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weigh down
verb
(adverb) to press (a person) down by or as if by weight
his troubles weighed him down
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Example Sentences
They had been trying to adopt a child for nearly three years and felt weighed down by the challenges.
The Oscar nominee gives her physical all to the movie and, as a thank you, “Ballerina” lets her stay mostly silent so its leaden lines don’t weigh down her performance.
Kelsey, who has spent a good deal of his career impressively singing the title role around the world, is here weighed down by his costume.
Growth next year will be weighed down by global trade tensions, including less activity among the UK's trading partners, the impact of US President Donald Trump's tariffs and "persistent uncertainty", the IMF's report said.
While those discussions could be weighed down by politics, Macfarlane’s touch is deft, giving us exactly enough to consider the question while also showing us how this is not just about rivers but about us.
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