Examples of heavy hitter in a Sentence
She spoke to a room full of political heavy hitters.
Their company is one of the industry's heavy hitters.
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Directed by Taylor Hackford, the movie — which also featured heavy hitters Kerry Washington and Regina King — scored six Academy Award nominations in 2005, with Foxx taking Best Actor.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
One heavy hitter threatens the dominance of The Black Phone 2 at the box office next weekend.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
That year’s category was stacked with heavy hitters, including Salma Hayek, Julianne Moore and Renée Zellweger.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
And then Michael McBride was just a monster on the drums and probably more of an out-of-control heavy hitter.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
One heavy hitter threatens the dominance of The Black Phone 2 at the box office next weekend.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
That year’s category was stacked with heavy hitters, including Salma Hayek, Julianne Moore and Renée Zellweger.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
And then Michael McBride was just a monster on the drums and probably more of an out-of-control heavy hitter.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Heavy hitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20hitter. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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