| 单词 | burden |
| 例句 | “I can’t explain, but I—I have a feeling I’m going to need to step up when we’re in the House of Hades. I need to carry my own burden.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Fears the thought of being burdened with the “soul” of anything. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The weight of appreciation and the threat, which was never spoken, of a return to Momma were burdens that clogged my childish wits into impassivity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That Lord Furnival was my father had been but a cruel burden. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They pulled out their oilskin cloaks, but as the day wore on with no sign that it would let up, Kaede began to feel the wet weight of it like a burden on her back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They complemented one another: Stanton, the thinker, was burdened with family responsibilities; Anthony, the organizer, was a master at the logistics of executing petition campaigns and planning events. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Angela stood between her determined mother and her distraught partner, paralyzed by the burden of choice. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z With each step that he took his burden grew heavier, and his breath became slow and harsh, and, of a sudden, cold sweat stood out on his brow and drenched his back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “A burden? Never. You’re too much of a gift to me.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Behind him, he dragged the burden of heavy shackles. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z None of us knew what to do with the enormous burden of our memories. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Based on numbers, it has a limitless complexity to engage the ingenuity and creativity of its adherents, without burdening them with the need for validation or testing. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is your birthright, and it is your burden.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Take your burdens to the Lord and leave them there. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I shouldn't burden you with this,” I said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When his father told him about Ruth, he joined him in despising her, but he felt put upon; felt as though some burden had been given to him and that he didn’t deserve it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And this anxiety to keep his father from angering her was wearisome to him and it was another thing to make of his love a burden to him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Now it had come to it, Sam felt reluctant to give up the Ring and burden his master with it again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At the return Ralph found himself alone on a limb with Jack and they grinned at each other, sharing this burden. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She gone through enough without being burdened with this.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She fell into bed exhausted and only felt the full burden of her grief in dreams, which, determined as she was, she could not control. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z "Aye, enough plunder to burden us directly to the gallows, eh?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Infinite possibilities and enormous responsibilities stretched out before him, but he was not prepared to take advantage of the former, or accept the burden of the latter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a tremendous burden, she says, to be responsible for every little thing, every infant born, every leaf falling from every tree, every wave that breaks onto the beach, every ant on its journey. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t it be nice if they could disappear us the way they disappeared the others and relieve us of all these crushing burdens?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And his talking had eased from his shoulders a heavy burden. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Esteban bent down and removed her burden, held it in the air for a moment, and then hurled it violently to the side of the path. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us. What a great burden of guilt men have!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Satisfying needs is the burden of the poor. The wealthy and powerful can afford to indulge their wants and whims. If you pass on this opportunity, you will always wonder what you missed.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The financial benefits of becoming a permanent resident would also finally ease the burden of college tuition on my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Slowly the burden I had carried for many months lifted somewhat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good-night again, sir. There is no debt, benefit, burden, obligation, in the case.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He did not want to strap it to his back too early, then have to stand around with its weight burdening him until his turn came to crawl down the cargo net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I am sorry to have to burden you with such news. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The burden I feel is the burden of responsibility, which is a tricky one to deal with. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z ‘We are too great a burden for one.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I knew only that I would grow heavy with the burden, and one day deathlike pains would grip me until the creature sprang from my loins and cried to be cared for. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a burden so heavy I could barely sleep at night for lack of breath. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Partly because I did not wish to be burdened with anyone’s pity or contempt, I concealed the true circumstances of my stay. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘If what I have done displeases you, my father,’ said Faramir quietly, ‘I wish I had known your counsel before the burden of so weighty a judgement was thrust on me.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Like the pale moon, I wane, weary of seeing the world’s grief, and I wax again, burdened with life. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The babe has been more than five months in my womb, and the burden grows each day. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was her burden, because she’d claimed him and then failed him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You are welcome to all my confidence that is worth having, Jane; but for God’s sake, don’t desire a useless burden! Don’t long for poison—don’t turn out a downright Eve on my hands!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The proportional burden on South Korea, some studies have found, would be two and a half times greater than on West Germany after it absorbed the former East Germany. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There was in her heart, it seemed, a heavy and delicately balanced burden whose weight she did not want to assume by disturbing it one whit. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite the midday heat, I wore a cloak over my rustic dress as if it were the burden of all my thoughts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was tempted to throw a few of the rocks into the rushing torrent, to ease the burden for the run back down. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They were no longer a game and a toy; they had become a chain and a burden. