heave a backpack

Frequency: 5.02.1 per million words

to lift or pull a heavy backpack with a lot of effort

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Examples (10)

  • He heaved his heavy backpack onto the luggage rack of the train.
  • With a groan, she heaved the overstuffed backpack onto her shoulders.
  • It took two of us to heave the waterlogged backpack out of the canoe.
  • Every morning, the student heaves a backpack full of books up the stairs to his classroom.
  • I was tired of heaving this backpack around all day, so I left it at the hotel.
  • The weary traveler heaved his backpack onto the floor and immediately fell onto the couch.
  • "Just heave your backpack over there by the door," she instructed.
  • After a long hike, all I wanted to do was heave my backpack off and rest.
  • The rescue worker carefully heaved the medical backpack onto the ledge.
  • As the last passenger boarded, he heaved his enormous backpack into the overhead bin.