How to Use onerous in a Sentence

onerous

adjective

• The government imposed onerous taxes on imports.
• But red tape and funding make this an onerous journey when the idea was born in the 1990s.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• These were paid for by the French themselves in onerous costs set by the armistice agreement.
  — Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
• The cost to repair it was onerous, and Hilton had no option but to junk it.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022
• Of course, even with onerous terms, some still decide to go ahead.
  — Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• The researchers have to isolate the barks from all the other sounds that happen in the background of the videos, which makes the process onerous.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
• The bride’s wedding dress search was a little more onerous.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
• If the logistics are too onerous, the event could take place in the Denver metro area instead.
  — Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• The loans that China provides are often opaque and onerous.
  — Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• The reality of the cap hit to a team signing a QB to that kind of deal — a team already over the cap limit — is onerous.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• This was supposed to unleash the British from all the onerous obligations of the European Union.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
• Coinbase has given people a way to sidestep the big banks and their onerous fees.
  — Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
• The prospect of over 850 miles of boring, back-and-forth driving suddenly seemed less onerous.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2022
• Lee found the limitations on his right to work onerous.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022
• The flaw was fixed with an over-the-air update, a recall fix that's less onerous for automakers and consumers.
  — Matt McFarland, CNN, 14 July 2022
• And in the 74 Pinehurst case, New York argued that the law is far less onerous than it was described in the petition for review.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• Len Thomas, a 75-year-old retiree, said the closure would be onerous for people without a car.
  — Travis Andersen and, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
• The kafeel could exert onerous control over a worker’s life and movements.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
• Jones’ contract is not onerous enough that he can be considered safe to make the roster.
  — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• Relieving them of an onerous debt burden would be a good start.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 20 Dec. 2021
• Speech rules are even more onerous in countries such as Pakistan and Turkey.
  — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2022
• Iran also has to pare the onerous subsidies that have long drained its treasury.
  — Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, WSJ, 26 July 2022
• People were offering spare rooms, or sometimes a whole floor, but the process was onerous.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022
• These changes make the timelines around embargoes even more onerous.
  — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
• Chalmers believed the requirements were onerous and took time away from serving clients.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• Building an index, while onerous, is only part of the battle.
  — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
• The bad news for the Heat is re-signing Martin and/or Highsmith could come with the second apron’s onerous restrictions.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 May 2024
• The steps needed to become a candidate, let alone full member, is an onerous process that can take years or even decades.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• The asbestos industry challenged the ban in court, and in 1991, a panel of federal judges deemed the rule too onerous and overturned it.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
• If a commitment to form a family is regarded as onerous, how much more so a demand for the supreme sacrifice for people one has never even met?
  — Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024