Examples of 'heavy-handed' in a sentence
Meaning of "heavy-handed"
heavy-handed (verb): The term 'heavy-handed' typically describes someone who uses force or authority in an overly aggressive or insensitive manner
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- Clumsy, awkward.
- Excessive, overdone. Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
- Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
- Lacking subtlety or nuance.
How to use "heavy-handed" in a sentence
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I think it would be heavy-handed if you did too.
Heavy-handed policing only encourages confrontation.
It was just so heavy-handed in its approach.
I think her sedation level is heavy-handed.
There is nothing heavy-handed or polemical here.
We are ambitious but we do not want to be heavy-handed.
You have to be heavy-handed with journalists.
As a thesis supervisor he was anything but heavy-handed.
It was really heavy-handed use of fondant on top.
Even if it is a bit crude and heavy-Handed.
I would call it a heavy-handed appeal to love.
I do not think the message is heavy-handed.
It certainly was not heavy-handed government regulation.
Sometimes enforcement may seem heavy-handed.
I think he was too heavy-handed with the garnish.
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Even the soundtrack is often heavy-handed.
You must be heavy-handed with the journalists.
Has the potential of becoming heavy-handed.
Yet he is not heavy-handed with any messaging.
Google has no interest in applying heavy-handed.
They were a little heavy-handed with the gin.
The first shadowing was effective without being heavy-handed.
Somewhat scrappy and heavy-handed in places too.
We wanted stories that were informative without being heavy-handed.
But then heavy-handed administration gets old.
The translation is not heavy-handed either.
A heavy-handed military approach is unlikely to improve the situation.
One performed a few heavy-handed chest compressions.
My people may have been a little heavy-handed.
I am not too keen on heavy-handed legislative measures.
The heavy-handed policing led to clashes in the crowd.
I wondered if the symbolism was not heavy-handed at times.
So they are extra heavy-handed when they make an arrest.
Ridiculous situation descending into heavy-handed drama.
This was my heavy-handed attempt to make you come home.
I would fall for such a heavy-handed ploy.
A heavy-handed response will only make things worse.
They do not like our heavy-handed tactics.
A heavy-handed approach can lead to resentment and noncompliance.
I have grown tired of its heavy-handed drama.
This would be heavy-handed if it had been done with a heavy hand.
Online activists are questioning the heavy-handed police response.
Marxism and heavy-handed socialism have disastrous records by comparison.
This is all the result of your heavy-handed tactics.
These heavy-handed charges are designed to silence the independent press.
We are not going to be heavy-handed about it.
The heavy-handed and cynical character of the propaganda campaign.
I think getting the police involved is a bit heavy-handed.
You can not be heavy-handed while applying these.
We are not interested in being heavy-handed.
