cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Something heavy was pushing down onto her back, and the fire alarm was screaming. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Doc let out a heavy sigh as he walked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The colonel thought about it in heavy silence for a few moments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then she had braided her hair, using her hands to interweave the thick dark strands deftly, tying the end of the heavy plait with a leather strip. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Ma starts to pull the heavy door shut, I call out “Wait! I’m coming with you, Ma. You might need a helper,” I tell her as I squeeze in. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The paint cans are getting heavy, and it feels like my arms are being pulled like one of the twins’ stretch toys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The evening bags really are too heavy for her to carry up the hill, and the wind is bitter, even without the snow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The little boy tried to lift the legs, but the couch was too heavy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But they were slipping from his grasp, and she was getting heavier and heavier, the nightmare monster pulling harder and harder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to shout, but she could not catch her breath, and her tongue was slow and heavy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I never thought about how heavy it must have been and how lucky we were to have someone bring it to us every day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward and peering, Rick studied Pamina in her heavy, convoluted robes, with her wimple trailing its veil about her shoulders and face. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The day was foggy, and a heavy, cross sea and lumpy waves kept the men miserably wet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I studied his face—his wide nose, his round cheeks, the lines in his forehead, his eyes squinting at his heavy thoughts as he sipped. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then on heavy feet, made more ponderous by the guilt of the living viewing the dead, the adult church marched up to the coffin and back to their seats. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went to work as usual and loaded the heavy stones onto the freight cars. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something Sop had told him made his tongue lie cold and heavy like a dead lizard between his jaws. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The way the green glowing circles make his own eyes feel heavy and make his other worries feel light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They picked their steps away from the skirts of the cliff, among a wilderness of boulders and rough stones, wet and slippery with the heavy rain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The bundle I carried, for all that it contained so little, grew heavier with each step; my neck was stiff with the effort of holding my head steady, for the bundle was poised on top. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers pin me to a chair, their armored hands as heavy as manacles around my arms, their knees coming down on my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Something inside me just went crazy, like a heavy panic thing, and I tried to run up the stairs after her and J.T. put his hand right over my face and started pushing me back. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore their love like a heavy perfume, exuding a transparent commitment, touching each other, referring to each other. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It seems you insist on me visiting you, Va-njuzu” she said bitterly as she wrestled the heavy boat over the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden armor was as hot and heavy as it was uncomfortable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he leans in, breathing heavy, looking into my eyes, and his lips touch mine. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She saw a rambling inn to her left, built out over the water on heavy wooden pilings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then heavy breathing like the howl of the wind rushed toward them, and then a paw the size of a small car emerged from the foggy darkness of the valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had a fat, heavy generator mounted on it, with a large fan and a spray nozzle on either side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the tillerman’s daemon, and clumsy and heavy as she looked, her flight was powerful and swift. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Otto knelt and picked up the chunk easily, even though it was kind of heavy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The harmonies penetrated even the walls of heavy stone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As I flew back toward home, I suddenly realized how heavy the gifts were that I had just bought in that shop. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They were heavy old glasses, an inch thick at the bottom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew only that I would grow heavy with the burden, and one day deathlike pains would grip me until the creature sprang from my loins and cried to be cared for. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Out of breath, I rushed inside, picked up the heavy black receiver, and put it to my ear. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I took the long way back, past the swaying lights of the harbor, the air heavy with brine and with chimney smoke from a hundred hearth fires. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Silk undergarments to keep her warm without the heavy burden of a fur coat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heavy face, bent down so that one could see the line of the nose, looked both formidable and intelligent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even if the Lord should lay some great burden on one’s back—as He had done, but never so heavy a burden as this she carried now—one prayed in silence. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They heard footsteps—someone was crossing the stage on the other side of the heavy curtain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Just call me if you need me. I'll be next door," I said lightly, but I suddenly felt the opposite—like my heart was heavy, sinking into my stomach. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He made no special preparation except to wear a heavy sweater and rain slicker. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The bag is so heavy, my muscles strain the sleeves of my extra-long denim blouse. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He hops off his stool and opens the heavy metal door at the end of the counter. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before the doctor could stop her, she grabbed a heavy metal bottle, slammed it with full force onto her husband’s head, and stormed out of the room. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a loud popping bang, and then a heavier but also sharper explosion that ricocheted across the valley. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then ... then ... we hear this heavy, thick sound, like an explosion in a closed room, and Andy and B. J. is knocked off the hood. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had never worried about drowning in the ocean, even in heavy surf. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were hoofing heavy and looking back over their shoulders. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust toward her a heavy quilt, none too clean even in that dim light, but a gesture of kindness nonetheless. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of her, the heavy wooden doors to the palace were closed, but a smaller door set within them was unbarred, and she went to the door and pushed it open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her breathing slowed and her head became heavy. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

So up to a hilltop I trudged each day, and the heavy heat of summer made me glad for the bigger winds I found there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The slender branches went up about twenty feet and were heavy, drooping with clusters of bright red berries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are still heavy, her hair a kinky mess. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true that she didn’t have to do all the heavy cleaning herself—she had SanJuanna for that. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Most small choppers can barely hold a handful of passengers, and water is heavy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The steps in the gravel sounded heavy and ponderous, like those of a large man. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crash outside as a heavy wooden object hit the deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Folding back the heavy lid, she pushed her feet on the pedals, testing them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There are signs of snow coming; and if it falls heavy it will stop us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And I would feel that heavy rock grow weightier on my chest, while I was lying there on my back, still in bed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was so heavy that I posed for him holding Frightful on my fist. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert wore thick brown gloves and a heavy fur cloak with a hood that covered his ears, and looked for all -the world like a bear sitting a horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harrison’s murder fell upon the city like a heavy curtain. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I felt heavy lying in bed instead of floating free as I had been doing for the past week. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t make Nhamo carry anything heavy,” the nurse instructed Baba Joseph. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help thinking about the girl on the train and how she feels—like she wants to do so much but she’s held back, and it makes her feel heavy and angry. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

More than ever he hated Gebu and his heavy fist, and the evil thing he had done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My hands were too heavy to lift to my life-vest strap. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, while he sat in a heavy wooden dugout made from a huge, hollowed-out tree trunk on the headwaters of the River of Doubt, Roosevelt was worried. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The heavy pebbles tore her pocket right out of her dress. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was low now, making the shades richer and deeper, but the hot, moist wind was still heavy on my chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She glanced toward the diningroom and saw on the sideboard her mother’s heavy silver water pitcher, goblets, and tray shining against the soft green wall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The words are the same, but they are heavy. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s too thin. I want to make a lanyard, and it’s got to be a bit heavier than that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Miles raised his other hand, but it fell back down as if it were too heavy to hold up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The air is heavy around us and blackish-purple clouds roll in faster than I had expected. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was very heavy and the only way I could lift him was by kneeling and putting his legs around my shoulders. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly had thought she hated all schools so much that they no longer could pain or disappoint her, but she felt heavier with each step—like a condemned prisoner walking an endless last mile. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her voice was quieter and heavier than I wanted it to be. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We had many rooms, each filled with big, heavy tables. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment stretched out, soft and gauzy tangling with dark and heavy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She says, “You have heavy feet, Mason. You need to learn how to make them quiet.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

