weighed down

past tense of weigh down

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of weighed down For most of the year, Salesforce shares have been weighed down by the notion that AI is a threat to the software-as-a-service business model. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025 For many readers, like me, TFP is a welcome alternative to the incurious group-think that weighed down The Gray Lady. Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025 We're not weighed down by anything here. Esther Zuckerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2025 The ultra-lightweight device is the perfect travel companion for those who don’t want to be weighed down by a bulky laptop. Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025 Even the songs that aren’t about Kelce are weighed down by an obsession with internet culture, luxury brands, and lingo from 2018. Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 They were done at the start, exhausted and weighed down by meaning and history. George Caulkin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Finding one that doesn’t leave hair crunchy or weighed down, however, can be tricky. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025 Beckett’s symbols of master and slave — the whip, the rope, the servant weighed down with baggage — are either mimed or cut and in doing so lose its real horror. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighed down
Verb
  • The Ravens got down to the red zone on the opening possession behind Henry’s bruising runs that picked up six yards at will.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In one photo, Sanger, who is a co-founder of Tempted Dirty Shirley, got down on one knee on a cliffside overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, as Agrait beamed with joy.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Her research has shown that lynchings depressed the rate of patent applications by Black Americans, which could have otherwise contributed to innovation and economic growth.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Your letter troubled me, friend.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Kardashian also said she was troubled when West spoke out against her mother, Kris Jenner, and her four sisters.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Jays tortured the Yankees all season, and notched one final win 5-2 in Game 4 of the AL Division Series on Wednesday.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In May 2025, an independent investigation found that African Parks rangers had raped, beat and tortured indigenous people.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the 12-day war in June left Iran likely no longer enriching uranium for its nuclear program, which the West long has worried could be weaponized.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Few of them shared the Menendez name and worried that audio would allow coworkers, friends or curious neighbors to identify them by their voice.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our community is deeply saddened by this heartbreaking loss.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Indianapolis schools saddened by sudden loss The program provided after-school programming, STEM summer camps, mentoring, and other college planning resources to nine school districts across the state when the grant was stopped.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.
    Deena ElGenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As far as future relationships are concerned, Lopez hinted at keeping those private.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So, when Lia’s medical waiver fell off seemingly overnight in the fall of 2022, Joy was concerned.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Weighed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighed%20down. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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