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How to use the word burdened in a Sentence?

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It feels like the community is now going to be burdened by this.

– Jasmine Hope

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re not going to see any benefits and only deal with the consequences, it feels like the community is now going to be burdened by this.

– Jasmine Hope

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I agree that something needs to be done to make college a more affordable option for students and make sure they aren’t burdened by debt for decades. However, this is not how I would have done it, i would have liked to see a more targeted approach and a way to pay for this plan. We can use debt forgiveness strategically to channel students into careers where we need help desperately, like mental health professionals, educators and nurses.

– Kim Schrier

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I agree that something needs to be done to make college a more affordable option for students and make sure they aren’t burdened by debt for decades. However, this is not how I would have done it.

– Kim Schrier

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm just wondering why some students got their loans forgiven and others, like Courtesy Monica Mitchell, are still being burdened, they had the same issues that I had, the same complaints that I had. The Biden administration's just The Biden administration.

– Courtesy Monica Mitchell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

[A] public policy of simply discouraging people from owning or using firearms is not, in and of itself, a constitutionally permissible objective, any more than discouraging people from religious observance would be permissible to some oh-so-progressive government that considered religion as hopelessly declassé as progressives nowadays consider the right to keep and bear arms .... And any statute or regulation that burdens the right to keep and bear arms on the ground that guns are a public health hazard should enjoy the same frosty reception in court that would be given a statute or regulation that burdened the free exercise of religion as a mental hazard.

– Daniel D. Polsby

added by Normando
1 year ago

When he saw the news coverage of what was happening in Ukraine it tore him up, he could n’t sleep or eat, he felt so burdened that these people needed help.

– Joy Black

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I am burdened with all my other work, and I don't know how long I can continue to support Swetanjali Jha without getting support.

– Mamta Kumari

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was always optimistic he could change the minds of his [bench] colleagues, so they will see the law as he sees it, so it allowed him to come to work every day and not be burdened by the baggage of the past cases, and the tensions that may have occurred between the justices. Because every case for him was a fresh start.

– Mirah Horowitz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

American companies can create more jobs in America if they're not so heavily burdened with regulations and taxes.

– Marc Short

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm against stigmatizing those who make this decision [ to undergo an abortion ] which I believe is difficult to begin with, due to moral and social burdens. It shouldn't be burdened as well by the law. Nobody gets voluntarily pregnant thinking about getting an abortion later.

– Supreme Court

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It seems like these communities are just continually burdened with risks that they didn't ask for, and don't deserve to be burdened with.

– Kimberly Terrell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's just risk on top of risk on top of risk, there's always air pollution coming out of industrial facilities, and these communities have been burdened with that for decades.

– Kimberly Terrell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The JEDI contract has been burdened by potential conflicts of interest, size, needless delays and its single awardee structure.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Burdened no more is the soul for whom life flows through dance like breath

– Shah Asad Rizvi

added by shahasadrizvi
2 years ago

The crimes of German colonial rule have long burdened relations with Namibia. There can be no closing of the book on the past. However, the recognition of guilt and our request for apology is an important step towards coming to terms with the crimes and shaping the future together.

– Heiko Maas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today is a good day for Americans. By removing Liz Cheney as conference chair, the House GOP has reaffirmed its commitment to policies that put Americans first, hopefully we can complete the shift in focus to break the waning remnants of neoconservative policies that have left America less free, less safe, and more burdened by debt.

– Warren Davidson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I know a lot of y' all have seen me smiling on social media and say I don't seem as hurt or burdened by this, but that's the farthest thing, this time has sucked.

– Dale Moss

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The incomes of low-income renters are not keeping pace with the increases in rental rates that we're seeing, so if you're in your eighties and your income is falling and your rent is going up, you're much more likely to become cost-burdened.

– Jen Molinsky

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The peak of tolerance is most readily achieved by those who are not burdened by convictions.

– Alexander Chase

added by Normando
4 years ago

After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow.... Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military, our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming...... . victory and can not be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I have much to get done in the next year and a half, i want to be able to focus on budget reform to get control of our national debt ; Several small business initiatives ; Protecting and diversifying Wyoming's Jobs. I don't want to be burdened with the distractions of a campaign. After this term I will find other ways to serve.

– Mike Enzi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military, our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and can not be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The world gets blessed every now and then with unique souls who though burdened by their invisible crosses, still have the extraordinary strength to forge ahead in life and give others a helping hand at the same time. Despite their tribulations, most of us think they are fine. Even when the weight of their crosses become unbearable, even when they proceed in a breathless manner, we still have a hard time understanding that they are drowning. In fact, we even condemn them for failing to sacrifice more...”

– Janvier Chouteu-Chando

added by anonymous
5 years ago

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