How to Use weigh down in a Sentence

weigh down

verb
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  • Close the book; weigh down with a heavy stack of books or a few bricks.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Sand piled halfway up the walls, poured in the windows and weighed down the roofs.
    — Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
  • But the annoying truth is that the Birds of Prey weigh down Birds of Prey.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The tree scraped the ceiling and had great, breakable balls that would weigh down the branches.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The cables would be weighed down with old train wheels, which would anchor them to the seabed.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The tweet storms are weighing down the honorable force that the mayor served well for 22 years.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 May 2024
  • This way, a heavy rainstorm won't weigh down the middle of the fabric, and high winds won't blow the cover away.
    — Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The arms may be thick, but the tech housed inside them doesn’t really weigh down your face.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But for some the rush to defend was weighed down by scandal fatigue and a sense that Mr. Trump’s time has passed.
    — Maya King, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • These products will likely weigh down our hair and spirits for the day.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 2 July 2024
  • Sheets of festive stickers make for fun treats that won't weigh down trick-or-treaters' bags.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022
  • They’ve also been weighed down by student debt and child-care costs, Lautz said.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Keep in Mind Using sand to weigh down the sides adds extra time to the set-up and tear-down processes.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
  • By early November, the mud was back, thick enough to weigh down the soldiers’ boots.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The two sailors were weighed down by their body armor, weapons and heavy equipment, and died, the officials told AP.
    — USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
  • While not weighed down with meat, the mushrooms and peppers still have tons of savory flavor.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 29 June 2024
  • The brutal job market in the San Francisco metro area has weighed down the entire Bay Area.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The plummet, as stone used for fishing to weigh down nets, dated to around almost 4000 years old.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Here's a video of how ice can weigh down trees into nearby power lines.
    — Express-News Staff, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Ice, which can weigh down power lines, was a problem in many areas.
    — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • These are also a replacement for your key fob, so no need to weigh down your key chain with your old key.
    — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Though some oil-heavy products weigh down fine hair, this shampoo is lightweight enough to use on all hair types.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Some lie in bed, weighed down by illness and sorrow, barely able to care for themselves.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Part of what distinguished Fury Road from the other franchise films of its era was Miller’s refusal to weigh down the movie with lore.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
  • Slightly larger than a standard house key, the charm won’t weigh down bags either.
    — Valerie Marino, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
  • These polls also showed how perceptions of Biden might weigh down Democrats.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • But the sled is so weighed down by exposition, not even magic reindeer can get it off the ground.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Think of it, as Casper describes it, as sun protection that doesn’t weigh down on your makeup.
    — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 3 July 2024
  • Is that creature a kind of avatar for our narrator—abandoned and a little bit lost, weighed down by his obligations or his past?
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Also, growth in the sale of pharmaceuticals will be weighed down in the coming years due to the loss of the U.S. market exclusivity for Stelara in 2025.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

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