Use "weigh down" in a sentence

1. They could push the pipes a short way into the gravel to make the structure a little sturdier, and use gravel to weigh down the outer edge of the fabric but the ropes were a problem

2. What a burden now seemed to weigh down upon him so heavily

3. What a burden now seemed to weigh down

4. The body would have to be dropped in early on in the pour, so there would be plenty of concrete to weigh down the buoyant body

5. He searched for and found a large rock with which to weigh down the accelerator and got in

6. ” His words sounded as heavy as bricks as they came out, and seemed to weigh down the air in the car

7. This amateur strategy can produce serious losses and weigh down your portfolio with a few big losers