Sentence examples for taking weighty from inspiring English sources

When he was not lofting a half-court shot that found the net in the finals or earning the moniker Mr. Clutch during his consummate playing career, he was taking weighty risks in the front office -- risks that paid off miraculously.

WASHINGTON — Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

The variety of viewpoints and the author's evident intimacy with an ancient foreign capital are promising, and Ervin makes it plain that he is taking on weighty themes: history, empire, race, the power of art.

Comic books are increasingly taking on weighty themes.

Both songs demonstrate his knack for taking on weighty, emotionally wrenching topics in a straightforward way that neither trivializes nor exploits them.

But then take three weighty factors into account.

It's encouraging that Ms. Parks continues to take on weighty, thorny topics too seldom addressed in the theater these days.

In a televised address on Saturday, Mr. Jega said, "The decision we have taken is weighty indeed, but it is an important step in further ensuring the credibility of the 2011 elections".

Civilians and military men took a weighty decision in invoking the name of d Gaulle... "In the face of insolent sedition," Mendes said to Pfimlin, "your strength is your legitimacy..."....

Its influence on Ward was considerable: his lines move with the heaviness of German Expressionism, and his wordless narratives take on weighty subjects like the Great Depression and the rise of fascism.

Civilians and military men took a weighty decision in invoking the name of d Gaulle... "In the face of insolent sedition," Mendes said to Pfimlin, "your strength is your legitimacy... .. View Article By Rivka Galchen By Jia Tolentino By David Remnick By Malcolm Gladwell.