Sentence examples for prove heavy from inspiring English sources

That said, "1776" can prove heavy going.

Although full of wonderful metaphors and analogies, it may prove heavy sledding for many readers.

That could prove heavy lifting, given the historic opposition of the gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association, to federal monitoring of private sales.

If he loses, the weight of defeat may prove heavier than he now anticipates and he might decide that enough is enough.

Yet it is proving heavy going.

Beautiful as she was, being all plaster and metal and glass, the lady proved heavy.

The Stanley Cup is proving heavy for the Devils this season, but the champions appear to be up to the challenge.

But the shoes proved heavy to carry, limiting the women's ability to reach customers, and several of them were humiliated to have to touch men's feet to fit the sandals.

The follow-up, Requiem, was also strikingly desolate, proving heavy going even for the teenage girls who'd bought the first single; it only reached No 24 and Slik never had another hit.

And in fact the existing Internet-based threats to car dealers have so far proven heavy on hype, light on actual impact.

His assignment of reviving NBC's long-troubled fortunes in prime time has proved heavier lifting than Mr. Silverman anticipated, thanks to a combination of external factors — like a writers' strike and a battered economy — and internal factors, including some gossip-stoking incidents in his personal life and a few comments about others that he now acknowledges were ill-advised.