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
Superbloom is another helping of polyester in an age of microplastics, weighed down by chintz and notably shorter on dazzle and wit.
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Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
Zillow’s outlook for 2026 changed drastically depending on how long high rates and unemployment weigh down the housing market.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Sales also fell 1% compared with March last year, weighed down by declines in the Northeast and Midwest.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
But that trajectory could change now as the latest inflation report weighs down both lenders and borrowers.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
Zillow’s outlook for 2026 changed drastically depending on how long high rates and unemployment weigh down the housing market.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Sales also fell 1% compared with March last year, weighed down by declines in the Northeast and Midwest.
—ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
But that trajectory could change now as the latest inflation report weighs down both lenders and borrowers.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for weigh down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh down
Verb
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In response to shouts for everyone to get down, one administration official at a media table crawled under it, with just her high heels poking out.—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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While people didn't know exactly what had just happened, attendees and staff alike knew to get down immediately.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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If Ramaswamy is the nominee, his supporters worry less that Republicans will switch sides and vote for a Democrat than about the factors that could depress conservative turnout.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Aside from the exclusivity, part of the appeal also comes from great marketing and the personalities of the sad boys themselves, who embrace the image of the lonely pint, eaten as a pick-me-up during depressing moments in life.—
Colin Wrenn,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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If these safeguards advance, why is the emphasis not on reforming underlying financing practices—including deferred interest and retroactive interest models—rather than further burdening providers who are attempting to offer patients a lawful payment pathway when traditional coverage fails them?—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Pharisees were the most devout members of ancient Israeli society, and their real agenda was not to trouble Jesus, but to protest against and challenge Rome.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The i7 models see bigger increases, but the $106,200 starting price for the i7 50 xDrive and $126,250 starting price for the i7 60 xDrive (again, with destination) probably won’t trouble the target audience.—
Stephen Edelstein,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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That worries Thomas Johnson, a Black voter in New Orleans who was at the state Capitol to lobby on unrelated legislation Wednesday when the Supreme Court ruling came down.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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When Arakas was arrested, Bon neww worried that the police might have accessed the Estonian’s BlackBerry.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Najib was in that position in 2011 when teenagers who scrawled antigovernment graffiti on a school wall in Daraa were arrested and tortured.—
Ghaith Alsayed,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Towns tortured the Hawks, scoring 20 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists, marking the first triple-double of his playoff career.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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People were oppressed in that time.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Communities endured the triple indignity of working on the statues and being both redressed and oppressed by those statues.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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