My head is too heavy to carry by twelve thirty. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The shadows of her thought, dull and heavy, moved across her pale thin face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was blurry—the chalk was heavier in some parts and almost nonexistent in others—but Sierra thought she could make out a human form to it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sympathy could start a fire without flint or lift a heavy weight without cumbersome ropes and pulleys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is it. Let’s get ourselves fed and watered up. Then we’re going in hot and heavy.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her words are whisper-soft, but they hit me in my chest and in my heart like heavy punches. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I walked up the stairs slowly, a heavy stupor clouding my mind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t slept much the night before, and Ruthanne’s lunch combined with the heavy afternoon air hit me like a sleeping drug. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I sometimes came out of that bakery feeling heavy with glory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I stumbled over the heavy piece of wood that Timothy had driven into the sand. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked for a heavy pan to fry the green beans, but she couldn’t find one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large room, only sparsely furnished: a long table with eight chairs, a cupboard, and a heavy sideboard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He watches Luna lean back, looks at the fine lines on his face, slightly heavier than they were before. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bats cry almost inaudibly out the attic vent and somewhere far away, on a naval ship perhaps, or way out past Parame, a heavy gun fires. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is not heavy, but it is awkward. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Smoke kept pouring out of the clay-daubed chimney, hanging heavy in the air. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You must be carrying a heavy load," Jemmy cried out. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, as they walked the trail, as the medicines grew heavy, she thought to ask: “Nokomis, do they talk to you?” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She picked up the edge of her heavy skirt and hurried through the woods. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask who the man in the drawings was, because I was afraid the answer would give me heavy boots. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His wings felt heavy and his body felt heavy and he could not fly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

An ugly girl should dress in ugly clothing, she decided, so she chose a stained brown cloak fraying at the hem, a musty green tunic smelling of fish, and a pair of heavy boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were carrying heavy objects into the house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion owned a fine suit of heavy plate, expertly crafted to fit his misshapen body. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then there was a dull rumble and a heavy thud. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seeing them laid something heavy on my heart, and I was trying not to think about it, or feel it now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His breathing grew less and less heavy and rapid until he could no longer hear it, then so slow and steady that the consciousness of breathing left him entirely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air in the evening lamplight is coagulated, like a custard thickening; heavier sediments of light collect in the corners of the living room. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moment she’d seen that sparkling net cast by the god Indra, her heart had turned heavy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a heavy pause, and June says, “I’m gonna go stress eat the cold pizza the polling people have. Sound good? Cool.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Rather than angry, I just feel heavy, useless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My stomach feels dull and heavy, as if it’s full of earth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When these heavier hydrogen atoms join with oxygen to form water, the result is heavy water—it’s about 10 percent heavier than regular water. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too heavy, too noisy, all that water sloshing everywhere. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The air tastes acrid and burnt, and it’s heavy to breathe in. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blond hair and epicene faces as clear, as cheerful and grave, as a couple of Flemish angels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Waiting by the White House entrance was a large, heavy wagon equipped with a platform and bed springs to absorb the jolts as the wagon drove to the train station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘No problem, just make sure you’re getting enough iron and protein. Hmm ... a little weak in the left shoulder. I assume you got hit with something heavy about a month ago?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

An enclosed wagon groaned along behind him, drawn by six heavy draft horses and defended by cross-bowmen, front and rear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The booms that came next were infinitely worse—the thundering of something heavy falling and the resounding crack of metal snapping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“This is so important,” said Hyacinth, walking to the window and yanking aside the heavy curtains so a beam of light from the street lamp fell right across Isa’s bed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And as a point of fact, on this day, I had heavy cowboy riding boots on, which adequately covered any area a snake would hit. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The room was cold, and the air felt heavy in their lungs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch children run past us on their way to school, backpacks heavy on their shoulders, clothes fresh, faces clean. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

My bat feels heavy, and I know if my bat feels heavy, my timing’s going to be off. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And I hated Dragonwings, not for what it had cost both my parents and me, but just for being so fat and heavy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were departing quietly, secretly, under a heavy police escort, in the middle of the night, and in less than half an hour we found ourselves at a small military airport outside the city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The machine was heavy, maybe eighty pounds, and was suspended from the ceiling by a thick rubber cord. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spread down thick and heavy over her shoulders and looked just right under a big white hat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Above me hung gnarled branches heavy with green speckled pears. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd always felt bad for her, because she was on the heavier side, and I imagined that wasn't an easy way to go through high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When my world wasn’t such a heavy place. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were glass dishes and heavy cast-iron pans. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was bigger than his brother, bigger of bone, heavier in the shoulder, and his jaw had the square sterness of Adam’s jaw. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She circled back to the front door, heavy wood painted white. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The boxcar was about four feet off the ground, and prisoners had to walk down a shaky wooden plank with a bag as heavy as a man on their shoulders. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A person must always think not to put a heavy bag on this table or it will break. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

People prayed for rain and used powerful magic to bring on the heavy purple clouds that would save the land, but all this was to no avail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It is a room dominated by heavy beams and rafters, and the floorboards have no carpet or rug to cover them, and yet the atmosphere is surprisingly cosy. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The leather was creased, heavy, and still warm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A line of arched windows ran along the south wall, but they had been closed off with heavy draperies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The air had suddenly grown cold and heavy. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was donning the heavy space gloves in preparation for his term of duty here, and his thick eyebrows drew close together. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

As the heavy ax chewed its way into the tree, it began to lean and crack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dining room sat a table with six chairs and a heavy china cabinet with glass doors. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My poverty hung around my neck like a heavy stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a thick cloud cover, heavy and threatening above us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He combed his hair with his fingers and felt the heavy coating of sand and salt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a heavy thing you have to throw,” Bernard says, like I should have known that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A rattling: someone at the main gate of the graveyard was pulling and shaking it, rattling the old gates and the heavy padlock and chain that held them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Armor and equipment proved heavy in the midday sun. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were handed winter clothing: striped shirts that were a bit heavier. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet, heavy with my soaking tennis shoes, feel El Norte beneath them, but they do not pause. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, pottery is owned by sedentary societies: what nomad wants to carry a collection of heavy pots, as well as weapons and the baby, every time he or she shifts camp? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was squarely built, with narrow eyes under heavy eyebrows, a broad nose, and full lips fuzzed with a pencil mustache. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Christmas came one morning and haggled everybody’s nerves like a dull ax—too shabby to cut clean but too heavy to ignore. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The old man wore a breastplate of heavy gold, covered with precious stones. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach tried to Eft the big box to the floor, but it was so heavy, I was afraid he’d spill it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was misshapen; her belly, tight and heavy and distended, made it impossible for her to stand without supporting herself with her hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that early autumn morning, the trees still heavy with bronze leaves, he welcomed the image for the first time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The air around my head feels warmer and heavier. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I’m a little heavy—well, bigger, I guess. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The air is heavy with an impending storm, and my head is throbbing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Emotion is heavy in her voice, and I worry that she’s about to break on me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My legs feel like they’re made out of iron or lead or whatever’s heavier that I’m sure I was supposed to learn at some point this year. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, but the air was heavy with moisture and bitterly cold. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Second: The existence of certain varieties of heavy atoms on the Earth suggests that there was a nearby supernova explosion shortly before the solar system was formed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree branches that should have been heavy with green needles were stripped clean, as if a giant had come and swept them bare with his fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s coming, it’s coming, like a bugle, a call to arms, like a wall falling, we can feel it like a heavy stone moving down, pulled down inside us, we think we will burst. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lies back down after that and pretty soon he's breathing heavy again. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Naylor’s farm is one link in a chain that includes fossil fuels, artificial fertilizer, pesticides, heavy machinery, feedlots, antibiotics, and processing plants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

