Carry weight

"Carry weight" in a Sentence (5 examples)

Your excuses don't carry weight with me.

Our motion did not carry much weight with the judge.

When M. Paladilhe was elected my friends said to me: 'Never mind; later on he'll vote for you, Maestro, and his support will carry a lot of weight'. I never had his vote, nor his support, nor his weight.

Manning Senior carries a lot of weight around here, he has a lot of friends; a lot of professional clout and can obviously get things done just barely within the lines of legality.

A recommendation from him carries a lot of weight around here.

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