burdened
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of burdened
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Burdened with 26 billion euros in net debt, TIM currently burns cash.
From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023
Burdened by malaise, he finds himself gazing one night into the idealized universe of a snow globe that contains a quaint little village.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2019
Burdened eventually with shame and regret, longing to be seen — and heard — as her ordinarily extraordinary self, Ifemelu giddily repents.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2019
Burdened by this history, and the ever-increasing expensive repairs, the city locked the front gates and abandoned the entire site in 1971.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2017
Burdened with a number of small unmanageable packages and unabashed public adulation, he felt obliged to perform.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
