Sentence examples for make weight from inspiring English sources

"If he was struggling to make weight I will bring it out of him," he said.

However, what of the other bright young star who failed to make weight in Beijing?

They would say, 'You need to make weight' [ie get down to the 'right' weight].

And boxers who sweated in plastic wrap from the dry cleaners to make weight.

Wilder saw Gary Russell Jr., a top medal hope, collapse from heat exhaustion during a final effort to make weight.

They must make weight for one of the two big parties and are always punished for it.

"My initial thought was that a player had been messing with the scale so they could make weight," said Fassel.

"I've had to make weight myself — I understand the task is just so weighty that they need support," he said.

After failing to make weight, however, he lost the title to Medgoen Singsurat of Thailand in September 1999.

David Cameron's proposal to make weight-loss programmes compulsory for anybody who is obese and claiming benefits is "financially and ethically questionable", according to medical experts.

Heavily restricting your food for periods of time has been shown to slow down your metabolism and, in the long run, make weight-loss more difficult.