weighing down

present participle of weigh down

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of weighing down The four-layer gauze construction—made with 100% Turkish Cotton—is fluffy without weighing down your bedscape. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025 In one scene where Khadijah sits in the back with the luggage, there's a comment made about something weighing down the car. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing down
Verb
  • Remy handled the second verse on the song and wasted no time getting down and dirty.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Now, the two countries are getting down to business.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, any further restrictions on shots by ACIP could have trickle-down effects, further depressing already declining immunization rates for vaccine-preventable diseases and raising the risk of outbreaks.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Investors should also note that slower growth reduces the risk of flooding the market and depressing prices.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China is poised to win great swathes of the booming European EV market and that is troubling the automakers.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Yet most fans do not care unduly about what a squad costs and while sound financial management is welcomed, the strength of the team is the thing that is troubling them right now.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This can become problematic when a chatbot affirms concerning behaviors, beliefs, or activities.
    Liz Regalia, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Having two concerning storm systems so close to each other isn’t common in the region.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The news was saddening for Jewell — but also alarming for the defense.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The trailer presents the Jimmies as a downright terrifying clan, showing them violating and torturing other survivors.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And targeting, torturing, and murdering political opponents, rivals, and critics have marked the conflict since its beginning.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Interest wanes during the summer, except for mowing, watering and worrying about this or that patch of dead grass.
    Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, IndyStar, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Typically this can include cognitive symptoms, like worrying about everything all the time, and a host of physical symptoms.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the Franciscan missionaries oppressing the Native Americans in the painting had arrows piercing their heads and bodies.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Weighing down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighing%20down. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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