weigh down

The scene changes weigh down the overall pace.

Trucks and cars trundle past, weighed down with people's belongings.

“I don’t want to weigh down my car.”

A film about Anthony Robles runs the danger of courting clichés of uplift that weigh down some films featuring disability.

From 2014 the association changed completely, and he later explained in a podcast interview how he became weighed down with sadness whenever someone mentioned his birthday.