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Still there must have been a marvelous freeing of beauty when a worker laid down her burden and stretched and arched. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I would gladly have taken the burden and the pain off her hands, but there was no sense in starting something I couldn’t finish. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I was apologetic for imposing such a burden on those who had to decide. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It made him angry that a burden was lifted from him at his father’s funeral and it made him suffer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At my mother’s insistence, she, too, began school; the burden of financing both our educations rested entirely on my mother, even though my father tried to help from time to time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And that voice was now telling us we’d be less of a burden to ourselves and others if we let him buy Rachel off our hands for some goats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Was the burden of black life finally muddling her brain? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I forget to take a pill one morning and she peppers me with comments about my preternatural plotting to burden our life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For the little boy it was simply a burden. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie might not see me as a burden, but maybe his mom does. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She used words like “soon, when I’m back in Holland,” “a swift liberation,” “heroism” and “heavy burdens.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The case was closed, another burden Beto had survived to carry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I remembered him as a strange, shrunken man, his shoulders hunched as though burdened by a terrible weight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Even if the Lord should lay some great burden on one’s back—as He had done, but never so heavy a burden as this she carried now—one prayed in silence. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was surprisingly heavy—no burden for her, of course, but she marveled at his strength. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He just doesn’t want to be a burden. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Let us be fair. You know my secrets, now let me know yours. It will lighten the burden to share it.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I could have walked across the ice myself, without the burden of the group. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z All her misery was in the words, her terror and her pain of long ago, her grief for her child, the burden of the secret she had carried through the years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am Pluto. Life is never easy for my children, but you have a special burden. Now that you’re thirteen, we must make provisions—” She pushed his hand away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The old woman sat silent, bearing the burden of her years. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Adam and Lee hung over the exposed insides of the car while Will Hamilton, puffing under the burden of his new fat, explained the workings of a mechanism he did not understand himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the knowledge that none of our choices mattered, that all our pain and all our suffering would end with the world, and we’d be free of those burdens. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She was so used to seeing him seated, a face and a torso, that the first time she saw him walking, his gait saddened her: his shoulders stooped, as though burdened by lingering losses. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was taking a far greater risk than he knew; but Frodo was too much occupied with his burden and with the struggle in his mind to debate, and almost too hopeless to care. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And while everyone around me thought the sky was coming apart right above our heads, it was the ground that was surrendering under the weight of our heavy burdens. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For an instant, Brian observed relief sweeping the teacher’s face, as if a huge burden had been lifted from him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting five million dollars was not a burden. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z You can’t be burdened with pottery and printing presses as you shift camp. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was not a maternal drudge, her mind pressed flat, her shoulders hunched under the burden of housework and care of others, brutalized by a bear of a man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He also didn’t feel burdened by the thought that early parenthood would wreck his future plans—because he didn’t really have any future plans. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z There on the wide flats beside the noisy river were marshalled in many companies well nigh five and fifty hundreds of Riders fully armed, and many hundreds of other men with spare horses lightly burdened. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But it is said, too, that her passion brings her only a burden of pain, fraught with many sighs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The burden fell most heavily on Martin Kamen and others tasked with isotope production. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I think we can both bear that burden. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea how to bear that burden. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z What could she say to this girl that would ease her burden? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Should he return with his burden, home, to where already the hot wires were flashing, speaking, rattling the mournful message? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had neither element in my personality, so I hefted the burden of pregnancy at sixteen onto my own shoulders where it belonged. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Honey,” she said slowly, as though the word itself was a great burden. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Still his sleep had not been without all healing virtue: he was stronger, more able to bear his burden one stage further. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Doubtless you have the right of it, my lord. It is most considerate of you to . . . spare her this . . . burden." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly free of this burden, they can burst out and overwhelm the landscape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Maybe she’s got some mysterious illness and doesn’t want to be a burden to him.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem worth it to burden my parents with my middle-school issues. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Without her, Lanre’s life was nothing but a burden, and the power he had taken up lay like a hot knife in his mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know you’re not a little kid, but Baba and I never want to burden you with our problems.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He offered to take upon himself the burden of the sky while Atlas was away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Judging by my first few shifts, I don’t think my absence will be such a burden. