How to Use onerous in a Sentence

onerous

adjective

• The government imposed onerous taxes on imports.
• 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
• The 50% rule might become onerous to brides, Egert said.
  — Carline Jean, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• 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
• After the tears dry, the new lovebirds are faced with the onerous task of getting to know each other.
  — Megan C. Reynolds, Time, 27 June 2025
• 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
• 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
• If the heat isn’t onerous enough, Monday will be humid, Lessor said.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• But by the time of their default, 13 years later, their loan terms had improved and weren’t as onerous.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2020
• 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
• 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
• Even a $10 CVS gift card removes a small burden and can make that day, that errand, less onerous.
  — Gwen Torsky, Health.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• 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
• Cambridge decided the cost was too onerous and quit the pursuit.
  — Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
• As for the onerous paperwork Hamilton refers to, there’s an appeal to cut through the red tape and get things moving.
  — John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
• 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
• Sterilizing bottles in a giant pot of boiling water is an onerous process, one that few parents of young babies want to undertake at the end of a long day.
  — Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025