weigh down
(adverb) to press (a person) down by or as if by weight: his troubles weighed him down
Words Nearby weigh down
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How to use weigh down in a sentence
Line with parchment paper and fill with rice or beans to weigh down the dough.
Daniel Boulud Reveals His 4 Favorite Recipes From His New Cookbook | Daniel Boulud | October 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll those times past—the loves, the sighs, the sorrows, the desires—can they not weigh down one frail misfortune?
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingI am poor and lowly and all unworthy of you; but if great love may weigh down such defects, then mine may do it.
The White Company | Arthur Conan DoyleNo more right have we to torment our own souls, or to permit habitual sadness and despondency to weigh down our spirits.
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women | George Sumner WeaverShe would illuminate the grounds, weigh down the old forest trees with a fruitage of lights, build pavilions and rustic bridges.
The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
Ivy-berries, hanging in thick clusters, are still in beauty; they are so heavy that they weigh down the branches.
Wood and Garden | Gertrude Jekyll
Other Idioms and Phrases with weigh down
Burden, oppress, as in Their problems have weighed them down. This expression transfers bowing under a physical weight to emotional burdens. [c. 1600]
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