A heaving crowd blocked the festival entrance, making it hard to get through.

The crew waited for the heaving of the anchor before coiling the rope.

He was heaving the heavy crates onto the truck when he felt a sharp pain in his back.

The crew tightened the ropes to steady the cargo against the sudden heavings of the deck.

We were heaving to while the storm passed overhead.

At the captain's signal, the crew let out a single heave-ho and hauled the anchor aboard.

The captain shouted 'heave-ho' and the crew leaned back, pulling the rope in unison.

They heave-ho the heavy chest onto the wagon.

At dawn the navigator ordered the crew to heave the log to check the ship's speed.

Before dawn the village elders placed the heave-shoulder on the altar and intoned their blessings.