Example Sentences

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Some of the alleged victims have said the unsettling revelations helped them make sense of unexplained symptoms of trauma that had burdened them their whole lives.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

Well-informed and good-natured, he nevertheless couldn't survive to the end of the semester, given whatever demons his experiences over there had burdened him with.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2023

By betting on size, the company had burdened itself with expensive shops just as more customers were moving online.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2019

Ricco also mentioned the Mets’ natural tendency to avoid the kind of contracts that had burdened them before their recent renaissance.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015

I had seen beauty, but the beauty had burdened me with responsibility.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya