burden
noun
that which is carried; load.
has burdened
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present perfectof burden (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Her lawyer, Nicole Servaty, told journalists that she "really had a voice in this proceeding", adding: "She was able to testify, to express her feelings and everything that has burdened her."
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Twenty other people were injured in the incident, which has burdened relations between the two powers ever since.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
The resurgence of the coronavirus has burdened hospitals anew across the country, with a rush of patients fueled by the virus’s virulent Delta variant catching doctors off guard.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Scanning the list of signatories, investment manager Barry Ritholtz observed that it was “a Who’s Who of corporate behavior that has burdened and disadvantaged the very stakeholders they will now champion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
"Dearest mother, I know not of whom you speak, and who it is that has burdened himself with so heinous a crime."
From The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
