How To Use Hefty In A Sentence

Each is a large openwork steel construction with a two-part structure consisting of a hefty table-height base supporting a second, somewhat larger element, which rises to a level slightly above our heads.
His eight wickets came at a hefty price. Times, Sunday Times
You got a big hefty looking bloke who looked like he could handle himself in a barney, put him and a bunch of like mates out on the streets at all hours of the day and night as a visible presence.
There are hefty charges across the board for one-way rental.
I feared enormous crowds at Chawton paying hefty admission fees to file past animated wax figures.

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I used to muzzleload, had a TC Hawkin flintlock, as heavy as that barrel is it would take alot to burst it, dunno if "modern" muzzleloaders are as hefty or not, but I assume they are just for product liability reasons. Flying Ramrods and Broken Noses
While not hefty, this double bill offers two sharp little splinters of wit. Times, Sunday Times
ZUCCHINI The sight-saving plant pigment called lutein is lost in cooking; so is vitamin C. BROCCOLI Eat it raw, and you'll get a hefty helping of potent plant nutrients that lower your risk of blood clots, plus vitamin C, and an enzyme that may demolish precancerous cells. Thestar.com - Home Page
Naturally, this meant a hefty amount of foreign travel.
While not hefty, this double bill offers two sharp little splinters of wit. Times, Sunday Times
This is a hefty blow, considering that it represents half of the already poor profits the company expected to announce for its next interims on 23 November.
Contacts in Europe identify vessels that will command a hefty ransom and follow their voyage until they are within range of the gangs. Times, Sunday Times
A tiny hut that looks abandoned gives up the little gateman, who steps outside, smiles, and holds the key to the hefty padlock. San Blas, Nayarit
Cross the road for an enormous show of Liverpool-born Tony Cragg's hefty colored sculptures, some of which are dotted about the glorious permanent architectural "landform" earthwork by Charles Jencks in front of the building. An Explosion of Visual Arts
Like your favorite hole-in-the-wall taco place – these hefty Hispanic ho's are Open 24 hours!
But companies also have to pay hefty state or city taxes.
These sites can pay some hefty kickbacks when you click through them to buy goods at many established retailers. Times, Sunday Times
It was largely unnoticed until shed and swimming pool owners began to receive hefty bills. Times, Sunday Times
This was a hefty dose, half a fatal dose for a healthy individual. THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician
Experts are warning against using claims companies as hefty fees will reduce the compensation individuals receive. Times, Sunday Times
The greatest help in setting a strategy is a hefty slice of cynicism and the openness of mind to re-examine cherished beliefs.
I give it a hefty kick in my utter frustration at not being able to unlock it.
Will leave you with a pic of my now hefty girl looking very Victorian with a big bumbo skirt! Tequilamonky Diary Entry
SAMANEA SAMAN is a truly noble tropical tree. It has a sturdy, smooth, pale grey trunk mostly divided near its base into a few hefty branches that grow almost horizontally to support its monstrous parasol canopy.
Piles of comics and bagels litter the top of a hefty dining-room table not far away.
As expected, band practice takes up a nice, hefty chunk of their time.
The reduction or removal of hefty charges for quitting the deal before the term expires is also improving the appeal of ten-year loans. Times, Sunday Times
That is unless you're prepared to shell out a hefty sum to a ticket tout.
The government received a hefty dose of bad news this week.
A third guy, who copped a hefty fine and a community-based order on a burglary charge, wandered in wearing an old pair of trackie daks (with a hole in one knee) and a tatty old jumper.
People caught driving jet skis and speed boats in a manner that endangers bathers and other water users in Tramore Bay will face a hefty fine of up to €1200 under new by-laws that come into effect next month.
If you redid it now with minimal changes to the script and setup, and a hefty FX budget, I reckon it'd go down rather well…
He was standing, waiting, his hefty bulk swathed in wraps that made him look like a particolored pillow.
She ran towards it and picked up a hefty bottle by the neck.
All the other farmers in the area eventually sold off their land to developers, reaping hefty paydays.
The partnership behind it insists it is a serious effort at fusion food, born of 18 months of culinary and market testing, and backed by a hefty investment from a leading Edinburgh food company.
All of them are virtually black, and their tall, narrow, hefty bodies make them look like crude cannons, pointing in every direction as if fearing attack from all sides.
Those who want a more complete picture of Kelly must consult the hefty, liberally illustrated catalog.
The residents of the complex are parting with a hefty sum every month for the maintenance of the garden.
