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It weighs upon him, troubles him.
It weighs upon the whole country.
This is entirely apt, because time, in all its ornery complexity, fleeting and ponderous, slipping through the fingers even as it weighs upon the soul, is a central theme in Beckett's 1958 one-act.
"The pressure is always from the outside and it weighs upon you because you know that you sometimes need that little bit of luck".
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I haven't seen my family in two years and it weighs heavily upon my heart.
"They have seen the darkness within them and within the world," she said, "and it weighs heavily upon them".
I have no sense of it weighing down upon me.
He had carried this "sin" around with him all his life, and it weighed heavily upon his heart.
It's thick and wet, and if you're walking through it you might feel it "weighing" heavy upon you in terms of a sensation.
And, of course, how the company has come under fire for its executives' continued sale of shares, even as investor confidence flags, and its share price weighs upon internal morale.
"Your sorrow weighs upon my heart, / Your pain, it wounds me so".
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