That night when the heavy curtains parted to show the lit stage, the crowd yelled and clapped till Chap Cheney stood up, grinning, and took a bow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Helene thought about the trip South with heavy misgiving but decided that she had the best protection: her manner and her bearing, to which she would add a beautiful dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He drew Hazel’s spatha—never his preferred weapon, but he was big enough and strong enough that the heavy cavalry sword didn’t bother him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The track was slick, though—a heavy double downbeat you could feel in your gut and clickity-clack rim shots bouncing back and forth like two stuttering ghosts. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“We may not die from age, but we grow weary with it,” Madoc says with a heavy sigh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The metallic clink of handcuffs in someone’s heavy pocket. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heart of King Smoit, too, was heavy, for he had suffered the loss of many warriors. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The trees grew dispersedly about the sward—great elms and oaks and beeches—and Lancelot was thinking about Guenever with a heavy heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My limbs grew heavy, and after a time I found myself sitting on the porch, the corners of the boards digging into the backs of my thighs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manager, Rocky, was a heavy, well-dressed, light-skinned man with a deep voice. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We enter through a heavy wooden door in a long white wall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was only his imagination, but the air of the land around Spiral Castle had seemed, to Taran, heavy and oppressive. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even up here the air was heavy and listless. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I only have time to tell you one thing tonight because my eyelids are heavier than wet sheets. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The two claims are very different, but Aristotle never distinguishes between them, nor tests his claim that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, for he takes it to be self-evidently true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But by the time they looked up a streaking figure had reached the door, opened it, slipped through, and the heavy front door banged. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smacked it across the floor where it hit the overturned bench, but, thank the Lord, the heavy pottery did not shatter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his heavy horse and put it down with a thump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a cool night, but carrying the heavy sack has us grunting and sweating like pigs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a thickly grown garden heavy with shrubs and trees, hard to see past from the road. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her heavy shopping bag whacked me in the back, probably leaving a bruise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was powerful, heavy of shoulders and arm, but his hips were slim. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The winds blew something fierce, and heavy rains pelted the eagle and her nest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was older now—heavier, his jowls thicker, the whole face tired out, someone who had had too much of all the bad things in life. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavier she got, the more supple her body became. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they brought out their largest tomes bound in gold, the leather covers stamped with the five-cornered star of the Concordian Empire, and threw open the heavy covers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had arrived soon after a heavy rain. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waved back at him, but my heart was heavy. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Its stiff walls of heavy yellow canvas were badly faded, stained by mud and water, with spots of mildew showing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment the air was heavy with tension, and I huddled closer to Momma, fearful of what was about to happen. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Charles was moving into Macaw Cottage with an abundance of baggage, much of it heavy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy woman had come from the interior of the boat and stood on the deck, watching the crew at work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With a heavy heart he exited the studio. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The three adults took it in turns to walk in front because the lead person always received the heaviest dumping, as well as having all the hard work of dibbing holes in the snow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought I was still asleep because I often dreamed that my legs were too heavy to move. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Through such a process of transfer, what started out as a very small amount of DDT may end as a heavy concentration. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her wrists look fragile and breakable, and her long, skinny braids seem too heavy for her small body. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the hours pass I get used to the motion of the train, the heavy wheels clacking in their grooves, the industrial hum under my seat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the morning of March 27, in a heavy late spring snowstorm, it came in three lengths ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The vest is heavy and hot, and no amount of air-conditioning in the truck can cool him down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They both watched the heavy door swing open and glimpsed the light inside as two girls hurried in to beat the final bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Snow Sand was heavier and heavier on her now as she sank always down. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Henry hesitates before stiffly bumping his own knuckles against Alex’s with the heavy air of an act of treason. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Living on this artificial inland archipelago, native peoples ate a diet heavy in fish, which migrate and spawn in the flooded savannas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Already his head felt swollen and heavy and he was more comfortable with his eyes closed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I start jogging, and he stays right beside me, a heavy silence between us. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A heavy timber framework was constructed in the north tower. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was a sheets- and-towels day, and the loads were heavy; four porters really weren’t enough to carry it all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From off on the right, his heavy bulbous body lurching dangerously on the spindly legs which barely supported him, came the Overbearing Know-it-all, talking continuously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alan-at-Gate directed the dropping of the heavy iron gate, and it came down so quickly that the last man to enter narrowly missed having his head chopped off. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The heavy grate pivoted on a hinge and came up about three inches before stopping. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The voice belongs to a man, speaking in giddy Dutch with a heavy German accent. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Immediately, however, a deadly languor took possession of her and she fell into a heavy sleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotelians also held that solids are denser and heavier than liquids. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the war, however, he had to shoulder heavy burdens. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My limbs ached, heavy and leaden, and I had to put my watch away in fear it might slip from my numb fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wide arch of the Water Gate came into view, and she heard the creak of heavy chains as the great iron portcullis was winched upward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I feel heavier, like I am bearing a new burden. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The wearier she grew, the heavier Constance seemed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trap itself ain’t that heavy, but it’s got bricks in the bottom to make it sink. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel jolted awake in her little bed, blanket heavy on top of her, the small room just as heavy with night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment he could only stare at her stupidly, while the food in his mouth slowly grew heavy and dry. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered the fear on his face, the heavy rattling of his breath, and I felt certain that he’d really believed we were in danger. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She took to bearing the heaviest of her bags. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in there that you need,” she said, breathing heavy from the effort. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly exhausted, lungs squashed flat, limbs too heavy to lift. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Tell me the hen doesn't peck when the rooster crows," said Chucha with heavy sarcasm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I vaguely remember Lara standing in the doorway, the room dark and the outside dark and everything mild and comfortable but sort of spinny, the world pulsing as if from a heavy bass beat. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Besides his workbench and chair there was a heavy safe in the corner, a lavatory with a greenish mirror, and shelves full of boxes and worn-out clocks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was not quite so tall as Jaime, but he was heavier, with thick shoulders and arms that would have made a blacksmith envious. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You shut up and leave her alone!” shouted Peakes, who was about two-thirds Ron’s height, though admittedly carrying a heavy bat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were fastened with great bars, most of them too high to reach and all too heavy to lift. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Brother Paul was a large man, and when he walked through the corridor the thudding of his feet seemed to shake the walls, heavy as they were. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed that his body had turned to a piece of lead that was cold and heavy and wet and aching. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were tall and had long thin legs like deer; their heads were long and angular, with heavy bone across the eyes supporting wide sharp horns which curved out over the shoulders. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He even wore a wild zoot suit, used a heavy grease in his hair to make it look like a conk, and he wore the knob-toed shoes, the long, swinging chain— everything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little while ago, I got up and dragged that heavy box out from under. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During this meditation a heavy surge was taking him, in fact, straight on the rocks. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that rock in my chest grow harder and heavier. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A conductor gives them their bedding, heavy white cotton sheets and thin woolen blankets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I will,” I said, but I could tell by the heavy weight of her against my arm that she had finally fallen asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, her hands deep in the forbidden pleasure of her hair, she noticed she had not removed her heavy work shoes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw a heavy rock high in the air and watched it bounce off the hard ice. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The gloom makes it hard to see the heavy metal doors at the end of the bunker. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It sweeps across from all directions, not very heavy, but always sufficient to make one keep down. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ned crossed to the wardrobe and slipped on a heavy robe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He begins pulling open the heavy wooden drawers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Stroking its great fierce head, he lifted the heavy antennae, still moist and curled, and let the creature taste the flavor of his skin until it was entirely under his command. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Blore acted, he acted quickly, surprisingly so for a man who looked so heavy and slow. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He’d take a notion that life was too much for him and start drinking heavier to forget it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times the heavy gun almost slipped, from his hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly shoved and pushed and tugged the heavy chair to a place opposite the red encyclopedia. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The coffin was much heavier than we had expected, and we had to ask the guard to help. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

