burden

[ˈbɜːrdn]

Definition:
1. An onerous or difficult concern.
2. That causes worry, difficulty or hard work.
3. A load, especially a heavy one.

Use 'burden' in a sentence:

• 1. We want to take that burden off of people and help them optimize their current situation.
• 2. And any initiative to boost the tax burden would lead to the same result.
• 3. And will this also add more debt or more of a burden on the federal government?
• 4. If you see your options as a burden instead of an opportunity, you may not choose wisely.
• 5. But for him and other vendors at the market, the lenses pose a burden.
• 6. His poor family is becoming a burden.
• 7. In this situation, the burden of convening a meeting falls on the shareholders.
• 8. The idea of being a burden to you and your sister is mortifying.
• 9. There was an extraordinary feeling of hope and relief, as if a great burden had been cast off.
• 10. That is your privilege, and your burden.
• 11. The burden of his guilt was heavier than the burden of his shame.
• 12. We in the beyond are eager to lighten your burden but no one can help you as long as you do not believe in your own light and kindle it yourself.
• 13. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
• 14. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
• 15. I fervently hope he recognizes and understands the burden that's on his shoulders.
• 16. What complicates the issue is the burden of history.
• 17. I don't want to burden you with my problems.
• 18. Should the burden of responsibility for public safety be shoved on to a single developer?
• 19. We decided not to burden him with the news.
• 20. That was a huge burden of stress, worry, and cost for the small business that I worked for.
• 21. I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old.