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Meanings of dead weight in English

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Usage of dead weight in English
1
Stiegler's body went limp and the dead weight caused her to stumble.
The athena project: a thriller
2
For a moment, the wings were just dead weight on his back.
Worldwinder
3
The heavy of frame may crush down all opposition by dead weight.
The Firm of Girdlestone
4
He started to lift under Kane's arms, felt the dead weight, hesitated.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
5
His own strength was almost gone, and Lockett felt like dead weight.
Stinger
6
He was short and slender, but unconsciousness had made him dead weight.
Deadly Heat
7
His black mood returned, pressing the dead weight of hopelessness upon him.
The Lookout Man
8
The crevasse widened, chimneying became impossible, and I deteriorated into dead weight.
Rock and Ice Magazine
9
Not a leaf quivered and the silence was a great, dead weight-insupportable
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
10
Slowly- Iwrithedback into the passage, dragging up his almost dead weight.
The Metal Monster
11
We can hardly carry ourselves; we can't have any dead weight here.
Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
12
It's practically sacrilegious, even if the gadgets are just dead weight now.
Angelfall
13
Her grip tightened on his jacket, but his body was dead weight.
The abduction
14
He slips from Al's grasp, dead weight, and crumples to the floor.
Divergent
15
He tried to struggle on, but her dead weight clogged his steps.
Children of the Frost
16
He felt a tired man with shackled limbs dragging a dead weight.
The Everlasting Whisper
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Dead weight through the time
Dead weight across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common