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Example sentences for: heavy-handed

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The execution is even more problematic: There is an abundance of bad acting, heavy-handed moralizing, obvious dialogue--and, of course, the obligatory elderly Indian skulking about to highlight the mysticism of the situation.
I want to say it's subtle, but I also want to say it's heavy-handed.
Neither mother nor daughter is made distinctive this time around, except in the most heavy-handed way.
Even for a Grisham novel, The Street Lawyer is said to be insubstantial, with "an unlikable hero, a slapdash plot and some truly awful prose" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Grisham's social commentary is called both worthy and heavy-handed: His "depictions of the poor read like something turned in by a cub reporter" (Deirdre Donahue, USA Today ). The book is expected to sell out its 2.8-million-copy first run.
Spiegelman's New Yorker covers are heavy-handed, with their predictably inflammatory subjects.