How to Use burden in a Sentence

burden

1 of 2 noun
  • How to deal with such a burden?
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That burden does not fade with time.
    Peter Blair, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
  • What proud vet wants to be a burden?
    Quil Lawrence, NPR, 25 June 2026
  • Let this take some of the burden off of you.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But this burden could burn them.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But the judge found the city met its burden.
    Abraham Gutman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Their burdens, at least, were light.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Aid groups cannot bear this burden on our own, through small donors.
    José Andrés, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The burden’s up 98% in six years.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The burden’s up 82% in six years.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The burden’s up 92% in six years.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The burden’s up 80% in six years.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The lesson is that the burden must be shared.
    Zach Iscol, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • That burden was simply not met in this case.
    Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This year, my burden will begin to lift.
    Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • That mindset puts the burden back on providers.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But their weight was always a burden.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Those who don’t pay the homestead will bear the burden.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Much of that burden will fall to consumers, the firm wrote.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
  • First, taxes are a price and burden.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Now that cycle, that burden is over.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Now that cycle, that burden is over.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • So, no, money doesn’t feel like a burden.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This way, tasks feel like a treat to complete, not a burden.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The burden’s up 109% in six years.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The burden’s up 100% in six years.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • None of this is your fault, and none of this is your burden to carry.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This burden is not shared equally.
    Sandra Martinez, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2026
  • That daily burden adds up fast.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • But that burden has been lifted.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025

burden

2 of 2 verb
  • I don't wish to burden you with my problems.
  • But he isn’t burdened by the weight of them.
    Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, he’s burdened by the pain and state of the world.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Students are burdened with debt.
    Cory Turner, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • The friction isn’t to burden you, but to shed light on what can no longer stay the same.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This type of tax does not burden our residents.
    Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Gary is only burdened by his own high standards.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Green’s express goal is to avoid burdening users with ads.
    Esme Fox, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
  • When feeling crushed or burdened, take a micro-break.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In each of the six counties, more than 40% of renters are cost-burdened.
    Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Justin is being bullied at school, but doesn’t want to burden his father.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • She isn’t burdened by the need to shed a darker, more mercenary child-star past.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Equal under the law, if perhaps burdened with a funny name.
    Valeng Cha, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • While this is well-intentioned, many caregivers feel burdened by it.
    Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Our bloated budget is over-burdened by waste, fraud, and decadence.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • And that burdens a lot of our recipients.
    Ashley Lopez, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • No longer is this club or its fans burdened by the presence of Daniel Snyder.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Romney was too stiff, too much of a politician, to burdened by years of compromise.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Don’t want to burden your showerhead or need a little extra space?
    Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The end product is more rules and regulations that burden the schools.
    Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
  • 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 mass transit won't be cheap in some cities, others are determined to not burden the fans.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Broad, one-size-fits-all policies that burden high-quality providers will not solve this problem.
    Tom Koutsoumpas, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Both are already burdened with pending reviews for hundreds of projects.
    Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • People work hard to pay for their homes & then to be burdened with rising property taxes doesnt seem fair.
    Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, health care is already burdened by retirements and burnout.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Already burdened by feelings of shame and low self-worth, Henson tried to kill himself.
    Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Tetiana, a former janitor, does not want to burden her children, who live near Kyiv.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
  • But in Ukraine, Russia has burdened itself with an unwinnable war.
    Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Their season is fleeting, and I’d rather be burdened with too many peaches than even an ounce of regret.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

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