My point is not that novels should abjure the weighty subjects of the day.

He has a knack for large issues, weighty subjects and timely events.

Some of Sundance's time-travel nonfiction films tracked less weighty subjects.

We thought it was the perfect, weighty subject for Frank to tackle.

The shop provides unexpected fun, given the weighty subject.

Likely it was several of the nights of that week ran together, and the men were talking about weighty subjects.

So the men talked that evening, several evenings really, on weighty subjects.

But the play often retreats to its humor when weighty subjects arise.

Several weighty subjects come under the author's gaze, including animal rights, acid rain and Chernobyl.

When one considers the weighty subjects on the agenda, it very much confirms that more time should be taken to reflect.