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Examples of weigh down in a Sentence
all these tragedies occurring simultaneously are weighing me down
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Advertisement Charter’s stock has tumbled more than 25% year-to-date, weighed down by concerns about weakness in its broadband internet and wireless phone business, as well as further erosion in pay TV subscribers — a trend that has had wide-reaching financial implications.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Whereas thin and fine hair tends to turn greasy, sticky, or weighed down by hairspray, the lightweight formula of this product leaves hair looking and feeling natural.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Cash flows had reportedly been weighed down by mutliple issues, including labor costs and leases.
—Gabe Hauari, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024
The yen might even be weighing down Japan’s stock markets, which surged past a bubble-era record earlier this year.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 16 May 2024
Its hull was almost completely submerged, weighed down with corn bound for Bangladesh.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
Part of what distinguished Fury Road from the other franchise films of its era was Miller’s refusal to weigh down the movie with lore.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
His remarks come as Uber missed analyst expectations for its gross bookings, and it was mostly weighed down by legal settlements and paper losses on its investments.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Tarantino’s counterfactual ingenuity in linking the two fictional performers to the real-life story of the Manson family was weighed down by the sediment of movie-world references, which seemed mostly designed to gratify his swoony fascination with cinematic history and his own place in it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Whereas thin and fine hair tends to turn greasy, sticky, or weighed down by hairspray, the lightweight formula of this product leaves hair looking and feeling natural.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Cash flows had reportedly been weighed down by mutliple issues, including labor costs and leases.
—Gabe Hauari, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024
The yen might even be weighing down Japan’s stock markets, which surged past a bubble-era record earlier this year.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 16 May 2024
Its hull was almost completely submerged, weighed down with corn bound for Bangladesh.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
Part of what distinguished Fury Road from the other franchise films of its era was Miller’s refusal to weigh down the movie with lore.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
His remarks come as Uber missed analyst expectations for its gross bookings, and it was mostly weighed down by legal settlements and paper losses on its investments.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Tarantino’s counterfactual ingenuity in linking the two fictional performers to the real-life story of the Manson family was weighed down by the sediment of movie-world references, which seemed mostly designed to gratify his swoony fascination with cinematic history and his own place in it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
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“Weigh down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh%20down. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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