as in gets down
to make sad
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Recent Examples of weighs down
But what if carrying a heavy defensive burden changes that, and weighs down that side of the game?
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighs down
Verb
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Jess and Spencer take it a step further when Spencer gets down on one knee and asks Jess to be his wife.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the first photo, Kelce gets down on one knee as the singer rests one hand on his face.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rather, what troubles him are the claims that the song’s success has been manufactured.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the financial angle troubles her further.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At one moment in the concerto, the soloist—here the brilliant, committed young pianist Jeonghwan Kim—silently depresses a C-major triad with the left hand and then bangs out a C-major triad with the right, so that the lower strings resonate.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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As the user depresses a key, the backside of the key (which is not visible) touches a thin layer of material.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Critics of the way the administration is handling immigration enforcement have raised concerns that holding people without criminal convictions or charges unnecessarily burdens the system and pulls undocumented immigrants away from their families.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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As more states move to reduce and phase out their income taxes in the coming years, the lack of an income tax becomes less of an advantage, making the need to address relatively high property tax burdens more imperative.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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What about the present environment of censorship worries you the most?—
Fiction Non Fiction
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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But Jacobson worries about what strict bans will mean for developers taking a careful approach.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Weighs down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighs%20down. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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