| We must instead place our selves and our present day existence where they rightfully belong, in the center of our universe, and shake off the dead weight of the past. |
| The koala was a dead weight holding me down and we stayed in those brown dark depths for what seemed like half an eternity. |
| Since dead weight is dropped continuously, staging reduces the total amount of propellant needed to put people or satellites into orbit. |
| On the roof, Roger struggles under the dead weight of the young man. |
| The large bureaucracies that implement dirigisme are a dead weight on society, but support the ruling elites with whom they share the spoils. |
| Sometimes science requires stirrers to shift the dead weight of unthinking complacency. |
