How to Use burden in a Sentence

burden

1 of 2 noun

• After the massacres of Oct. 7, the burden is now on Israel to end the war in Gaza.
  — Yonah Jeremy Bob, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• In most of the country, though, the net effect of the tax overhaul was a lightened burden.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• This puts a burden on my son and his wife and creates friction.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Adding to the burden, Nathan gets demoted in his job as a tennis pro at a posh club.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 8 June 2023
• The burden rests on the defense to prove incompetence, Raven told CNN in an email.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 20 June 2023
• But in fact, the much bigger burden of disease is in older adults.
  — Bylila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 June 2023
• That's seen as a drag on the economy and a growing financial burden for the rest of the nation.
  — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
• That burden may affect their choice of when to marry, have children, or buy a home.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2023
• But even in Massachusetts, the burden is still on the veteran to file a claim.
  — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• The new rule aims to prevent that burden from falling on taxpayers in the future.
  — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 21 July 2023
• And, the burden of change is often placed on Black women, according to Mair.
  — Essence, 9 Apr. 2024
• So, what can older adults and family caregivers do to ease the burdens of health care?
  — Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
• What’s clear is that the report raised the burden on Mr. Biden to demonstrate his fitness for the presidency.
  — Nate Cohn, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• For his part, the taciturn Russ recognizes how large a burden has been placed on Wendy.
  — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• Re: Unasked-for dog: Why is the burden of researching a shelter, etc., on the letter writer?
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
• This will reduce the burden of chronic diseases like AMD.
  — Pearse Keane, WIRED, 26 June 2023
• Typically, the burden falls on the mother to give up her career.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 23 Nov. 2023
• The pieces take the form of burden straps, once used for carrying supplies, or dog blankets known as tuppies.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• The heavy burden of student loans had become a major issue for Democrats.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• Whoever comes next will have the burden of filling the shoes of a man who deserves to be considered one of the great lions of the Senate.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
• And the burden should not go to organizes such as us or the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
  — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2023
• About 95% of the women’s health burden stems from conditions that affect both women and men.
  — Lucy Perez, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
• At some places the child’s little prints disappear even as the woman’s broaden in the mud under the burden of the youngster’s extra weight.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• That money is coming from a 0.88% tax on hotel rooms, which shifts most of the burden from locals to visitors.
  — Brett Knight, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
• The classes eat up time and financial aid dollars and add an extra burden on top of the course load required for a degree.
  — oregonlive, 7 June 2023
• And with this decision, the NCAA has placed an unnecessary burden on him.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• In addition to the health burdens, there’s also a financial one.
  — Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
• Uncontrolled weight gain can become a burden on our mental health, as well as our body.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• All of Sudan's neighbors have their own conflicts and economic problems and the influx of Sudanese refugees adds to the burden.
  — Samy Magdy, ajc, 18 June 2023
• Hayward’s days with the Hornets have been marred by injuries, something that puts extra burden on the bench players and throws a kink in the rotation.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024

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burden

2 of 2 verb

• I don't wish to burden you with my problems.
• In each of the six counties, more than 40% of renters are cost-burdened.
  — Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
• The trustee had alleged that the deal burdened Samson with more debt than it...
  — Becky Yerak, WSJ, 15 June 2023
• No longer is this club or its fans burdened by the presence of Daniel Snyder.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
• And burdening the rest of us with all the related ills.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
• Only 21% of White home owners are cost burdened in that way.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
• But with the king’s mental health struggles and the due-any-day royal baby, Agatha doesn’t want to burden her friend.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 May 2023
• Romney was too stiff, too much of a politician, to burdened by years of compromise.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• For those of you who are burdened with exquisite taste, a week in the South of France with family and friends is très recherché.
  — Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2023
• Already burdened by feelings of shame and low self-worth, Henson tried to kill himself.
  — Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2023
• The weight of a trial burdened the 21-year-old facing a maximum of life in prison if convicted.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
• What's more, all that luxury burdened it with a portly 3625-pound curb weight—porkiest in this group.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
• But in Ukraine, Russia has burdened itself with an unwinnable war.
  — Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
• Tetiana, a former janitor, does not want to burden her children, who live near Kyiv.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• That way, if Natalia dies, Elliott will not be burdened by any of her medical bills.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
• Your heart may be burdened by the potentials during the Sagittarius moon.
  — USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
• There’s no such thing as a perfect workout, so don’t burden yourself with that pressure.
  — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2023
• While this is well-intentioned, many caregivers feel burdened by it.
  — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 12 Dec. 2023
• No one could have predicted that a movie burdened with a title taken from the name of its lead character — who is John Wick?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
• No need to burden yourself with page-long sonnets to your list of loved ones, from family members to life partners to best friends.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
• Suddenly, her great news is burdened with guilt: Elora is leaving her best friend(*) at the same time his mother is.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
• People work hard to pay for their homes & then to be burdened with rising property taxes doesnt seem fair.
  — Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
• Don’t want to burden your showerhead or need a little extra space?
  — Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Weimar Republic was certainly burdened by severe systemic flaws, and a strong case can be made that it was doomed from birth.
  — Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
• The report found Maui County had the highest share in the state of those who are severely cost burdened, or pay over half their income toward rent.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
• This wine gives the impression of butterscotch, sea salt and apple pie, yet doesn’t burden the drinker with any of the sweet richness that those notes might imply.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2022
• In the same way that heavy backpacks burden hikers on overnight camping trips, dive gear pushes your strength more than a casual swim would.
  — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2022
• But what is a blessing to others can sometimes be a curse for Pisces, since people will likely burden them with their problems.
  — Aryelle Siclait, Women's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
• It is also burdened with one of the fastest-growing populations.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• What the film reveals is how much perpetual strain and burden these cases place on Crump himself.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 20 June 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024