It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
A giant pliosaur, nicknamed Predator X, had a hefty bite. Fossils: Tiny Dinos, Predator X
Failure to do this could result in a hefty bill for damage caused by another user. Times, Sunday Times
The consultant, Loren Thompson, argued that the price tag of the new fighter should be given as a "unit recurring flyaway" cost, which includes only the cost of producing the aircraft, but does not include what are called nonrecurring costs, meaning the hefty amounts spent on research and development to build the basic technology. Main page collection
However, this deal comes with a £499 upfront arrangement fee, plus a two-year lock-in with a hefty early settlement penalty.
These sites can pay some hefty kickbacks when you click through them to buy goods at many established retailers. Times, Sunday Times
But it is likely to come with a hefty price tag, and the money may be better spent in a growth sector such as radio.
At 79, she is a prodigy of youthful energy in hoisting a hefty bundle of old tricks.
We have been left a legacy of ugly, vacant and derelict land and also a hefty financial burden to clean it up.
It also accounts for the hefty price tags. Times, Sunday Times
The teams face hefty repair bills by the time the chequered flag flies. Times, Sunday Times
So, potential migrants are schooled to New Zealand standards, while imbibing Kiwi culture for several years - and all the while forking over hefty sums.
They had laid cash, including a hefty tip, on the silver plate, and commandeered an unused dessertspoon to act as a paperweight.
His wages would match those of some of the league's highest earners and Madrid would certainly want a hefty fee. Times, Sunday Times
If you need to exit during that time, you could face hefty early repayment charges. The Sun
The numbers were broadly in line with forecasts and management sought to underline its confidence with a hefty rise in interim dividend of 45 per cent. Times, Sunday Times
The tears jest run down most everybody's face, and when the mourners wuz addressed, why, big, hefty men all round me jest boohooed right out. Samantha at the World's Fair
An unlabeled hazmat container can lead to a hefty fine and to other penalties.
Translated by Andrea L. Purvis, with a introduction by Rosalind Thomas, The Landmark Herodotus is a hefty tome that will delight any historian or fan of Herodotus and the classical Greek period. “The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories” by Herodotus, Robert B. Strassler, Andrea L. Purvis (Pantheon, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog
The door windows are frameless, de rigueur for a coupé, and blacked-in edges to the rear side windows disguise the hefty centre pillars behind.
The specter of a hefty debt load dissuaded Jason Tomlinson from enrolling to study business at Berkeley College, a for-profit school with locations in New York and New Jersey. Party Ends at For-Profit Schools
The economy emerged yesterday as a key battleground in the British general election with Labour vaunting its financial competence while the opposition Conservatives promised hefty tax cuts.
But taxpayers also get hit for hefty court bills. The Sun
The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy.
Not much cop considering that the game requires a hefty one hundred of the little blighters to be meandering about at once!
And here in Cologne, I had a plate of blutwurst with mashed potato mixed with cooked apple, and a hefty dollop of fiery German mustard. Archive 2004-12-01
Since the February election, the administration has been criticized for handing out unscrutinized contracts to cronies, giving hefty unapproved pay raises and spending government funds for personal uses. Stroger-Run Jobs Program Loses Millions Through Mismanagement
The walls are pleasingly solid, and the doors hefty wood, with two between the bedroom and the corridor, a boon for light sleepers.
Nancy at times, when he got a little hefty would watch his diet.
And if they won the council would face hefty legal costs.
She was quite a hefty woman.
That penalty could be a hefty price, considering how many communities depend on federal funds.
The company does not expect a hefty compensation bill as other insurers have also experienced tough times.
To that end, NBC has paid Miss Robinson a hefty £1 million for 13 shows, a salary that could increase sevenfold if it is a long-term ratings winner.
received a hefty bonus
Either they could spend 60 days in the slammer with no chance of parole, and pay a hefty fine, or they could go for the second option.
The health-conscious approach persists, with requests for a dentist on site from artists midway through hefty European tours.
A disabled car owner has been left with no transport and a hefty bill after vandals sprayed his car with a corrosive substance.
But it does have a hefty price tag. The Sun
However the disposal of some fixed assets cushioned the impact of the hefty £82m interest bill and this helped BA to report a modest profit before tax of £5m.
Nearby, a hefty fellow with a little orange windsock pinned to his baseball cap quips, ‘Hell, the safest place to stand with this guy is on the target!’
I feel the full force of her anger in a hefty whack across my nose.
