Weightiest

He had a peculiar way of prefacing his weightiest sentences with a short word, uttered twice in a guttural manner, clearing up his throat, or his "gullick," as he would term it, just before uttering them. ❋ Unknown (1859)

One of the weightiest is the unexpected mea culpa that Abby Mann wrote for the defendant Dr. Janning, played by Burt Lancaster, in "Judgment at Nuremberg." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Among these the weightiest was the silent George Washington. ❋ Thayer, William R (1922)

Of these last the weightiest is the one at first called simply ❋ Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 (1901)

Of these last the weightiest is the one at first called simply 'Elegy', and later 'The Walk'. ❋ Calvin Thomas (1886)

Since the cheaper loaves of bread were brands unfamiliar to me, I read the ingredient listings - and was sad but not surprised to see high fructose corn syrup in every loaf, in one loaf making up the third weightiest ingredient. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's probably the weightiest question in the gym world. ❋ Jill S. Brown (2010)

The president said he had prayed for God's intervention on any number or occasions – though not always on the weightiest issues of the day. ❋ AP (2011)

The health sector, he said, poses the weightiest challenge, at it has not seen significant investment in nearly a decade. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The weightiest call to action came from European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, who said it wasn't up to his bank alone to solve the Continent's debt woes. ❋ Alessandra Galloni (2011)

Professor Geoffrey R Stone, editor of the Supreme Court Review and one of the weightiest voices in this collection, adds now widely quoted pragmatism to such basic doubts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The weightiest remaining question is whether or not that big someone can come exclusively from within the zone, or, at least, the European Union. ❋ David Cottle (2010)

Sci-fi folks, religious-minded people (notice all the different religious symbols in the stained-glass window at the end?), fans of spectacle (the plane crash was nothing it not a blockbuster-movie moment), Web fanatics and old-fashioned TV viewers — the most amazing thing about Lost is the way it managed to draw all these people together into a common discussion, and one about the weightiest of topics. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This year may bring the weightiest achievement of all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's the weightiest, most intimate and difficult thing she has ever had to wrestle with and to have to share it with Brooke is torture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Neither Japan nor South Korea, the weightiest of Asia's actors with close ties to the U.S., are involved in the TPP, nor is Indonesia, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations 'key member. ❋ Unknown (2010)