Sentence examples for weighty step of from inspiring English sources

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 next important step is for Gov. George Pataki, who likes the general idea of a shoreline park, to come stand on a lonely quay, imagine green walkways instead of Port Authority eyesores and give the project his weighty stamp of approval.

Lanegan's new album, "Blues Funeral," is another step away from the weighty bombast of his earlier days, although the atmosphere is no less heavy.

The consequences of stepping out of line are weighty: a maximum of five years in prison for doing something that is not necessarily an offence in law.

He feared it would sink if one of the weighty living should step aboard.

They soon understand the weighty significance of the prom.

And they're also a way of responding to the weighty weightlessness of history.

J. Edgar (2011) was a weighty biopic of J. Edgar Hoover Leonardo DiCaprioo), the longtime head of the FBI.

The bottom shell is hefty, thick enough to support a weighty mound of apple slices.

Just what you want when hiking - two weighty pieces of hardware to tote.

But these costs are arguably not equivalent to the weighty responsibilities of parenthood (Brake 2010).