: carrying a burden : heavily laden or encumbered
burdened with/by debt/guilt/responsibilities
… saved a burdened shopper the trouble of returning her grocery cart …—
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Elizabeth KadetskyWith burdened heart and aching eyes I looked over the walls around me.—Wilkie Collins
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Boulder has the highest share of burdened renters among Colorado metro areas at 61.2%, although its large college student population skews that number.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
Nursing assistants, health aides, and other lower-wage health care workers were particularly vulnerable during outbreaks, and many remain burdened now.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2024
Despite being offered more time off from the game by his club, Eustaquio was insistent: playing soccer almost immediately would ease his burdened mind.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
Sam and Katherine communicate mostly through burdened stares and regretful glances, which suggest the depth of the pair’s intimacy.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange has gotten a little too burdened.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 8 May 2023
Through the vote, the poor can access financial means, the infirm can find health care supports, and the burdened and heavy-laden can receive a measure of relief from a social safety net that serves all.
—Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
Nursing assistants, health aides, and other lower-wage health care workers were particularly vulnerable during outbreaks, and many remain burdened now.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2024
Despite being offered more time off from the game by his club, Eustaquio was insistent: playing soccer almost immediately would ease his burdened mind.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
Sam and Katherine communicate mostly through burdened stares and regretful glances, which suggest the depth of the pair’s intimacy.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange has gotten a little too burdened.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 8 May 2023
Through the vote, the poor can access financial means, the infirm can find health care supports, and the burdened and heavy-laden can receive a measure of relief from a social safety net that serves all.
—Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
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“Burdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burdened. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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