Example sentences for: burdened

How can you use “burdened” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It pits the interests of dot-com companies that don't want to be burdened by collecting taxes on behalf of some 7,500 different sales-taxing jurisdictions against the interests of states and municipalities that rely on revenues to fund schools, law enforcement, and public works projects.

  • Historians, as burdened by footnotes and data as biographers, seldom devote more than five years to a book.

  • You’ll see gaggles of geese and ducks waddling along the riverbanks, burdened donkeys treading steadfastly homeward, and oxen compliantly tilling the fields.

  • These areas are distinctly separate from the urban centers, moreover these communities have higher socio-economic status and are not burdened with the problems often associated with urban areas.

  • In the past, Viacom's dogged pursuit of media synergy led it to overpay for everything from Paramount Studios to Blockbuster, and burdened it with a debt load worthy of a small nation.


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