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 will make the snow wetter and heavier for a time, potentially weighing down what has already accumulated.
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Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
The breathable mesh upper and cushioned sole support long stretches on your feet without weighing down your carry-on.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
This waist pack is a must-have for keeping my phone, keys, and energy gels stored without weighing down my pockets.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
After a long while, earrings can even cause permanent stretching to your earlobes from weighing down your ears, which is impossible to naturally reverse.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
In Michigan, ice weighing down on power lines and trees caused more than 30,000 homes and businesses to lose power.
—Connor Greene, Time, 27 Dec. 2025
Large swaths of oriental bittersweet weighing down trees and damaging forests can be found in pockets all across Indiana.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
The breathable mesh upper and cushioned sole support long stretches on your feet without weighing down your carry-on.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
This waist pack is a must-have for keeping my phone, keys, and energy gels stored without weighing down my pockets.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
After a long while, earrings can even cause permanent stretching to your earlobes from weighing down your ears, which is impossible to naturally reverse.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
In Michigan, ice weighing down on power lines and trees caused more than 30,000 homes and businesses to lose power.
—Connor Greene, Time, 27 Dec. 2025
Large swaths of oriental bittersweet weighing down trees and damaging forests can be found in pockets all across Indiana.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
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
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The couple shared the happy news Wednesday on Instagram with a video of Knight getting down on one knee to pop the question.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The video appears to show several minors climbing onto the vehicle and briefly dancing on its roof before getting down and allowing the car to move forward.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Feb. 2026
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For all the inherent sadness of its subject matter, Mouse is never depressing, thanks to the delicacy of O’Sullivan and Thompson’s filmmaking.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Scientists may have solved a cosmic mystery that has been troubling them since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began observations back in 2022.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
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The mood today was more tenuous, the industry crowd mulling in the lobby with cocktails, discussing the tail end of awards season and the controversy coming out of the Berlin Film Festival concerning politically cautious juror statements.—
Film Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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In addition, two related proposals would exempt records concerning the decision to designate groups as terrorist organizations from public disclosure.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 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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According to court records, Quero Silva is defending himself against the new federal lawsuit accusing him of torturing the protestors in Barquisimeto.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Yorgos Lanthimos, Florian Zeller and Juliette Binoche are among more than 800 film professionals who have signed a joint statement condemning the Iranian government for killing and torturing its own people.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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Instead of worrying about ratings, the new late-night creators are directly beholden to their viewers.—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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But Joe Garcia, a Democratic former congressman from Miami, said that stance could backfire as Cuban Americans begin worrying about their relatives on the island.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 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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