Example sentences for: heavyweights

How can you use “heavyweights” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Despite a screenplay by William Goldman and performances from acting heavyweights Gene Hackman and Judy Davis, reviews of Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort are mixed, at best.

  • The paper sees in the end-of-the-day exchanges between Starr and Clinton's personal attorney David Kendall "a dramatic prime-time showdown of legal heavyweights."

  • The poor woman was like a ping-pong ball being battered back and forth between these two heavyweights [Clinton and Kenneth Starr], and I feel nothing but compassion for her.

  • Among media heavyweights the story was about as welcome as a piece of kryptonite.

  • The story also scores how Washington state business heavyweights line up on the ballot initiative: Boeing and Nordstrom are against, and Microsoft is expected to stay neutral.


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