Forget about the hefty bar tabs and the dinner bills: talk or chat the night away, and when the time is right, you can personally meet each other and have the time of your lives.
It was a hefty hiner, a colossal caboose, a ginormous jiggler, a gargantuan thong-gobbler, a massive boo-tay. Wilberteets Diary Entry
Facing having to pay out a hefty divorce settlement, he had the motive. He also had form, having nearly strangled Arlene to death just weeks both she disappeared.
I am inundated every day with hefty, couriered packages telling me about the new Disney release or the next big thing out on EMI.
These will be hit worst by the hefty 8 per cent surcharge on corporation tax imposed in the budget. Times, Sunday Times
As a Tory backbencher in 1988, Nicholson was vice-chairman of a parliamentary committee that rejected the expansion of automatic incarceration, asserting that it doesn't work, overcrowds jails and takes too hefty of a social and financial toll. Canada.com Top Stories
And in some areas it appears students are prepared to pay some pretty hefty rents to secure what they want. Times, Sunday Times
An even more physically astounding feat than the shot, frankly, was how quickly hefty Magic Johnson had his offensive lineman 's girth up out of his courtside seat to celebrate Bryant's shot.
And when borrowing ensure that a hefty margin of safety is built in to the amount that you can repay.
That is a hefty hike when the rest of government is living under what amounts to a freeze.
The Chinese renminbi is widely considered by economists to be undervalued - perhaps by as much as 40 percent, representing a hefty subsidy for Chinese exports. House slaps China on currency policy, deepening trade dispute
The public sector tends to suspend people on full pay rather than risk cases going to employment tribunals and ending in hefty compensation payments. Times, Sunday Times
Leon says people on the road need to treat their laptops as if they were hefty, bulky wallets.
It begins with a hefty amount of thinly slivered onions, sautéed until lightly caramelized and then doused with a mixture of egg and heavy cream, poured into a tart shell, and baked to golden.
Investigators are predicting more guilty pleas and hefty settlements.
‘It's supposed to be strawberry milkshake,’ he explains, before glugging a hefty shot and offering up a plate of shortbread.
And if those contingency plans are going to work – and the airlines are to avoid hefty DOT fines – airports need to be ready to provide the extra ground operations support and in-terminal services for an increase in diverted flights and for the additional planes that need to return to the gate. Are airports ready for the three-hour rule?
Now red-faced party officials are facing a hefty bill to refund all the postage charges. The Sun
a hefty athlete
You had been charged a hefty sum for extras you didn't need. The Sun
Each chapter has a select bibliography which will be very useful for scholars and students alike and which makes a hefty book eminently manageable. The Times Literary Supplement
By this time, Santiago had poured a hefty slug of rum into a cup and handed it to Jesse.
All three have been touted as potential suitors for the Edinburgh-based bank in the past, and may yet be able to persuade their shareholders that it is worth paying a hefty premium for whisking her away from under Halifax's nose.
While not hefty, this double bill offers two sharp little splinters of wit. Times, Sunday Times
Weighing in at a hefty 6.5 pounds and sporting an embossed reproduction of the head of Albrecht Durer's Rhinoceros on the soft-bound cover, this catalog delivers a fascinating look at the scientific technology of the sixteenth century and the celebrated artists who participated in it. Jane Chafin: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge
He whips off his white suit with silver-sequinned lapels to reveal a tank top and then straps on a gold-appliqued cummerbund onto his hefty waist. North Korea stages its biggest magic show ever
Of course, only a low-down sneak would at this point suggest that such a punitive policy should include hefty fines for wealthy parents whose children are found being sick in Leicester Square after completing their exams.
These sites can pay some hefty kickbacks when you click through them to buy goods at many established retailers. Times, Sunday Times
Villa do not want to pay hefty compensation but are keen to resolve the issue. The Sun
The evening's entertainment concluded with yobbos trying to evade the patrol of hefty stewards to get to the pitch.
Weld scars confirmed his suspicion that a hefty furnace engine had been appended to its original short hop retro reaction coil system.
It's a hefty task, seeing as each of her children is manoeuvring their way through a litany of oddball obsessions and neuroses.
Would it be cheaper for states to pay for fat reduction surgery for their overweight residents, or pony up to cover the hefty long term medical costs of obesity?
Not long ago, a job in the private sector was the preferable option for graduates seeking rapid career progression and a hefty wage
They moved to Nevada, built a beautiful new dream home, which they paid off completely, and still banked a hefty sum after taxes.
