How to Use onerous in a Sentence
onerous
adjective- The government imposed onerous taxes on imports.
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The best cars come at a cost—and the official one tends to be the least onerous of the bunch.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2025
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The 50% rule might become onerous to brides, Egert said.
—Carline Jean, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
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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
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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
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The cost to repair it was onerous, and Hilton had no option but to junk it.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022
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Of course, even with onerous terms, some still decide to go ahead.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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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
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The bride’s wedding dress search was a little more onerous.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
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The GSEs and housing lobby complain the rule is too onerous and will no doubt push the Biden team to weaken it.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
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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
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But by the time of their default, 13 years later, their loan terms had improved and weren’t as onerous.
—oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2020
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Laundry lovers know how to get rid of the things that can make washing, folding, and putting clothes away seem onerous.
—Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 12 Aug. 2021
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The loans that China provides are often opaque and onerous.
—Shannon K. O’Neil, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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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
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This was supposed to unleash the British from all the onerous obligations of the European Union.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
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Coinbase has given people a way to sidestep the big banks and their onerous fees.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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The prospect of over 850 miles of boring, back-and-forth driving suddenly seemed less onerous.
—Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2022
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Lee found the limitations on his right to work onerous.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022
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Cambridge decided the cost was too onerous and quit the pursuit.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The kafeel could exert onerous control over a worker’s life and movements.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
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Jones’ contract is not onerous enough that he can be considered safe to make the roster.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
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Living in an ice sheet was not as harsh, or as onerous, as Weiss had initially feared.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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Living in an ice sheet was not as harsh, or as onerous, as Weiss had initially feared.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
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That will keep the Heat just below the onerous payroll luxury tax.
—Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2021
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The punishments were rated on a five-tier scale, five being the most onerous; a Tier 2 might require a guy to hang a poster of the winner’s face on his wall for a year.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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That day was certainly upon us — until this afternoon, when Trump announced a three-month pause on his global trade war (save the onerous tariff regime imposed on China).
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 9 Apr. 2025
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