weighted (down)

past tense of weight (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighted (down)
Verb
  • Richmond served as the functional center for the chattel slavery system in the United States, the capitol city of the Confederacy during the Civil War and was one of the many cities that subjected residents to redlining lending practices.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • French rocket builder and ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace announced the completion of a monthslong test campaign that subjected several subscale prototypes of its propellant tanks to high-pressure burst tests, European Spaceflight reports.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The girl survived the fall into Lake Quinsigamond and swam to shore despite being weighed down by the blanket and her pajamas.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The investigation has been hampered by peculiar challenges, though, perhaps none greater than the fact that the entire city in which the crime occurred has vanished.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Dry conditions have hampered quail reproduction across parts of Arizona, leading to concerns about future populations.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 9 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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