as in to get down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weigh down
Make sure your sleeping bag is also easy to carry and pack, so you don’t get weighed down when hiking to your campsite.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
The family left Mexico City, weighed down by backpacks and shopping bags with essentials like warm blankets and resealable packets of tuna fish.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
And their offense was picking up only so much of the slack, weighed down by early slumps from Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and Michael Conforto, as well as inconsistent performances from other bottom-half hitters.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Universities are still reeling from the campus protests that spawned a wave of harassment against Jewish students, while questions of affordability and political bias have increasingly weighed down public support, especially among Republicans.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for weigh down
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
The family left Mexico City, weighed down by backpacks and shopping bags with essentials like warm blankets and resealable packets of tuna fish.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
And their offense was picking up only so much of the slack, weighed down by early slumps from Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and Michael Conforto, as well as inconsistent performances from other bottom-half hitters.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Universities are still reeling from the campus protests that spawned a wave of harassment against Jewish students, while questions of affordability and political bias have increasingly weighed down public support, especially among Republicans.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh down
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Officers ordered them to get down, but the men failed to comply, according to a CDCR news release obtained by Fox News Digital.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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In September 2023, the same man climbed on top of an ambulance at the same intersection and refused to get down.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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Tax hikes at a time when individuals and businesses are expecting tax stability would undoubtedly depress investment, employment and overall economic confidence.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
12 June 2025
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This suggests Starlink has successfully overcome congestion issues in the US, which were previously depressing the broadband quality.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Now, a state agency is proposing a rule change that could significantly increase costs for homeowners and renters in our region, potentially burdening them with thousands of dollars in additional expenses.—
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh,
Oc Register,
30 May 2025
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Those other tariff strategies, which CNN's report discussed at length, would take longer to implement and may not burden trade partners for as long as Trump may like but would essentially raise the same burdens without running afoul of courts, experts told CNN.—
Ashley Belanger – May 29,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2025
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Giuseppe Sette, president and co-founder at Reflexivity, is troubled by some of the forces the market appears to be overlooking.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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She was troubled by this, saying Burnett wasn’t involved with a previous daughter.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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But school officials across the country worry that making lawsuits easier to win will create a more adversarial relationship between parents and schools in the difficult negotiations needed to balance a student’s needs with a school’s limited resources.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Don’t worry about honking horns and urban hubbub, either: Even on the lower floors, the soundproofing is superb and the hotel seems insulated from the outside world.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
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The footage includes a scene in which a Hitler look-alike is tortured.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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Now the man accused of torturing her could be facing a murder charge.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Cell 16 credited the Black Liberation movement as an inspiration for their group while acknowledging that women were oppressed even within that movement.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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In today's therapy culture, people are cast as either oppressed or oppressors, as if those are the only options.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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