How to Use heavy hitter in a Sentence

heavy hitter

noun
  • She spoke to a room full of political heavy hitters.
  • Their company is one of the industry's heavy hitters.
  • That’s just a few, and there are some heavy hitters on the way.
    — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The list starts with the welterweights and moves up to the heavy hitters.
    — Field & Stream, 10 May 2019
  • The heavy hitter is near the top of the Keys, close to Miami.
    — Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • That ensures a heavy hitter leaves the game and frees up a skull for Cory.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • And some heavy hitters are coming during the last stretch of the year.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • In the world of online dating, Match is a heavy hitter.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Yep, it’s lumped in with heavy hitters like heroin and LSD.
    — Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • For the Eagles, Jalen White is the heavy hitter and rushed for more than 100 yards in last year’s contest.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 8 Sep. 2023
  • To combat the heavy hitters, pitchers are coached to throw fast.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2018
  • The two heavy hitters Fritz and Zverev entered the match with the German leading the head-to-head series 5-4.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Zoom in: Some of the closures last year took out heavy hitters in the industry.
    — Kale Williams, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Some heavy hitters on both light and dark sides make their presence felt.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 July 2024
  • The Rhythm Section cast also packs a few heavy hitters, and even one Night King.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The one thing that is certain: First baseman and heavy hitter Frank Schwindel will not be on it.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The filmmakers have lined up some heavy hitters to come up with the music for the feature.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Amazon is known to be a heavy hitter in Black Friday sales.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The club will serve expressions from the Macallan, the Glenrothes, and Highland Park, to name but a few heavy hitters.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • The project unites some heavy hitters, and some big horror names, on the producing side.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The other three are all heavy hitters in the space game: the United States, Russia and China.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The heavy hitters arrived with the final fight of the UFC 292 early prelims, and the crowd is loving it.
    — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • With one final week left of summer, the heavy hitters in rap, R&B and pop have come out to play, as seen by Drake feat.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
  • These are the heavy hitters, and the early head-to-head could forecast a title favorite.
    — Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Mendoza: The heavy hitter on any menu has to taste good, and this did not disappoint.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Apps can do this, but many—including a lot of heavy hitters from Google—don't.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2023
  • This list of the best rifle cartridges for elk hunting starts with the welterweights and moves up to the heavy hitters.
    — Joseph Von Benedikt, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But just because Wood doesn’t have the same track record as the heavy hitters doesn’t mean he should be discounted.
    — Julia Ranney, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • There have been other Bob Dylan movies, some very good ones by some heavy hitters.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But outside of those heavy hitters, the South is home to thousands of destinations that get far less attention but are worthy of our time all the same.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025

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