How do you use Lightweights in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Lightweights meaning
plural of lightweight
Using Lightweights
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lightweight
- In the example corpus, lightweights often appears in combinations such as: lightweights on, the lightweights.
Context around Lightweights
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lightweights
- In this selection, "lightweights" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, department, political, ever and currently stand out and add context to how "lightweights" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include contained political lightweights and liberals as lightweights on serious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lightweights" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lightweights
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Maine has the lowest percentage of lightweights at 11.5. (10 words)
He knew he’d become the immediate frontrunner in a race that mostly contained political lightweights. (16 words)
It will be the most M3 Lightweights ever sold at a single time at an auction. (16 words)
There should be a negotiated settlement, but when I watch the State Department lightweights on our side coughing up stuttering cliches on tv news blips, I know in my bones they're not up to it. (36 words)
It is worth remembering that Pochettino was outstanding during his five and a half years at Spurs, turning them from lightweights into a regular top-four club. (27 words)
Since then, Brown has gone through something of a successful rehabilitation process and now appears a political colossus compared to the lightweights currently in charge. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
It is worth remembering that Pochettino was outstanding during his five and a half years at Spurs, turning them from lightweights into a regular top-four club.
There should be a negotiated settlement, but when I watch the State Department lightweights on our side coughing up stuttering cliches on tv news blips, I know in my bones they're not up to it.
He knew he’d become the immediate frontrunner in a race that mostly contained political lightweights.
It will be the most M3 Lightweights ever sold at a single time at an auction.
Maine has the lowest percentage of lightweights at 11.5.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer issued a statement seizing on the turmoil and painting the Liberals as lightweights on serious matters of international trade.
Since then, Brown has gone through something of a successful rehabilitation process and now appears a political colossus compared to the lightweights currently in charge.
The lightweights are accredited with two Jope Cup Championships as well, finishing the Eastern Sprints with the highest number of points in 2006 and 2007.
Common combinations with lightweights
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lightweights on 2×
- the lightweights 2×