On her way out of the room, Lola noticed by the bed a masculine-looking suitcase of tan leather and heavy straps and faded steamer labels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The heavy dragon marched on its thousands of feet, and now above the drums came the shrilling of the fifes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no knapsack and her heavy crash bracelets missing, Tally felt practically naked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was not pretty; she looked simultaneously cross and sullen, with heavy brows and a long, pallid face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The heavy, straw-stuffed helms of chivalry had such small holes to breathe through that they felt like suffocating. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t want to get into a heavy conversation,” Mtisha said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He came fully out of the cellar and slid heavy gloves on his hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But her heart was very, very heavy as she continued to the field. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Its perfume was delicate, changing from moment to moment, sometimes light and fresh, then heavy and cloying. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cliff and Fred stood in the graveyard behind the house, their overalls drenched and heavy with rain. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He found comfort in that as his eyelids grew heavy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My arms were heavy when I put the binoculars to my eyes. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through a small opening in the debris and the molasses that pinned him, he saw Ryan working his way through heavy piles of wreckage. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The room was full of a heavy, unpleasant scent I couldn’t place. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them was a dome of pale sky barred with fleeting smoke, but it seemed high and far away, as if seen through great deeps of air heavy with brooding thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their foliage was dense and dark green, their vast trunks gold-red in the heavy evening light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They followed Alfhercht through a heavy door, and they found themselves in another oblong room, but much smaller. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Presently she returned with more money and another note; she also had a long heavy stick. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bassoonist, a man of sallow and heavy cast, said, “You carry tales.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Only then did Denna and I emerge from our hiding place, me carrying my travelsack, she with the heavy oilskin bag that held all the resin we’d found, nearly a full bushel of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to open a pair of heavy doors, twisting the handle, but they were swelled shut—so I took a running start and rammed them with my shoulder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Fear settles in my belly like one of Mama’s heavy meals. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In Erickson’s hypothetical reconstruction, as many as a million people may have walked the causeways of eastern Bolivia in their long cotton tunics, heavy ornaments dangling from their wrists and necks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Three Frey men-at-arms were using them that mom ing as Arya went to the welL She tried not to look, but she could hear the men laughing- The pail was very heavy once full. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Odin left with his heart heavy, and with much to think about. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And I found out long time ago, when I look on what I got to stand as a dang hardship or a burden, it seems too heavy to carry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She lugs heavy tomes from the shelves and sets them on a nearby table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You know you can go up, right? It’s better to do heavier weights and fewer reps,” she says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“We saw a lorry driver who agreed to carry us,” the man said, and Ugwu could tell right away that he was Master’s kinsman; his Abba dialect was heavy, each f sounding like a v. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I left the shop wearing a pair of rubber boots so large my sneakers fit inside and so heavy it was difficult to keep up with my begrudging guide. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Crossing his lawn I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall, heavy with dejection or sleep. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Because, through the heavy water, I heard the sound of an angel calling my name, calling me to the only heaven I wanted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tater wobbled and wove his way through heavy traffic and, finally, reached the other side of Atlantic Avenue. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

With crowds of people, heavy traffic, uniformed officials shouting and directing, it reminds me sharply of the Syrian border. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear,” Yossarian murmured in heavy dejection, the blood draining from his face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Conkers for bullets, crab apples and windfallen pears for heavy artillery. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Father Drozdov stepped from the crowd and approached the horseman, who squinted at the announcements with a heavy scowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But it’s too late to think about that now, already their feet are on the dusty-rose carpeting of the stairs; a heavy muted tread, pulse in the forehead. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Geels reached into his jacket and pulled out a heavy black pistol. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then a heavy blow vibrated along the length of the punt and its smooth movement was checked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody had left the door that led to the backyard open, and the blue-gray firewood smoke that hung heavy in the living room blurred the facial features of the guests. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the men resumed their burdens the next day, they had a new layer of heavy, wet slush to trudge through, and more wet snow was falling steadily. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Are you a tennis player?” she asked in a heavy British accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia’s eyes looked heavy, like she might fall asleep at any moment. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shaving by the open window, a camel-hair jacket over his pyjamas, and I in my flannel suit and heavy shoes felt clumsy and overdressed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And those heavy, hard, sharp sounds could be the depth charges that my father said were used by the Navy to sink U-boats. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With all my strength I dragged the heavy animal into the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so heavy and so ungainly, it would be just like him to break a wrist or twist his ankle getting out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They bit down, their great jaws propelled by a heavy piston attached to a large iron wheel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And on the way he found the perfect slingshot stone, round and slightly flattened and heavy enough to carry through the air. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks prettier than it sounds. And your hair is so dark and heavy . . . it’ll be beautiful. Even with the cat ears.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ear and Eye yanked on the handle, but the gate was so heavy, it moved with excruciating slowness. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy paper curled and blackened, the flame ran upward, and only when the fire was about his fingertips did Cal drop the charred chip in the pin tray. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shae sat cross-legged in the canopied bed, nude but for the heavy golden chain that looped across the swell of her breasts: a chain of linked golden hands, each clasping the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as his avatar froze, he began to take heavy laser and gunfire from all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I tasted the heavy cream and I thought: Ugh, this must be how milk tastes in America! How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The vibrasaw purred through heavy vines, parted tangled underbrush like a comb through wet hair, and sliced cleanly through metal when the odd misstroke brought the cutting edge down onto the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They told of their pain and illnesses, and cried to one another whenever their stories felt too heavy to bear alone. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was time to pull out the heavy artillery. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet the air of the valley was heavy with fear and enmity. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Like that tho men and women both do the heavy labor, women give more orders that more men follow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

