Sentences with weigh down
weigh down
W w - He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing him down. [VERB noun PREPOSITION]
- The merchant bank is being weighed down by a £1.3 billion book of bad debts. [be V-ed by/with n]
- His troubles weighed him down
- To weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- To weigh out five pounds of sugar.
- We weighed the drapes to make them hang properly.
- To weigh the facts; to weigh a proposal.
- To weigh less; to weigh a ton.
- Your recommendation weighs heavily in his favor.
- Responsibility weighed upon her.
- To weigh well before deciding.
- The ship weighed early and escaped in the fog.