Sentence examples for the heave from inspiring English sources

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the heave

verb

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

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If not, it got the heave.

The right man was given the heave.

Here the heave of good will was palpable from both sides.

The heave went wild, with the ball sailing out to the left fielder, who had begun the whole thing.

There was the heave of the now peerless offensive line; the renewed excellence of L.T., the shutdown savvy of Revis.

He arrives at his top notes with the singing equivalent of the overhead jerk in weight lifting, where the visible effort is in the heave.

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Humanity is getting the heave-ho.

You feel he might go for the heave-ho soon.

Yet the person giving Jesus the heave-ho in this case was not a Bethlehem innkeeper.

The Police: If Commissioner Gordon ever gets the heave-ho, look out.

The staff advisers who failed to warn him of the circus controversy deserve the heave-ho.

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