get heavy

Frequency: 7.065.7 per million words

To start to be heavy; also used for things like rain or traffic becoming more intense.

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Examples (10)

  • You're getting too heavy to carry!
  • The rain started to get heavy just as we left the house.
  • My backpack got so heavy after I added the textbooks.
  • The traffic usually starts to get heavy around 5 PM.
  • The atmosphere in the room got heavy when they started arguing.
  • As the evening wore on, my eyelids began to get heavy.
  • The snowfall got heavier and heavier throughout the night.
  • If the patient's breathing gets heavy, call the nurse immediately.
  • Things started to get heavy between them after the argument.
  • My heart gets heavy whenever I think about their suffering.