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And now that he had killed Mary he felt a lessening of tension in his muscles; he had shed an invisible burden he had long carried. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “No burden at all. More importantly, do you need anything?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But I need Haymitch or Peeta or somebody to share the burden of all that has happened to me since I went to the lake. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "The State doesn’t bear the burden of presenting a case in these proceedings, Your Honor; we do. This isn't a criminal trial but a postconviction evidentiary hearing." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A blessing and a burden it has been, all those wishes, all those years. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When the men resumed their burdens the next day, they had a new layer of heavy, wet slush to trudge through, and more wet snow was falling steadily. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Hunched over his burden, he sank down on his heels so that he was just her height. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At night there was the equally eerie sight of the gas flares, huge fissures of fire coming from the oil rigs where natural gas, an unwanted burden back then, was being burned off. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They hand their burdens to others while they mount, then take the sacks again and loop them over the pommels of their saddles. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A small gust of wind that scarcely corrugated the surface was enough to disturb its accidental course with its accidental burden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But like most families in Harlem we could not tolerate unexpected financial burdens, and in the summer of 1951 we experienced two. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They set down their burdens and lined up between the tables like rows of soldiers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And, as the companions wrestled their burden over the hill and descended into a deep valley, Taran nearly sank to the ground in despair. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Miig wore a T-shirt and black jeans without the burden of coats, and I was reminded of his life outside of us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z You and I both know that I’m strong, that I can carry most burdens alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The burden of proof is on the prosecution. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The sprite had already begun to unlock some of the cages, and those who had been set free started to follow Kaede and her burden out of the cavern. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We ducked at the first blows, then, accustomed to detonation, hurried with our burden toward the embarkation point. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was a tradition people had on the island, to bring cooked food to people who had lost a family member as a way to ease their burden during a difficult time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I left to go back to the stables she kissed me on both cheeks and said, “We share a terrible burden, chérie. We are alike.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I don’t want to be a burden to them, but I have no idea what to do in this kitchen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z After everything I put her through, how could I add more burdens on her back? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As though their tree would be anything other than it had always been: the huge shadowy thing in a corner burdened with decorations she had had since she was a girl. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He dreads the consequence—the burden of a soul. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It would be a burden, but also the ultimate honor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But I knew what he made me feel, how I was drawn toward his peculiar authority, how his smile promised to take the burden of my life off my shoulders. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to play burdened by such a massive disadvantage; the forfeited game could possibly decide the match’s outcome. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z To return home and be welcomed there without the burden of dishonor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “We are too few to carry such a burden,” Taran said hopelessly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I am too far gone for any antidote, and so if you hear this, I leave you with the burden of my secrets and the last act of my heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Just held on to me and wiped away the tears with his strong, wide hands until finally, my body was emptied of those tears and I was no more burdened. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Those middle-class ethnics who scorn assimilation seem to me filled with decadent self-pity, obsessed by the burden of public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The cart with its shameful burden bumped over the cobbles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Koil Street? Let me see.” he put up his hand to scratch his head, but, the burden being there, withdrew it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the same in the other houses at Ghalas-at, but more than the burdens which had fallen upon us all, it was the memory of those who had gone that burdened our hearts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They may just as well have been the size of Volkswagens for the burden they had become. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We have a daughter and a son, whom we raised as normal American kids without the burden of my family's past. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z There seem to be many people who simply wish to be told an answer, any answer, and thereby avoid the burden of keeping two mutually exclusive possibilities in their heads at the same time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Lucy in a way my mom never did, and it’s hard not to feel like I carry the heavier burden because of that. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At twenty-two, Nicholas is a burdened soul who saw too much too soon. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The burden must be carried; the want provided for; the suffering endured; the responsibility fulfilled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “And this is a terrible burden for you to handle by yourself.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Approaching the Eagle Mountains, Taran felt his burden lighten, as he inhaled the dry, spicy scent of pine. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z If only he had not tried to cross the occupied roads, he would not be so gaunt and withdrawn now; his grief would not be burdened by failure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I shouted as he appeared before me, is there no God in heaven to bear my burden? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that Mr. Muhammad, convalescing, could no longer work the daily long hours he had previously worked in Chicago, he was now more than ever burdened with heavy decision-making and administrative duties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second, I have a fantasy of getting better and getting out of here and going to Mr. Dunlap’s house, to relieve him of his burden, to reassure him that it’s not his fault. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Still, they made me promise that you would not become a burden.