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
  • Simple tasks like sitting on the couch, climbing into a car seat or getting down on the floor became difficult.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Remy handled the second verse on the song and wasted no time getting down and dirty.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 23 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
  • The idea of Maggie’s untrustworthiness has already been planted in an early scene, mid-party, involving a bathroom cabinet and a hidden envelope conveniently filled with old news clippings concerning dark secrets in Alma’s past.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Some exceptions are expected to be included in the rule concerning avoiding conflict with appraisal requirements or other state laws,, including if the award was made without authority, is not compliant with the appraisal provision, or if fraud, accident, or a material mistake was involved.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The news was saddening for Jewell — but also alarming for the defense.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • More than 3,000 Hamas fighters gunned down civilians, torturing and mutilating some of them in their own homes, still in their pajamas.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer presents the Jimmies as a downright terrifying clan, showing them violating and torturing other survivors.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Thankfully, with the Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni, worrying about cleaning up has become a thing of the past.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Hurricanes far out into the ocean give forecasters the opportunity to observe the powerful heat machines without worrying about catastrophic landfalls.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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