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Meanings of weighed down in English

Heavily burdened with work or cares.

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Full of; bearing great weight.

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Examples for "heavy"
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China's new climate-related insurance services, however, often depend on heavy government subsidies.
Reuters
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Reporting remains subject to heavy legal constraint, thus key information remains obscured.
The Irish Times
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Twenty years of freedom have seen heavy investment is Soweto's public transport.
The South African
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And Western Australia has particularly heavy penalties under its Public Health Act.
News.com.au
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There is also new evidence that heavy precipitation has increased in Europe.
The Guardian
Usage of weighed down in English
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Weakness at its health care and industrial divisions also weighed down results.
Reuters
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Energy shares fell with oil prices weighed down by growing U.S. output.
Reuters
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The sadness that weighed down Charlotte's heart felt impossible to carry alone.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
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The spirit of the conquering race, unquenchable, irresistible, weighed down the balance.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
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When the story ends the tired eyelids are weighed down with sleep.
The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories
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Gold prices were weighed down by a sharp slide in silver prices.
Reuters
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The results were weighed down by Florida, where revenue fell 27 percent.
Reuters
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The index was weighed down again on Friday by U.S. grains markets.
Reuters
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Unlike his predecessors Jürgen Klopp is not weighed down by such concerns.
The Irish Times
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The commanders weighed down by it, finds himself more and more neutralised.
On War
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So much for the Argentinian being weighed down by his price tag.
The Guardian
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He is at heart a democrat, not weighed down by inflexible notions.
The Guardian
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He was not weighed down by the feeling of guilt, at least.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
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Body and soul are weighed down as by a load of lead.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2
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She is weighed down by Apollonian wakefulness, a sun that never sets.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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It weighed down her body as well, though that mattered little indeed.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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