weighed down
Example Sentences
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Shares of the chip-making giants that have powered the market’s climb to records tumbled, weighed down by new concerns that trillions of dollars invested in AI technology won’t yield the expected blockbuster returns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Shares of Microsoft have been weighed down by depressed software sentiment and broader AI concerns.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
For Caballero, he says the arts have provided an escape that he “needed in order to survive and not feel weighed down by American consumerism, by poverty and by feeling trapped.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
It came as a key survey revealed that business activity in the eurozone contracted further in May, weighed down by weak demand caused by a conflict.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Esteban Trueba went into town and returned weighed down with pesticides in every form known to man—powders, liquids, and pills—which he sprayed and sprinkled everywhere.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