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been her secret, her private burden, for years. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Among these song types are hundreds that lament the burden and misery of underclass life, as became the standard Blues format. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Indians have historically been burdened by flukes, tapeworms, and nematodes, so they have long had majorities of parasite- fighting helper-T cells. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lourdes, unable to burden her family with both of her children, has split them up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z In the eyes of the Nazi government, these people were “useless eaters” and a burden to the taxpayer. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I know I’m just a trouble and a burden to you,” she says, crying on the pillow. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After all these years of carrying the burden alone, Jo is there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I did not think asking these children to be especially kind to a new student would place any extra “burdens or hardships” on them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The trip began to feel like a burden. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z José rests his burden on the ground and straightens his back to full measure. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The Old Bear sat slumped and silent, as if the burden of speech had grown too heavy for him to bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end w'as near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be so nice to let someone else take over this burden for a little while. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The bakers were already at work, and carts rolled quietly toward the market square, bringing their daily burdens of produce from the valley farms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But he believed that the Lord had laid her like a burden on his heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Later, he said of that morning that his sin was on him; then he knew only that he carried a burden and that he longed to lay it down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Her face shows both the burden and the full understanding of all her eighty years or more. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They are sad that Vincent seems to have taken on their burdens, something Theo definitely does not want him to do. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He stood on the platform, burdened with his suitcases and gifts, and watched the train roll in on the station tracks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The sight had chilled me, touched me to pity for men who so resembled beasts of burden. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pop Pop looks relieved, as though finally the burden of secrets can be lifted off his shoulders. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I begin sitting for many hours each day with Therese, for my own burden grows too big to carry with ease. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was going to be a long march to Redwall, burdened as they were with the battering ram and all the paraphernalia of destruction. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him, to shift her burden to him, but she was silent. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Up close, it was plain the burden of so many souls had exacted its toll. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Pretty much. He and I are standing in front of the same painting. I’m smiling, he’s frowning. I tell him I think the work is remarkable, and he says, ‘a remarkable burden.’ Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Willing paws dragged the otter’s burden up on to the bank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Babies and small children, who move slowly and demand much attention, were a burden on nomadic foragers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the weights, and my arms fall immediately with the burden. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Bearing this burden he stands forever before the place that is wrapped in clouds and darkness, where Night and Day draw near and greet one another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the shore a burden of dead reeds. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z At the end of September, Lemos found the burden of caring for all of these dependents overwhelming, and, reluctantly and tearfully, she placed four of her children in the nearby Half-Orphan Asylum. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Every day that she waited for him to become who he had been, he bore the burden of her loneliness in addition to his own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In this most essential way, she had failed him—seven times she had failed him—and now she was nothing but a burden to him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he took the roll of matting, and going as far from the house as he had strength, he laid the burden against the hollowed side of an old grave. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I had read that slaves in colonial times were happier and more free than their masters, because the masters were burdened with the cost of their care. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Snowden was lying on his back on the floor with his legs stretched out, still burdened cumbersomely by his flak suit, his flak helmet, his parachute harness and his Mae West. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And yet misery was the burden, the pervading, killing burden. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the yearning for identification loosed in me by the sight of a solitary ant carrying a burden upon a mysterious journey. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To overwhelm a child of four with choices, to lay on her the burden of making a decision, was to deprive her of the bliss of childhood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And he thought: “Negligent homicide carries such a stigma. I’m looking at this nineteen- year-old kid, thinking: This is a big burden to hang around his neck.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Now the men on the bridge walked the earth with the terrible burden of dark mortal sin on their souls, and hell was the only reward. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, I catch a tiny glimpse of the burden the Augurs must live with. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He got to wear the same uniform as everyone else and didn’t have to carry the burden of explaining our family’s religious practices every time we went to an away meet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It will immediately be objected that this will place an intolerable burden on the farmer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I nodded, wiggled out of my burden, and took a run at the tall tree he’d pointed out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then shouldering their burdens, they set off, seeking a path that would bring them over the grey hills of the Emyn Muil, and down into the Land of Shadow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “If its spirit is strange,” Nehemia offered, “it would be a burden.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A long and burdened moment passed before he spoke again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He thought of the hundred courts he had come through and of his figure, absurd under its burden. