Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: weighed
IPA transcription: [w'eɪd]
Usage examples
  • I am satisfied your Ladyship has not weighed this project.
  • In short, all through December Mollie was weighed down under an avalanche of responsibility.
  • That farewell kiss, that sudden composure when the day of the dinner was fixed, weighed on my spirits.
  • Of all the griefs which weighed upon the Duke's mind, that in reference to his sister was the heaviest.
  • It measured from the nose to the end of the tail, four feet ten inches, and weighed thirty-four and a half pounds.
  • The thimble weighed too heavy, The stitches stopped themselves, And then 't was put among the dust Upon the closet shelves.
  • They insist that the treasure itself be produced and weighed in their presence, as is the custom among the Brethren of the Coast."
  • Being masters of the ship, they immediately weighed anchor and set sail from the port, lest they should be pursued by other vessels.
  • Although he was only twenty-three years of age, he had fully weighed the matter of his freedom, and appeared firmly set against Slavery.
  • When the wind lulled, a deeper silence than that of the deserts fell upon the arid, naked rocks, and weighed upon the surface of the ocean.