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
• Holewinski asked during the meeting if the local school district would be burdened by students needing to complete their studies while staying at the center.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
• In taking on that obligation, the company also took on an inventory of homes more than 100 years old, burdened by problems such as outdated and faulty plumbing, old heating and electrical systems, asbestos, lead paint and aging wood.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024