mental weight
Example Sentences
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“Knowing that’s coming takes a mental weight off,” he says.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023
When the final whistle sounded, players fell to their knees, stomachs and backs — exhausted from the physical and mental weight of winning at the World Cup.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022
Although the most lasting works are those which are massive and immobile, they carry that significance alone and no longer support their original mental weight.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018
I think once that's out of the way, whatever happens at Congressional, it will be a mental weight lifted off my shoulders.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2011
Her tone sounded as if she were relieved of a mental weight, and would like to go.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