This list is particularly heavy on the Hebrew, with a noticeable trend toward Irish traditionalism. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But when he tried to pull the handle, the gate proved too heavy to move. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She launches into the story of our first day, and my body relaxes, but I still feel heavy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Stella thought in fury as she swung the heavy pail to the next person. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written on the same heavy parchment as the envelope, when it was jerked sharply out of his hand by Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Constance scanned the report and picked up her heavy cudgel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sharp pain I have inside me is now just a heavy sense of sadness that aches low in my chest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bull lay heavy and black on the sand, his tongue out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was against the Gate that he would throw his heaviest weight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dad was on the tractor, still working with the heavy road roller in order to flatten the waves out of the runway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Heard him breathing heavy for a bit, then he started mumbling to himself as he settled back into bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Servants flood through the doors, pushing steaming carts and carrying heavy trays. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It had been heavy once, when we were newly married: now the faded rag in which it was tied was too big and the ends flapped loosely over the knot. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by February her mother was heavy and needed to get out of the house, to exercise a little. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeks must have passed, months, maybe even years—I felt the exhaustion creep through me, wrapping itself like a heavy chain around my center. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The clouds hang heavy over the low, flat roof of the colegio, hiding the mountains, giving everything a dull metallic sheen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure they could get it out again if they really wanted to, but it was heavy and horrible and I can’t think why they’d want to. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Wet, heavy, silent, it had already begun to cover the footsteps left by the men coming and going from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Commander Jameson leads the soldiers to a flat circular stand in the middle of the roof, a stand with the Republic's seal embedded in it and strings of heavy chains hooked around its rim. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Some of our Navajo code talkers joined in that heavy drinking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the vendors had to dodge nimbly to avoid being trampled under the heavy hooves, while the demon drivers shouted largely unintelligible curses at them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the limo receded into the distance, he felt the heavy, drugged sleepiness go away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy work has all been done by countless great-grandmothers and their mates. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia waves at them frantically from the second-story bedroom window, lost behind the tamarind tree heavy with sparrows and tawny pods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she heard heavy footsteps on the dais. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of thyme greeted him, a heavy scent that usually filled the air only by day. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I looked Coach in his eye and shook my head before exhaling a heavy, guilty breath. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“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

Each secret, each unspoken thing was round and hard and heavy and cold, like a stone hung around the necks of both grandmother and girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A shadow now lay round the edge of sight, a dark haze above which the upper sky was like a blue cap, hot and heavy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I picked Dinah up, I could feel her disappointment like a heavy weight inside me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Jennifer was coming out of her house burdened with a rolled sleeping bag and duffle that looked stuffed and heavy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He was glad to hand the child over, because the rucksack was heavy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Cayn helped him with his clothes; white linen tunic and grey cloak, trousers cut open down his plaster-sheathed leg, his badge of office, and last of all a belt of heavy silver links. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hustled along, we walked up the few concrete stairs, through the heavy double doors that led inside the school, and then up a few more stairs. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was heavy, but Tally had grown stronger since she’d come to the Smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I go to the lean-to that protects our firewood from rain and snow, and stack the heavy pieces of wood in my arms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Papa lay a heavy hand on my shoulder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Anya took the rubles and slipped them into her pocket, the weight there somehow even heavier than the horseshoes from earlier. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His face was older in the morning light, with the closed, shrunken eyelids and the heavy, iron-like beard on his cheeks and jaw. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They’d fight with myriad virtual heavy weaponry across elaborate virtual terrain, seeing which team could get fifty kills first. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I can never determine whether tobine seems it should be light, yet feels stiff and heavy, or seems ’twill be stiff and heavy and then feels too light.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She felt her face go hot, but her tongue was heavy in her mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their heavy tattooed arms waved a variety of weapons—pikes, knives, spears and long rusty cutlasses. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mamá let out a short, heavy breath, and she pressed her fingertips against the frown that puckered her brow together. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Broadly, Terryl associated heavy media use with a lack of engagement between parents and children, and less emphasis on school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It must have been heavy, but you wouldn’t have been able to tell from watching Petey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful, but it looked so heavy! Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She should be hurrying to join him—but a sadness held her back, like a heavy stone in her chest. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several dying screech owls were picked up in Wisconsin following heavy rains in spring, perhaps poisoned by feeding on earthworms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He heard what sounded like the pitter-patter of heavy rain on glass. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The senior inspector had a heavy face, rich in seams, as though carved from folded granite. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her heart was so heavy when she bade him farewell it was as if she foresaw what was to come. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence grew so heavy, Conor started to have difficulty breathing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All four of us lie there in heavy, watchful suspense and breathe as lightly as possible. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were brown too, beneath a heavy shelf of brow, her cheeks smooth and flushed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man outside was hauling a heavy metal garbage can across the alley to the high brick wall that ran around that part of the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was as heavy as a piece of canvas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As she laughed, a naked man slid his arms around her from be-hind, biting her neck and rubbing the heavy white breasts that hung loose beneath her shift. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was then that Zeitoun realized that there was a sound, a heavy mechanical drone, cloaking the air around them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s a long walk to carry such a heavy load. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was a loud crack that seemed to come from deep inside the heavy trunk. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, by Gar, I feex you!” he cried, coming back with a heavy club in his hand. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the sound a heavy metal object, say a refrigerator, might make if it were slowly being pushed across ceramic tile. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her heart shrunk cold in her chest, tiny but heavy as a lake rock. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was about as long as a baseball bat, and nearly as heavy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was curved and terrible, far too heavy for mortal fighting, plainly the work of giants. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not read the faintest sign of welcome in his thin stem lips or in the dark eyes that glowered fiercely at her from under heavy grizzled eyebrows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg, feeling absurdly out of place, hurried behind with his date’s heavy tape machine. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Fertile stuff, if it can somehow be irrigated, the loess blanketed the underlying structure like a heavy tarpaulin tossed over a piece of machinery. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Many of them wore the heavy iron chains of penitent priests. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not heavy now but monotonous, dripping onto us, splashing on the stones. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also made a heavy door and mounted it with metal strap hinges. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Violet is heavy against my arm, and for a minute I wonder if she’s asleep. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The heavy pot of rice shook as the monkeys fought violently to get free. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just behind those cliffs a volcano rose, vanishing into heavy cloud cover. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Frank begins; the hurt hanging on this one word feels heavy, like a fallen tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The air was warm and heavy with the scent of flowers, and the woods here had a gentle beauty that Sansa had never seen in the north. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Bring me real chains, real fetters, heavy ones, huge ones, and let me show my strength.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The javelin grew a heavy spear point just as it caught the driver in the chest, knocking him against his teammate and sending them both toppling out of their chariot in a backward somersault. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She rose carefully, adjusting the now much heavier bag on her shoulder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Two hours later, Harry’s huge, heavy trunk had been loaded into the Dursleys’ car, Aunt Petunia had talked Dudley into sitting next to Harry, and they had set off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I grip my toes, and with each heavy push, I move faster and farther than before, so that soon I’ve made another two loops around our yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I reached down and found its heavy weight at my side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She walks heavy, like she weighs two hundred pounds. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms ached for something heavier than trays, for something dirtier than peelings; his feet wanted the heavy work shoes, not die thin-soled black shoes that the hotel required. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The physical fitness test was set up for subjects taller, heavier, and with a greater muscle mass—in other words, men. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

My bread is not nearly as heavy and dry as it was at first. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I imagine that half-burned stick in your pocket gets heavier every day.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some sort of heavy, industrial curtain hangs the length of the building, forming a sizable corridor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They aren’t as heavy as guns, but they still feel strange in my hands, like I am not allowed to hold them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The masonry of the doorway was constructed with deep slots in it, in which heavy beams ran to and fro— heavy enough to withstand a battering ram. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, as she was frying plantains in a heavy skillet, the nausea suddenly stopped. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was that I had turned off the big highway 104 and into the smaller roads because the traffic was heavy and passing vehicles threw sheets of water on my windshield. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already, apart from many younger lads, more than a hundred sturdy hobbits were assembled with axes, and heavy hammers, and long knives, and stout staves; and a few had hunting-bows. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She pictured them together, in dark sepulchral rooms with heavy velvet drapes, discussing theology. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet felt heavy and huge, like blocks of concrete. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, Mamma returned then, arms trembling from holding a heavy silver tray laden with a teapot, teacups, and cookies and plates. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The room was old-fashioned, with heavy wooden drawers and shelves for holding jams and pickles, back when the house was built. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

His rucksack—or perhaps it is the stone deep inside—seems to grow heavier with each step. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It felt quite heavy, and rather loose, as though there were nothing holding its limbs together, inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I slide my notebook back into my book bag, retrieve the heavy yearbook, and go to the front of the classroom. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of April the air was full of summer and the small wind that lifted off the river was heavy and uninvigorating. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, before the people of the castle had got up, Lancelot heard the heavy door opening quietly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to whip around again for an even heavier slam. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was a heavy man with plump fingers and a double chin. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was not as hard or heavy as a stone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I gathered up the heavy volumes and looked round the morning-room for somewhere to put them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

To Madame Ratignolle he said the music dispensed at her soirees was too “heavy,” too far beyond his untrained comprehension. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw myself once again sweeping a courtyard and carrying heavy jugs of water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But not like a heavy dessert—and not too sweet. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She knew some English, though her accent was heavy. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Much as the children longed for more answers, it had grown late, their eyes were heavy, and Mr. Benedict deemed they should rest tonight and leave further explanations for morning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The shells begin to hiss like safety-valves—heavy fire— "Take cover!” yells somebody—"Cover!” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The logs were heavy and once they were moving in a direction they were hard to turn. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like it's weighing heavy on my chest with every breath I take, even now. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He shook his head now, admiring with genuine avidity the spread of fruit before him; strawberries arranged in turned-up cedar flats, heavy and pungent, deeply crimson and firm, a regal abundance of them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The first of the Coates shows was televised locally after it had been given heavy publicity over the weekend by the newspapers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With heavy heart, I made my way along the quays to inquire after positions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

An arm slips beneath my left arm—the one I catch with—and hooks my elbow before something heavy lands on my shoulder. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ben said, coming out of a heavy sleep. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hour of the wolf found him still awake, wrapped in layers of heavy wool and greasy fur, walking yet another circuit of the inner walls, hoping to exhaust himself enough to sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The thunder of the guns swells to a single heavy roar and then breaks up again into separate explosions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one more heavy exhale, I rang the doorbell. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mark opened his eyes, the lids so heavy he almost had to use his fingers to lift them up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Maribel and I ducked under the lowered parking gates and walked across the empty lot, our sneakers making prints in the snow, our breath heavy in the air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The snow began to fall—gently at first, but then heavier and heavier, flakes dropping and fluttering all around. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, they had little heavy weaponry at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was heavy and awkward, but I managed to carry it over next to the wheelbarrow and drop it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

Now, an hour later, Mai's arms ached from carrying her heavy backpack. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I looked slowly around at the room, eyeing its bare stone walls, feeling its strangely heavy air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"The Nazis have succeeded in one of the heaviest series of blows yet claimed against British shipping." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the open bay, though, the chop was even heavier, heavy enough to threaten to swamp the boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Massive, that means large and heavy. Thus television is the drug of fat heads. Opiate of the massives." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed disproportionately heavy for its size, but my arms were trembling slightly under their own weight, so it was hard to tell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think he’s holding the bat high enough. He’s not holding that bat high enough at all. It’s too heavy for him.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

All the crying, fear, and loneliness had wrapped a big, heavy blanket around him and told him to rest, so he had. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The mud was too heavy, and it was sucking them both under. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was too heavy to carry, so we took turns dragging her by her rear legs back toward the cars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Besides, as soon as they sat down, tiredness came over them, heavy as three folded blankets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I thanked the librarian for the bad news and went to sit at one of the big heavy tables so I could think what to do next. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a magnificent boat, solid and heavy in the water, over twenty feet long and carved from the trunk of one giant tree. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day, a vast heavy veil had been driving over London from the East, and it drove still, as if in the East there were an eternity of cloud and wind. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the wings and grip the heavy green velvet curtain until I feel the fibers crush in my fist. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She watched the outline of the mango trees in the next yard; some of them had fruit drooping down like heavy earrings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We went in through the heavy leather door that moved very lightly. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I go for a bag, and realize they’re a lot heavier than I had anticipated. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All night, she woke, slept, woke again, and it took until the darkness lightened before she felt warm enough to drop into a heavy dream. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

If the batteries failed, or when it was too dangerous to let a light show, they’d have to feel their way in the dark to fix the heavy bombs in place beneath the Po-2s’ wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

With fingers so heavy from fatigue and fear that she could scarcely force them to move, she cleared the table and put away the untouched food. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I ran, my heart heavy in my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There came the clink of a bottle being put down upon some hard surface, and then the dull scraping noise of a heavy chair being dragged across the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He reaches for the heavy silver pitcher as if to pour himself another cup. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I crowd into Cradle’s office and look for my keys—four separate rings of the big, heavy “bit” keys, which work cell doors, with center-gate, end-gate, and fire-alarm keys thrown on for good measure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the find was of obvious archaeological importance, the object was so big and heavy that in the intervening eight decades it had never been pulled out of the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began reasonably enough with the dining-room door, which they propped open with a heavy chair. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was lucky to have a heavy timber to hold on to, and I lay in the icy water with my chin on the wood, holding as easily as I could with both hands. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They held heavy wooden nightsticks and had revolvers strapped to their waists. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was falling again, wet and heavy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And to make it even heavier, sleep was closing in again, and Roger’s face was receding into shadow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One reason they persisted was that the lord of the manor could accuse the Jewish community of a crime, find the entire community guilty, and impose a heavy fine. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

At sea, heavy steel was as like to cost a man his life as to save it, he believed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he tells me, his voice heavy—so heavy and thick, my eyes snap up to his. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In the floor, dug into the rock, was a hole about ten feet across, covered by a heavy metal shield. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper heard her push a heavy bolt across it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Heavy, man," I said, knowing the answer to that one, "very heavy." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air seemed heavy and the making of words wearisome. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His footsteps thumped across the floor above them, and then came the sound of something else heavy dragging toward the door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Atlas, seeing a chance of being relieved forever from his heavy task, gladly agreed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On long marches, the boys shouldered heavy backpacks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d hugged them that very morning, in fact, before dashing out the door and driving through a heavy rainstorm to get to work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Speaking these long-held secrets brings intense relief, like the shedding of a heavy cloak in summer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My heart is already heavy, but now my throat starts to close, too. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Their heavy boots rattled the porch floor, and the boy backed quickly into the cabin as they pushed their way in. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, two slow-moving men with heavy feet came in to see the boss. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pump was near a mile from the tea water back down the island to the Lockton house, a long journey carrying heavy buckets that stretched my arms into sore ribbons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother struggled to keep her daughter afloat, but the chains were heavy and they were weak from hunger and captivity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I gave her a bat, she asked me why it was so heavy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Winging the heavy air in a straight flight a crow, maybe, would have flown but a furlong from their hiding-place to the black summit of the nearer tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I stare at the fire, thinking of Bonnie and Twill, hoping that the heavy, wet snow has erased my tracks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They broke at this table flat, unsalted bread, which was the body of the Lord, and drank from a heavy silver cup the scarlet wine of His blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was not a heavy woman, just wide-hipped from years of secretarial sitting. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can be heavy, light, dark, thin, smooth, murky, or clear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“A second offense drew a heavy fine and occasionally a rock through a window.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His breath is heavy with the scent of honey wine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"The heavy bag. Go on over and hit it. Not too hard." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lund had noted the skulls’ heavy brows, which are rare in Native Americans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It made my lungs feel heavy, my heart grow light, until the juxtaposition of the two phased into sleep. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The day had turned heavy with dampness and chill. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They fall with heavy grunts in the grass. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His feet heavy, Chaol followed after the prince, hoping Dorian wasn’t about to drag them all into serious trouble. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Matt saw the red of canyon walls, the heavy green of creosote, and a blue that was the color of the sky trapped between high cliffs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head became heavy as I thought about what we were going to do. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The prentice struck again and again, swinging the heavy iron rod lightly as a willow switch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or two I felt something fall loose and heavy on my sock. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the field a heavy silence prevailed, overpowering motion like a ruthless, insensate spell holding in thrall the only beings who might break it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She hated the drafty floors and frigid corners, and the perpetual animal reek of heavy clothes hung about the fireplace to dry. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, this leg. Oh, this leg is heavy, boy. Solid heart pine. But I carry it around, don’t I.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The heavy padding of Watney's suit saved him from many broken bones. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy boy stood and sprayed him, holding him off at arm’s length. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s the heavy gold ring hanging loosely on his middle finger that draws my eye. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

