weighed down
Example Sentences
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Motorbikes are ubiquitous in Hanoi, with nearly seven million used by commuters, families or weighed down by piles of goods, and they outnumber cars roughly seven to one.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The Nasdaq composite fell 0.9%, weighed down by declines in Nvidia and other stocks linked to the artificial-intelligence boom, after The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI missed internal revenue and user targets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The struggles of the nascent private-capital market, weighed down by lending to software companies whose businesses are under threat from artificial intelligence, has captured the eye of the market and the news media.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
But 34 days later Fisher died, leaving them weighed down by a universe of grief.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
I saw Jennifer jump on her daddy’s back while he was weighed down with a giant Eskimo cooler.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
