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Example sentences for: heavy-handed

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Crafty Japanese trade villains aren't the only heavy-handed ethnic stereotype in The Phantom Menace . As the story continues, the heroes slip past the evil Japanese to a nearby planet.
Neither mother nor daughter is made distinctive this time around, except in the most heavy-handed way.
After describing the production as heavy-handed in its use of melodrama, or the music clichéd, each reviewer makes a point of singling out a few elements of the show for praise.
The otherwise repellent Bunt is redeemed by his somewhat ridiculous infatuation with Mei-ping, and the at times heavy-handed tale of the factory sale gives way to a more interesting story, a love triangle of sorts among Bunt, Mei-ping, and Bunt's mother, Betty.
An entire chapter is devoted to the concept of "smallest effective difference," showing how distinctions that are subtle but clear (two light colors on a map, say) can be far more powerful visually than any amount of heavy-handed contrast--as useful a lesson in writing as it is in graphic design.