"A man could use another taste of beer. A man has a thirst, wearing these heavy bracelets." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The seething impossibility of their predicament was like a heavy deluge of black water flooding around him, dragging him toward surrender. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They draped these over the balky apparatus and localized the radiation source to Kamen’s fly, which evidently had collected a heavy burden of waste radio-phosphorus from Kamen’s work for John Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of Noodles and what he did, or rather what he didn't do, made the skin on my face heavy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

All that remained from before was his leonine white mane and his heavy silver cane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy feeling like you get when you eat more calories than you can bum off efficiently came down inside of me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When day broke he pushed his way out of their den, the tarp heavy with snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was defended by trenches, heavy machine guns, and artillery. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another displayed a gigantic turtle, strung up by its legs on iron chains, heavy as a horse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“My bag gets pretty heavy on catalog days. And around Christmastime, I guess.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was only stunned for a moment, but by the time I had regathered my wits, I had a heavy hand clamped over my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Quincy, having already heard about the meeting that night, put a finger to his lips and shook his head, at the same time glancing at the heavy, lonely figure of Otis. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following them there were some heavy trucks painted olive drab, and behind them came the troops. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reality crashes back in like a heavy ocean wave. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The story sounded ridiculous, but suddenly the piece of driftwood seemed more sinister, colder and heavier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So I’m taking a few days off from heavy labor. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a heavy heart, I climbed the steps to our apartment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It produced a tearing of the lung and heavy internal bleeding and also went through the esophagus. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet are heavy as I trudge behind her, and while I hear the beat of the music, my body isn’t interested in moving to it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

So, came his first free day when the skies, though still cloudy, did not look like rain, Father announced we were flying it even though we had to wear boots and heavy coats. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell the way it sat firmly on the ground that it was heavy, probably filled with water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to pick him up, but he was too heavy, and the shame of it pushed him further under. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A broad, brightly colored map of the coastline was spread on the master’s desk, weighted at each end by a heavy book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hatchet; not sight but touch told him —a hatchet with a heavy worn handle and a heavy gapped rust-dulled blade. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Pink didn’t help me, there was no way I could get that heavy cage into the auditorium. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay?” he asked, but I felt heavy and light at the same time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The harvest was good that year in Raynar Northbrook's lands, and they feasted often on the heavy oaken table that sat in his great hall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Heavy? One gallon heavy? Why, I’ve carried as much as four gallons clear from that big end tree to the flatboat, and you know it!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was designed in the Western style, a long strand, each bead the same size and of an identical pinkish tone, with a heavy brooch of ornate silver to clasp the ends together. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She underhands it to me, but the ball is heavier than the bat, and even though I swing hard, the ball goes straight down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She was a heavy woman whose powder, a shade too pale for her, caked in the creases of her throat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know words could be so heavy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"It is heavy as it needs to be to make you strong, and for the balancing. A hollow inside is filled with lead, just so. One hand now is all that is needing." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The piece of glass in his pocket would be heavy enough for the job. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then there was the heavier rooting around of an armadillo, stupid and awkward in its heavy armor. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t have to worry about that silence, that heavy, lasting silence that has been following us around since long before she left me in my room with the lights off. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We copied them from the British, and even the British had forgotten their original purpose, which was possibly to support a heavy sword. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was coming on, always singing, with a slow, heavy pace. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody hefted two heavy coils of rope into the space between the mob and Wash and his father. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had one shot and he knew his aim had to be perfect, since the man was wearing a heavy winter coat and wouldn’t feel a thing from his neck to his feet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She could hear Trotter’s heavy breathing at the other end of the line. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I feel his heavy breaths against my cheek. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tried lifting the branch off him, but it was too large and too heavy with snow and ice. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tyrion garbed in heavy quilted breeches and a woolen doublet, and over it all he had thrown the shadowskin cloak he had acquired in the Mountains of the Moon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mary could sometimes churn while Ma rested, but the dash was too heavy for Laura. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A female voice this time; a girl, short, with a thick waist and heavy bosom, clad in ornate armor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You for my sake—I for yours,” he said, and laughed again, a slight cheerful sound in the heavy silence. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they did not row they bailed, for the seas broke heavy on the ship. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The day was growing hotter, the air as thick and wet as damp wool, and the pails seemed to grow heavier with every step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined Mother and Father lying in their big mahogany bed with its heavy carvings of cherubs and fruit. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Across the opening there was, as Jenner had predicted, a coarse screen of heavy wire. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And in the next moment, he was out in the dark, quiet street, heaving his heavy trunk behind him, Hedwig’s cage under his arm. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The Drowned Forest,” he said, his breath coming fast and heavy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The living room has two big windows with heavy curtains that shut out the spring sunshine. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

