laden

Example Sentences

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If a question is long or laden with metaphoric speech — “feeling blue,” “get it off your chest” — the time required only expands.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Otherwise known as the Epstein files, this “library” is laden with crudity, eye-piercing typos, and rants about genetics.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

At 95 minutes, the opera is about 15 minutes too long, laden with considerable exposition and repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Similar to the way Lamar’s performance was laden with symbolism about Black history, life and death under the American police state, Bad Bunny placed cultural tributes in plain sight.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026

Her fingers, fair and slender, were laden with jewelled rings, any one of which would have fed us for a year.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya