Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borne (down)
Verb
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Available pore space is diminished when roots fill it or the soil gets compressed as the soil particles break down over time and pack together.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025 -
The photograph of the plumbing was compressed, along with Max’s prompt, into a vector that captured its most important features.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Leaders are being pressured to move faster, and do more with less, at the same time.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Months later, Allen, a logging operator, admitted he had been pressured to testify falsely.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Gradually freed of the weight of its ice, the rock beneath Greenland, long depressed by the massive ice sheet, rebounds.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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José said that the song depressed him.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Borne (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borne%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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