burden
Example Sentences
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While already juggling health issues for both herself and her son this year, she’s added the burden of taking care of her parents, who are in their 80s, from far away.
From MarketWatch
The main cause for worry is Japan’s famously high debt burden.
When a teenager named Alex dies of mysterious causes, part of the burden of mourning falls on Aviva, an upload virtually confected out of pain.
From Los Angeles Times
New assessments have shifted the burden from downtown commercial properties to individual homeowners, and other taxing entities have asked for more money.
"Lots of them do that, they don't burden the producers," he said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
