The boy and his grandmother, both played with gusto, give the story extra sentimental heft.

Certainly, someone has arranged the film's time frame portentously enough to add extra heft to its slender story.

James Robinson's fine production updates Puccini's opera to the opening of World War I, adding some extra heft to the work's undercurrents of sadness.

And the support of a seven-member swing band led by Dean Schneider on piano lends her music an extra heft.

The British band Gomez gives its rock 'n' roll extra heft by pumping up the rhythms and emphasizing the blues, creating a swaggering, slightly old-fashioned style.

Of course, its weight is not apparent once it is installed, but the consequences of that extra heft are significant.

Teasing about extra heft or gentle nudging to eat more healthfully doesn't begin until the problem is quite dire.

Although these are familiar topics, they have developed extra heft.

People who work with dieters said that some of their clients felt relieved from the burden of guilt that often accompanies extra heft.

His "New York at the Movies" received extra heft when Meryl Streep signed on as host.