Example sentences of "weigh down with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set beside the works of Marquez et al , those of Angus Wilson must have looked distinctly unexotic , weighed down with sociological observation and liberal-humanist philosophising . |
| 2 | A heavily embroidered Ixmarite flag hung virtually lifeless from a pole in the centre of the roof , weighed down with gold thread . |
| 3 | She was wearing a green school coat that was too big for her , so that her little pink hands stuck out all chubby from the sleeves , and she was weighed down with all sorts of rubbish — a shiny brown leather satchel , and a shoe-bag with a bunch of roses embroidered on it , and a hockey-stick . |
| 4 | Pornography means more than most people would have us believe , but the word has become so weighed down with negative associations that we tend to shy away from it . |
| 5 | These boroughs , like the London borough of Newham , are weighed down with more than their fair share of problems . |
| 6 | Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes . |
| 7 | The good primary school , in encouraging children to use documents , to dramatise in the classroom , to get the children into the experience of people living in another age , in many ways come close to what the university historian is doing than some of the secondary erm school histories , which are still weighed down with this content . |