burdened
Example Sentences
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Smart, ambitious and dogged, she is not burdened by a dark past or traumatic pain or the generally dour outlook that plague so many of her peers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Carrying costs are also an issue—massive properties are burdened by soaring taxes—especially in markets like Los Angeles, where the mansion tax hinders high-end sales.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
"It's just that we have made sure that we facilitate the procedure in a way that means visitors are not burdened".
From BBC • May 10, 2026
While the public markets have been burdened with excessive regulation, the private markets now often operate at the other extreme—without many basic protections that typical American investors might assume are a given.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
By three o’clock, the rain had stopped and the sky was a curdled gray burdened with lumps of clouds.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
