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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The combination also helps hair keep volume so it's not weighed down by the length.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• The team underperformed, weighed down by their young non-talents, limped into the playoffs, beat the Kings and lost to the Lakers.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• McCarthy and Reichel said one of the three armored trucks seemed to be weighed down — more squat than the other two and lagging behind.
  — Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2023
• Researchers found that the heavy glaciers weigh down buoyant sections of mantle; when the ice melts, the ground below springs up rapidly.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2022
• After using the product, my hair did feel cleaner, but weighed down.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• Trott sent the trio back to the Fancy, weighed down with a cask of wine, a hogshead of beer and a cask of sugar, as well as permission for Avery to land at his leisure.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• The film transcends the tropes that weigh down sports movies and biopics, becoming something deeper and more thoughtful.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
• As with many issues, Biden is both weighed down and blessed by his experience.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• His body was found three days later in the Tallahatchie River, weighed down with a cotton gin fan tied to his body with barbed wire.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• Rest assured, the oils are lightweight and will not oversaturate or weigh down your hair.
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 15 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024