How to Use weigh on in a Sentence

weigh on

verb
  • But the massacre weighs on him.
    — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • For sure, the lack of a goal to this point had started to weigh on him.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Mothers brought their babies to be weighed on the big scale by the meat counter.
    — Gregg Olsen, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The weather has been known to weigh on Glasnow’s mind.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
  • How much does No Doubt’s legacy weigh on your mind these days?
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • Relapse fears weigh on you every single day.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • But because Aubry's played five times, that weighed on a lot of the jury votes.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 31 May 2026
  • State and national taxes have also weighed on the price of gas.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 6 May 2026
  • Leaving his children in Spain, even if only for a time, weighs on him.
    — Jorge Ebro may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • When orders slow, excess supply weighs on prices and earnings.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • Tapanes said the aftermath continues to weigh on him.
    — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The impending end of the Colbert era was weighing on them all.
    — Mark Yarm, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • How could a juror not feel doubt about their decision with all these factors weighing on them?
    — Sonali Chakravarti, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
  • Those offensive struggles can weigh on the team and lessen the margin of error for the rest of the team.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • The new taxes have weighed on employment and forced small businesses to shut down.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • But the political moment weighs on her.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 May 2026
  • The pandemic weighed on the timeline, too, forcing a delay of roughly a year and a half.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Memories of the Iran-Iraq War may be weighing on their minds.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Market forces aren’t the only issue weighing on farmers.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Market forces aren’t the only issue weighing on farmers.
    — ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • High yields slow economies and weigh on prices for stocks, cryptocurrencies and all kinds of other investments.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
  • Costs from wildfire will also continue to weigh on the county’s coffers.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The price of gasoline has weighed on people’s wallets and the national mind for over a century.
    — Daniel Yergin, Time, 20 June 2026
  • Semiconductors fell for a second day in a row, weighing on the latter two benchmarks.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • The tradeoff is that what helped recover the top line also weighed on profitability.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That slower return has continued to weigh on office demand.
    — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But more drops for computer chip companies weighed on indexes.
    — ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • But more drops for computer chip companies weighed on indexes.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Removal from the benchmark can weigh on a stock, as index funds sell shares to realign with the gauge’s new composition.
    — Isabelle Lee, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • The capital spending cut into profits and weighed on its stock price until it was measured in pennies.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026

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