As the cofounder, part-owner, and chief scientific officer of Ambergene, Cano stood to earn a hefty chunk of any windfall that might result.
They began as a hefty team that fancied their chances. Times, Sunday Times
He's taken a hefty kick in the face for his troubles, mind.
It was at this point that a woman in a hessian pinny and a tape measure thrown round her neck walked in holding two hefty period garments.
Or, possibly, a union rally for lumberjacks, stevedores or teamsters - there were a lot of gruff, hefty, plaid-shirted figures in attendance.
We piled off the bus at dusk, just as a hefty man on a scooter pulled up.
Suddenly Steve jumped in front of me and, with a hefty shove, threw me into the river.
Whip out a reasonably hefty checkbook and you'll find lots of smooth operators ready to sell you a Latin American beachfront condo, Swiss bullion account or sure-thing Chinese stock, all wrapped up in an impressive-sounding trust or LLC. Safehaven
A hefty Pallas's gull, may cast a glacial eye at them, winging slowly past, its intentions piratical.
The stern and wild leitmotif was underlined with a hefty and very pleasant fruit dumpling in butterscotch sauce to finish.
Plus, the company reinvests only 6 percent of revenue into advertising and gets a hefty 55 percent of its sales from organic search, which insulates the company from rising pay-per-click advertising rates.
Details of their hefty pay slips have drawn both intense criticism and astonishment from the public.
Not merely donkeys chase after carrots, urged by a hefty stick, when the alternative is no job and no pension.
Prison officers face jail and a hefty fine for disclosing information about inmates under draft legislation published yesterday.
I finally decided to splurge on the grilled salmon, offered at a hefty $18.
The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy.
The delicate state of the world's financial markets has been blamed for a hefty drop in profits at Cazenove, one of the oldest broking firms in London.
The memoirs note the nightly patrols by proctors searching for students, an offence liable to bring hefty fines and other impositions.
But there was no shortage of beefy tackles and hefty challenges in the long standing tradition of Scottish football.
The businessman, played by 1970s vedette Donald Piton, also demands a hefty bribe.
Workers have been offered a hefty redundancy package as part of a deal already on the table.
Now, lets get busy raising consciousness about the need for a hefty tax increase to pay for the social services that are needed to stop outraged, unappeased, and unaccomodated N-people youth from shooting each other in the head. Mathematics for Activists
The Earl took a hefty chug of brandy from his bottle.
Previous models have combined loads of features and award-winning compact designs - albeit at a hefty cost.
Now if this is not enough one must report in every three months or face a hefty fine of 200 baht a day.
That is a hefty hike when the rest of government is living under what amounts to a freeze.
Kreuger made money from money, offering hefty dividends to attract investors to the repeated share offerings from his companies.
Pile on the guac, which contains hefty doses of fiber, vitamins and minerals, as well as phytonutrients that can help protect against prostate cancer.
A hefty whack when you were only earning 48 weekly.
The hostesses who pour drinks in Japan's sleek gentlemen's clubs were once shunned because their duties were considered immodest: lavishing adoring (albeit nonsexual) attention on men for a hefty fee.
Consequently some people become sucked into what they see as an exclusive club which will eventually pay them a hefty financial dividend.
This hefty softcover is a facsimile collection of thousands of exotic and sensational photographs dating from around the turn of the century when news of any sort from far away lands was rare. Boing Boing: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005 Archives
Apart from a hefty dose of vitamin C, lemons also offer a substance called limonene which is believed to have anti-cancer properties.
On top of all that detail, we have a hefty helping of cliches and bromides.
Harry gave him a hefty shove and he fell over.
The hefty tax refunds many were predicting this year didn't exactly come true for millions of Americans.
Don had a hefty roll of flab overhanging his waistband.
German homeowners and gardeners who attempt to destroy an ant hill or subterranean nest will be subject to hefty fines if caught.
He teams hefty tweeds with tattersall, checks and plaids and brown suede shoes, sometimes with a bright sweater-vest. Roger Stone: StoneZone's 2011 Best and Worst Dressed
In one corner was a hefty table of corporate lawyers (no interesting earwigging there); in another sat the insurance posse; over to my left were the corporate finance crew.
Normally, you need some pretty hefty (and expensive) equipment for this kind of submersion cooking, but Viestad reasoned that the water from his kitchen tap was hot enough to do the job. The Kitchn
The public sector tends to suspend people on full pay rather than risk cases going to employment tribunals and ending in hefty compensation payments. Times, Sunday Times
He is listed as the billionaire whose net worth declined the most, a hefty 91 per cent.
