Sentence example with the word 'overburden'

overburden

bear hard upon, congest, encumber, go ill with, jam-pack, overcharge, overstuff, press hard upon, soak, surfeit, weigh on

Definition n. the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits

Last update: July 18, 2015


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Children are overburdened with homework.   [Please select]

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Quickly jumping from point to point he pictured a harbor of slaves overburdened, driven into fierce revolt.   [Please select]

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"It's made already, I reckon," said the Yankee, with the air of a man who was overburdened with success.   [Please select]

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And with that she went on till she came to the apple tree, all overburdened by its fruit.   [Please select]

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His army clamored for pay; and he was overburdened with debts.   [Please select]

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The Bank of England stopped payment in specie, and the country was overburdened by taxation.   [Please select]

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Through both his windows there began to reach him a succession of fragile sounds; the snapping of rotten, weakest, most overburdened twigs.   [Please select]

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