How to Use carry weight in a Sentence

carry weight

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  • These perceptions seem to carry weight among top U.S. decision-makers.
    — Daniel Silverman, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2024
  • Her word as a Native woman carried weight, and the group fell apart.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Since the name still carries weight, the smokers cost a pretty penny.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Hall’s words, delivered in a 63-minute phone call on Jan. 2, carried weight.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Bradley Iger In the world of high-performance Nissan cars, the Nismo badge carries weight.
    — Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In addition to Saban, West, Luck and Tally all carry weight in the state.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2022
  • My Tundra came with load range C tires, which ride smoother but aren’t meant to carry weight like E-rated, light-truck tires.
    — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Stressing the secular change in the business is likely to carry weight on Wall Street.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2023
  • One player said Daboll’s 2022 playoff berth and win still carried weight during this down time.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Your vehicle is designed to carry weight inside its body or bed, not on its roof.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 July 2020
  • Although the wishes of the dead should carry weight, the interests of posterity count, too.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 15 May 2024
  • Which seals of approval carry weight amid the sea of accreditations out there?
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But starting in 2006, what had been a routine vote for lawmakers started to carry weight.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Oct. 2021
  • As the polls appear to indicate, the Kennedy name still carries weight among Democratic voters.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
  • How coaches prepare their team and their in-game decisions carry weight.
    — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
  • For young women and single issue voters, that pledge may carry weight.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
  • Still, during a time of need, Dalton hoped his voice would carry weight, that his message would be heard and his approach could set an example.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2021
  • This way, Mungo said, the values of many could carry weight, compared to a single Superior Court judge.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • While the survey was small, the results carry weight because of Walmart’s role as the world’s biggest retailer and the largest private-sector employer in much of the US.
    — Marc Bain, Quartz, 9 July 2021
  • The fact that Campbell came through the coaching ranks as an offensive line coach could carry weight in a Notre Dame program with a proud history at the position.
    — Tyler James, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Still, an early-season losing streak of this length can carry weight going forward.
    — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 2 June 2021
  • But the de facto mainland ban has coincided with a revival in Taiwanese film and TV, making for an event that still carries weight.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Columbia Nashville is pushing the song and that will carry weight with programmers.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Despite this, the allegations made against him should carry weight with the Jewish Community of Louisville, Reynolds and others said.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is one of the biggest names in crypto, largely because as the head of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, his words carry weight.
    — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 16 May 2022
  • And that’s especially ironic in academia, where words are supposed to carry weight because of their precise meaning.
    — John Avlon, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • How people feel about those questions carry weight in an election year in which an incumbent Democrat will need a decent urban turnout.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
  • The floor-length fringe dress in breathable cotton, worn by Taylor Russell at the celebration in L.A., is light on the skin but carries weight when walking into a room — an ideal evening dress for the season.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • Melissa is a fellow sweet tooth and a former fashion editor who’s been to Paris roughly two dozen times, so her endorsement carries weight.
    — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But even as those issues remained, the verdicts on Tuesday were seen as a warning against political extremism and a sign that the word of an F.B.I. agent can still carry weight with juries.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2022

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