Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighted (down)
Verb
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Allsop was set to take passengers on a flight to Chicago before officers subjected him to a sobriety test.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
20 Aug. 2025 -
As part of the program, the Willow Hill administrators faked the deaths of outcast patients and subjected them to secret tests in the basement of the facility.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That’s even if the movie is uneven dramatically, weighed down by traumas and break-ups and breakdowns in the later stretches, and with too many shots of Aishe (Uyghur) jogging toward her future.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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While Serrano’s narrator is drowning in existential dread, her debut novel never feels weighed down.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Talking to Bill Nighy about his star turn as a frail and at times broken novelist in & Sons is rather hampered by the British actor not having seen director Pablo Trapero’s father-and-son drama on a screen of any size ahead of its world premiere on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Currently, only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in the county each year is recycled — and even that is hampered by a 40% contamination rate.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Weighted (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighted%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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