From a great pile of heavy blue wool she pulled a small tuft, caught it in the wire teeth of one board, and drew across it the second board till the fibers were brushed flat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper was amazed that a bit of rubber could be so heavy as he helped Scipio to heave it overboard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mood in the car was heavy, and at first I regretted having suggested the diversion, but the moment Dad saw the falls he was transformed, elated. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Will’s eyes widened to see the alethiometer; the tiny symbols painted around the face, the golden hands, the questing needle, the heavy richness of the case took his breath away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seventy dollars’ worth of heavy,” I say, smiling. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The heavy brief case that he was carrying bumped against his knees at each step, sending a tingling sensation up and down the skin of his leg. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I pass through the heavy front door of B-block, there are ten locked gates between me and freedom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up one of the books and thumbed through the heavy bloated pages. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then Sunny breathed out a heavy puff of air and her face seemed to melt, get all soft. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Ben carried a basket into the school bus that was very heavy although he could not see the cargo since it was covered with a layer of Spanish moss. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance hunched her heavy shoulders and glared about with a ferocity that set them trembling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The handle is smooth and cool, and the sword is heavy. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He smiles, but the rest of his face is heavy with disappointment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For instance, in rocky terrain, he would wedge a branch under a heavy stone and make it roll down a mountain toward his enemies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, my head got heavy, and I sat down on the couch in front of the TV. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the heavy mug in her own hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Roza hid the heavy knife under a loose stone in the floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her hair, her clothes, they were all heavy with the cold water, but she stood quietly, calm and regal as a mermaid queen who had just arrived out of the sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice pack surrounding the continent had been particularly heavy that year, and it wasn’t breaking up as quickly as usual. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The rollers turned and the heavy block slid forward easily, like a truck on wheels, in the direction of the new hole. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were heavy footfalls behind them, and a great deal of puffing: Slughorn had just caught up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t raise his head, it felt so heavy. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Standing there alone, I now heard another noise behind me, like somebody breathing heavy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Across the boy's shoulders his cloak hung heavy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I heard a heavy metallic thunk as my purchases slid into the steel tray near my knees. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Both irons were small, but they were heavy and had their own way of being moved across the cotton fabric. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her perfume was close and heavy; breathing it was like swallowing big red roses; it choked him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona, filled with embarrassment at her sudden nakedness, looks down at the object of the captain’s fascination: a heavy ship’s rope disappears inside her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a bulky, heavy beast, almost ten years old. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I'll bet we've gone ten miles at least, because my legs think it's a hundred, and even as light as Freak is, he's starting to feel heavy. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pima spent too much time around heavy crews. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been in heavy combat before, and like many of the others, he was scared, not sure what to expect or how he would behave in combat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The silence in the room is heavy, and Anu's lids look sleepy. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We hear Mrs. Byrne rustle down the stairs, undo the heavy locks, open the squeaky door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At first she staggered under the weight—she had not expected that they would be so heavy—then she steadied herself and began to walk up to the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Whirling away from the one he had crippled, Rontu faced him, but not in time to fend off the first heavy rush. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland always spoke so carefully that each syllable seemed to be filtered through his sullen, heavy lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s so heavy it bends my wrist back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The right wing was all cavalry, some four thousand men, heavy with the weight of their armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re not even as heavy as a little bag of dried-up aspen leaves.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Shorty and I stroll right on out of there, heavy one fake gold locket. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But apparently the latch used to keep it shut wasn’t heavy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Besieged by fierce sparrows, rat sentries leaped in panic from the top of the ramparts; those who stayed were dealt with by Jess Squirrel who swung a heavy iron chain around like a deadly flail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a moist, hot September day and the air was heavy enough to exact a toll from anyone consuming it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you think it will be too heavy for you tomorrow?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

One morning, in a heavy downpour, he wandered back to his Wellington hotel at four-thirty and lay down heavily with his writing tablet to compose a letter to his parents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry was a big man, well over six feet tall, large in the hands and feet, heavy in the bones. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas watched, speechless, as Gaily staggered to his feet and walked forward, dragging his right leg with a heavy limp. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I held up my newly heavy purse in one hand and shook it, knowing he could tell the ring of true Cealdish silver inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joe wandered quietly on plush carpeting through a maze of corridors, leading to a full cocktail bar, then a cigar shop, then a writing room, and then a library with oak paneling and heavy beams. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The house was still filled with midnight and ghosts, but as they closed and locked the heavy kitchen door behind them they saw it was close upon dawn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not huge, but it’s heavy enough that I have to grab it with both hands. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In the distance, Annabeth heard shrieks, screams, and a persistent boom, boom, boom that was too fast to be the heartbeat in the ground—more like something large and heavy, running at full speed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But I’m not sure I can make it down the ladder with the heavy pot of oatmeal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was surprisingly heavy—no burden for her, of course, but she marveled at his strength. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But on the fifth try, I manage to swing the latch up at exactly the right angle, so that when it comes down again, it clicks into place with a heavy noise. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was dry and there was no heavy heat. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slaves set up the heavy copper tub in the comer of the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wondered if the coffin was very heavy and, if so, how Henry would manage. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They bent their backs to unload heavy crates from ships and trains, or to carry pallets of bricks to and from construction job sites; their daughters scoured pots and boiled laundry. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Air and water were heavy or light depending on the circumstances in which they found themselves—depending on whether they were above or below their proper location. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We heard the footsteps stop outside Irene’s door, but there was empty time between the end of those steps and the heavy rap of his knuckles: ghost time. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Our assembly line was the grill; our heavy machinery, the soda fountain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I found it and now I’ll wear heavy boots for the rest of my life? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a gray day, the clouds so low and heavy and ready to rain that they begged, Ralph thought, to be punched. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been heavy rains all spring, making the ponds deeper than usual. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was very heavy and stiff from disuse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He had never been fat, but he had been slightly heavy with a litde extra weight just above his belt at die sides. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy figure in black was leaning on the winch, while a second held the cage with a gloved hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Inside it’s quiet and heavy and dark, and my eyes take a moment to adjust. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garage door began to lift and, in the glow of the red taillights, the silhouette of a man pushed the heavy door all the way up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Dead fish and gooey vegetable matter were exposed and rotted, while swarms of insects droned in the heavy, humid air. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Once again, his eyes fling disapproval over me like a heavy veil. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the morning wore on the wind fell and the air grew heavy with expectancy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We still didn’t know exactly what was making them so heavy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled the heavy door open, stepped inside, and looked around. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

While other kids were swimming and playing baseball, de la O was out in the hot sun, weeding, picking beans, and pulling heavy sugar beets out of the ground. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He felt how his suit hung on him, sodden and heavy; still, he was happy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems to have affected Madam Mina; she has been so heavy of head all day that she was not like herself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The air was split by the shriek of the heavy iron wheels, which threw spinning sparks over the rails as one car after another rattled past. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

July is the midpoint of the rainy season; the air, though cool, is heavy and humid. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cart was not heavy, but the man walked slowly, as if he were pushing the weight of the world. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the heavy hands of the courtroom clock tick round to midday, and a solemn bong is heard. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The road had no heavy load of traffic to support; there were few sharp curves or intersections where brush could obstruct the driver’s vision. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After heavy rains, I would wake to this same odor, the walls damp with condensation. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And his talking had eased from his shoulders a heavy burden. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The courthouse was surrounded by a heavy chain and patrolled by a strong police force. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, children wore heavy, practical shoes that felt like they would outlast a steel monument, so whenever you could go barefoot, you appreciated it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t a big dog, but she felt pretty heavy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without stopping, he waded into the water and used the edge of the stream as a pathway to avoid the heavy underbrush. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We heard his heavy footsteps on the wooden slats of the porch. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book got heavier as I handed it over. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maddy let him go, stood back up, breathing heavy and nodding like some kind of warrior. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My clothes and shoes are getting heavier and heavier. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Without a squawk Vonetta gathered up all of the paper— and there was a heavy snowfall of paper. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives it everything she's got, and I swear it feels like her words come down heavy and hard, beating on us just as bad as a leather strap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The lush green of the Delta and the heavy damp smell from the fields helped me get my mind on something other than R.C.’s bullying. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

We go through the heavy double doors into the pre-op area, and then into a room slightly down the hallway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then she stood against the door like a propped tree, and they all waited for the heavy steps of the soldier to fade. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I cranked up a playlist of alternative rock that was heavy on Pearl Jam. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

From it a red-faced, cherubic-looking man, evidently in his mid-fifties, wearing a heavy and impressive Russian-style greatcoat, stepped and, smiling, his hand extended, approached Rick’s car. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bugs were spattered all over the windshield and the sky promised a heavy, hot day. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was alone in the room, seated at a heavy wooden table, an oil lamp beside him as he wrote. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The soft pattering of raindrops against our straw hut makes my eyelids heavy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaw came out a moment later with one of her heavy wooden kitchen chairs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In summer, heavy rains lash the Mississippi Valley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z