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Meanings of heavy-handed in English
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
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Usage of heavy-handed in English
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An Australian news crew was among the protesters during the heavy-handed operation.
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Their heavy-handed treatment of frustrated citizens saw six lives lost on Wednesday.
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The protesters have complained of a heavy-handed police response to the protests.
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Loud accusations of heavy-handed Australians using unreasonable force against outraged young Irishmen.
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Like I said, Mr. Barnes, we wouldn't want to be that heavy-handed.
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Their total impact, however, is likely to be more gradual than heavy-handed.
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She's competent, but too heavy-handed for my taste. She regarded me solemnly.
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John's heavy-handed and arbitrary rule quickly alienated all sectors of the population.
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These heavy-handed, aggressive, and unnecessary tactics waste the time of the U.S.
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On one hand, journalists face heavy-handed strictures on what they can do.
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A Swift Pure Cry is never wilfully bleak, never heavy-handed, never moralistic.
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Oh, filthy, heavy-handed, blear-eyed world, when will you wash and be clean?
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However, their heavy-handed approach may have gone too far this time.
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Democratic city legislators condemned Lam and what they said was heavy-handed police action.
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Amnesty International, the human rights group, called the police response heavy-handed and unacceptable.
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I think that this is strong, heavy-handed action by the police, she said.
Heavy-handed through the time