press down

Many of us are experiencing tremendous pain right now; physical, spiritual, emotional or existential; with the weight of the world pressing down.

But the former linebacker has kept the broad shoulders and barrel chest of his pro football days, a bulk that might help the Dallas congressman bear the weight now pressing down on him.

"The test for us as a country starts right now," Maddow said elsewhere, pressing down on the "what's next?" of it all.

She pressed down on the handle to compress the chamber, which pumped air into the kiln.

Before I could say anything, I felt a big hand press down on my shoulder.