as in getting down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weighing down
This might threaten unrelieved angst weighing down a 90-minute drama, or, maybe worse, a didactic, finger-wagging life lesson lecture.
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Traffic is generally down at fast-food restaurants and prices are soaring, frustrating consumers and weighing down sales.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Linen has a breezy, natural feel that works beautifully in spring and adds texture without weighing down a room.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
Morbidity looms over Floyd’s description of the demons keeping him up at night, alongside stepson Richard’s borderline personality disorder and school struggles and the tax debt weighing down on every rung up the endless financial ladder.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
These haircare formulas work best on normal to dry hair types and have a lightweight consistency that does the job without weighing down strands.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 6 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the property sector has entered its fifth year of crisis with sales and investment continuing to slump, dragging the economy and weighing down consumer confidence as well as spending.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
The four-layer gauze construction—made with 100% Turkish cotton—is fluffy without weighing down your bedscape.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Crucially, this year’s confab will also tackle the challenges weighing down the South African industry, where an ongoing crisis with the host country’s rebate system has sparked protests and pushed many local filmmakers to the brink.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Traffic is generally down at fast-food restaurants and prices are soaring, frustrating consumers and weighing down sales.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Linen has a breezy, natural feel that works beautifully in spring and adds texture without weighing down a room.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2026
Morbidity looms over Floyd’s description of the demons keeping him up at night, alongside stepson Richard’s borderline personality disorder and school struggles and the tax debt weighing down on every rung up the endless financial ladder.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
These haircare formulas work best on normal to dry hair types and have a lightweight consistency that does the job without weighing down strands.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 6 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the property sector has entered its fifth year of crisis with sales and investment continuing to slump, dragging the economy and weighing down consumer confidence as well as spending.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
The four-layer gauze construction—made with 100% Turkish cotton—is fluffy without weighing down your bedscape.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Crucially, this year’s confab will also tackle the challenges weighing down the South African industry, where an ongoing crisis with the host country’s rebate system has sparked protests and pushed many local filmmakers to the brink.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing down
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Considered undersized for a starting pitcher — Yamamoto is only 5-10, 176 pounds — the Japanese right-hander generates power by holding his leg kick for a second before getting down the mound, as many Japanese pitchers do, and his whiplash-like arm action generates deception.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Somewhere deep in the woods of eastern Long Island, 72-year-old Christie Brinkley is getting down in the dirt.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 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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The perky response of Hungary’s currency and equity markets, at a time when war in the Gulf is depressing asset prices everywhere, shows Orbanism clearly wasn’t working for business.—
Lionel Laurent,
Twin Cities,
17 Apr. 2026
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The touching moment was shared on the TikTok account @rosiethestaffygirl, capturing the instant Rosie—a Staffordshire bull terrier rescue—worked up the nerve to confront something that had clearly been troubling her.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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But besides defiant behavior or anger issues, there are other behaviors that indicate that something deeper is troubling your teen.—
Staff Author,
Parents,
9 Mar. 2026
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Equally concerning is that requiring twice as many workers per case without a plan to recruit or retain them risks widespread gaps in care.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The technique still needs sanding, and zero interceptions in 48 career games is concerning, but McCutchin’s combine testing gave his draft case a nice shot of nitrous.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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The news was saddening for Jewell — but also alarming for the defense.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Aug. 2025
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The coastal Georgia man arrested in 2018 and accused of torturing, killing and burying his two teenage children in the backyard of the family’s mobile home will spend the rest of his life behind bars after reaching a plea deal.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The briefing came days after Tierney secured a guilty plea from another Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann, who is expected to be sentenced in June after admitting to torturing and killing eight women.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The technology intentionally comes lacking a human face, and its evangelists have both over-promised regarding what the tools can do in the short term while worrying people about the long-term societal impacts.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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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 May. 2026.
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