'burden' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'burden' with 7 example sentences.
- burden noun
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: an onerous or difficult concern
: weight to be borne or conveyed
: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
- burden verb
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: weight down with a load
: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
I don't want to be a burden.
He was a burden to his parents.
I don't want to be a burden to my parents.
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
They were burdened with heavy taxes.
He was not a financial burden on her.
Running the store is becoming a burden to him.