You may also still be liable for a hefty service charge. Times, Sunday Times
Single stamped outer and inner side panels with multi-piece reinforcements and hefty, seat cross members add to the body's stiffness.
This was a hefty dose, half a fatal dose for a healthy individual. THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician
Now there was a fellow as tough as a maddened bear - a hefty, red-haired chap with a voice as strong as his muscles.
A hefty and bulky taxi pod slammed onto the docking lane from their right through another open gate.
It also accounts for the hefty price tags. Times, Sunday Times
While some programs do cost a hefty amount, most are on the lower end.
Both the transmission controls are heavy, and the all-disc brakes need a hefty shove despite their servo.
Venison with braised red cabbage sounds like a hefty, butch dish.
There are some hefty themes for what proves to be a weighty, worthy, serious-minded film.
With there being so little pressure exerted over this particular stretch, the river bed consisted chiefly of hefty, head shaped boulders, with just a smattering of shale between each one.
Most of these already hefty meals were ‘washed down’ with jorums of ultra-sweet beverages, notably indigenous preparations of robust viscosity like snowball, or punches made from peanut butter, barbadine, soursop and seamoss.
The losing trialist also scored a hefty reward, from betting on himself to win his heat and se mi-final as well as from the money he was allowed to bet on the race winner at long odds.
My theory is that his wheelchair was lifted off the transporter pad by a couple of hefty young officers.
Not such a princely sum that we deserve a hefty tax bill simply because we have been good savers, surely? Times, Sunday Times
Nate, the snowcat mechanic, gave me a ride over the pass to the Chevron in Garden City in his ancient Ford, its hefty exhaust leak filling the cab with fumes.
The scheme will dramatically undercut payday loan firms' hefty interest charges. The Sun
It is 60 kilometers from the roadway into Calakmul and the site is very large with a hefty walk from the entrance to first set of ruins. Calakmul
As long as people think there is someone prepared to pay $1 million for a foal, studs can charge hefty fees and their owners can live playboy lives.
They found a hefty supply of artists, as young as 16, dotted around the country, in Sofia, Plovdiv, failed industrial towns and the countryside.
Despite a stinking cold and hefty jetlag, she's still found the time to arrange her records in order of importance.
The scheme will dramatically undercut payday loan firms' hefty interest charges. The Sun
School holidays and daylight saving were brought forward holus-bolus and commuters warned of hefty transport delays.
In the last five years, at least 250 doctors were kidnapped; some were killed and others released after paying hefty ransoms.
Little, a history professor, is good at chronological exposition and boasts a hefty bibliography.
Drinking too much coffee will have the opposite effect on them, turning lean pecs into hefty man boobs - or what the researchers described as "moobs."
(I hear that no one is turned away except, regretfully, one quite hefty character in a swirling kilt - but that's another story).
Will these be paid a hefty consultation fee, which will absorb the contentious surplus which started the kerfuffle?
They had reportedly taken counterfeit copies of drugs purporting to treat erectile dysfunction but which contained a hefty dose of glyburide, used for treating diabetes.
If you often dip into the red and pay hefty fees for it, it may be worth switching to a current account with a better overdraft offering. The Sun
The militants have also kidnapped over 2,500 persons; many are still untraced even after payment of hefty ransoms.
This was a hefty dose, half a fatal dose for a healthy individual. THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician
One life company refused him cover, one quoted with a hefty loading to the premium and another offered life cover at normal rates.
Somewhere in the world, 100-foot yachts are derided as "dinghies," it takes five people and a handful of e-mails to remove a mouse from the kitchen and "true wealth" starts at a hefty $10 million. Archive 2007-06-01
Young drinkers' drinks of choice are excluded from the hefty taxation increases in this bill.
It appears that she got a hefty wallop from something heavy, which has pushed her sideways several inches over the edge of her plinth.
It tastes as good as the big brands but without the hefty price tags. The Sun
I dissolutely admit that veracious men with mediocre vocations make great friends but it's those carnivorous corporate men with hefty expense accounts that somehow get my hormones raging.
Nutrition has improved, doctors and the Easter Seals people recommending folic acid in hefty does to stave off preventable birth defects like spina bifida. Beth Kohl: The Downside of Prenatal Information
Mobile phones were another big seller as long as they came with hefty discounts.
However, you still shouldn't serve a hefty oaked wine, such as Burgundy, at a temperature of 21°C or more, making it taste soupy or sickly.

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