How to Use weigh down in a Sentence

weigh down

verb

• Close the book; weigh down with a heavy stack of books or a few bricks.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Sand piled halfway up the walls, poured in the windows and weighed down the roofs.
  — Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• But the annoying truth is that the Birds of Prey weigh down Birds of Prey.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2021
• The tree scraped the ceiling and had great, breakable balls that would weigh down the branches.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 23 Dec. 2022
• The cables would be weighed down with old train wheels, which would anchor them to the seabed.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The tweet storms are weighing down the honorable force that the mayor served well for 22 years.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 May 2024
• This way, a heavy rainstorm won't weigh down the middle of the fabric, and high winds won't blow the cover away.
  — Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
• The arms may be thick, but the tech housed inside them doesn’t really weigh down your face.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
• But for some the rush to defend was weighed down by scandal fatigue and a sense that Mr. Trump’s time has passed.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• These products will likely weigh down our hair and spirits for the day.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 2 July 2024
• Sheets of festive stickers make for fun treats that won't weigh down trick-or-treaters' bags.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022
• They’ve also been weighed down by student debt and child-care costs, Lautz said.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• Keep in Mind Using sand to weigh down the sides adds extra time to the set-up and tear-down processes.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• By early November, the mud was back, thick enough to weigh down the soldiers’ boots.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022
• The two sailors were weighed down by their body armor, weapons and heavy equipment, and died, the officials told AP.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
• While not weighed down with meat, the mushrooms and peppers still have tons of savory flavor.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 29 June 2024
• The brutal job market in the San Francisco metro area has weighed down the entire Bay Area.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
• The plummet, as stone used for fishing to weigh down nets, dated to around almost 4000 years old.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2021
• Here's a video of how ice can weigh down trees into nearby power lines.
  — Express-News Staff, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2023
• Ice, which can weigh down power lines, was a problem in many areas.
  — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
• These are also a replacement for your key fob, so no need to weigh down your key chain with your old key.
  — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
• Though some oil-heavy products weigh down fine hair, this shampoo is lightweight enough to use on all hair types.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2024
• Some lie in bed, weighed down by illness and sorrow, barely able to care for themselves.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 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
• Slightly larger than a standard house key, the charm won’t weigh down bags either.
  — Valerie Marino, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
• These polls also showed how perceptions of Biden might weigh down Democrats.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• But the sled is so weighed down by exposition, not even magic reindeer can get it off the ground.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Think of it, as Casper describes it, as sun protection that doesn’t weigh down on your makeup.
  — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 3 July 2024
• But this solution has limitations: The arm physically weighs down the chair and steals power from its motor.
  — Dana MacKenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
• An ideal duffel is roomy enough to carry your essentials, but still lightweight enough that you won't be weighed down when trying to catch your connecting flight or carry it onto a train.
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024