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Meanings of awful weight in English

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Usage of awful weight in English
1
An awful weight of responsibility rests upon the Christian church in this respect.
The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees
2
She paused, and his confession dropped into the silence with an awful weight.
The Divine Fire
3
He said to his wife that the awful weight was all gone-allgone.
The Opium Habit
4
It is an awful weight that you are carrying on your shoulders, Mr.
On the Firing Line
5
Jonathan felt the awful weight of Flatland lift up from him.
Blue noon
6
I sat still, my hands folded in my lap, an awful weight expanding inside me.
We are all welcome here
7
Sirs, there's an awful weight on that man's mind.
Hard Cash
8
I feel such an awful weight here; and Mrs. Voss drew her hands against her bosom.
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
9
The quiet was of an awful weight.
London River
10
Not only the awful weight of this loss of life, but the possible cost of her own.
Dancer’s Lament
11
It was the awful weight of some new presence, filling the room like black smoke, darkening it.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
12
The awful weight of responsibility was crushing Sandy as the city did-buthe kept clear eyes on Markham.
A Son of the Hills
13
He was an awful weight.
The Romantic
14
When the rulers feel themselves irresponsible, it were well that they should be reminded of the awful weight of a people's curse.
Twice-Told Tales
15
The things you took must be an awful weight on you and I'm sure you'd like to be out from under it.
The Fireman
16
Then he threw the apples down at the feet of the hero, and left him standing with the unaccustomed, awful weight upon his shoulders.
Myths and Legends of All Nations / Famous Stories from the Greek...
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Awful weight across language varieties
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