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The burden fell away, leaving me afloat, and I was a spectator witnessing the nearest to a love scene I would ever see between them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Leah had a basket in her arms, carrying for me some burden that held her back from her preferred place at the head of the pack. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was usually not a heavy burden, as the nobility who frequented the Eolian usually gave money or gifts to performers who pleased them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When Harry relieved this owl of its burden, it ruffled its feathers importantly, stretched its wings, and took off through the window into the night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I don’t believe her, because this thing with Uncle Q is a much heavier burden than this aunt they hardly know. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I always feel such matters are safest in your hands, despite the burden it places on you. How are your headaches these days, my dear?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I bobbed a clumsy curtsy and walked as fast as I could with the limp burden in my arms, beseeching with every step. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Artists may sometimes be tortured by the burden of their genius, but they can never be truly creative under the thrall of psychosis. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel heavier, like I am bearing a new burden. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Already Salvador was thinking of her as a burden. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “But you’ll be renting, so of course you get all the benefits with none of the burden,” she added with a laugh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “How could you. How could you leave me with these burdens.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His grades fell dramatically as the burden began to wear him down. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He was not my notion of a man burdened by such grave concerns. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There was a brief argument, then the sailors returned, still carrying their burden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z No one was willing to carry me and I didn’t want to be a burden,” he said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This burden was heavier than the heaviest mountain and he carried it in his heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But that was our burden, because there was so much we needed to bring here. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the dream there was a peculiar horror in wandering on and on through the crowd and not knowing where to lay down the burden he had carried in his arms so long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “All of you. To keep me from being a burden on your mom and dad.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I realise the burden on your shoulders. When I’m gone it will be easier on you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavy burden I have borne so long now lifts from my soul. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The burden of feeding and guarding a prisoner was not something the expedition could afford to do. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I’m as proud as Lucifer, but such favors from such people don’t burden me, and I accepted gratefully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If an indentured worker chose to stay past his or her contract and settle, the worker was slapped with an annual tax, which was a heavy burden for Indians, who barely survived on their wages. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z As far as he could tell, she looked like a woman roaming the country trying to find some man to burden down with a lot of lip and a lot of mouths. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Adam has about a foot and fifty pounds on Kim, but after stumbling for a second, she adjusts to the added burden. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to burden Seabiscuit with 132 pounds, but he knew that going the way of the lighter weight would draw criticism. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the burden of being the first son; Ashish certainly didn’t have similar compunctions about his sports. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He didn't have to worry about anything anymore, while I carried the burden of the world on my shoulders. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was a true traitor at last, and he should carry the burden of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He wanted life to be normal again— football, even his homework, without that daily burden weighing him down. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel so strong and capable of bearing burdens, so young and free! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘That would indeed be a burden,’ she added in a low voice, as if to herself. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z So Bill was going as the beast of burden, yet he was the only member of the Company that did not seem depressed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Even a relatively small increase in the size of a group, in other words, creates a significant additional social and intellectual burden. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was finally alone, no longer burdened by the young Pole and the pretty nurse. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He took on the burden of organizing it all for the rest of us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "No, I could not say so. Sad, for a certainty. Yet in its own way, death is the most natural thing of all, Lord Eddard. Jon Arryn rests easy now, his burdens lifted at last." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “De Lawd will provide. He know Ah done bore de burden in de heat uh de day. Somebody done spoke to me ’bout you long time ago. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This meant that some of the financial burden of fencing would finally be off my plate, and I could quit teaching and focus the majority of my time on training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As more and more children turned up, the Orphan Committee’s burden increased in scope until it was caring for 192 children. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Why do they burden me with a useless old grandpa?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t want to lay upon her the burden of our truth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy Lee shook his head again as if I was the burden of his life. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the war, however, he had to shoulder heavy burdens. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "You are too young to be burdened with all my cares," he told her, "but you are also a Stark of Winterfell. You know our words." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s our job, my friends, to take the burden on ourselves when they cannot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She touched the new streak of gray in my hair that matched hers exactly— our painful souvenir from holding Adas’s burden. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I saw the offer as a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The sentry unbarred the door, and his terrier dæmon quivered as the three figures maneuvered their burden with difficulty through the narrow entrance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Tries not to think about the little house now under her pillow and the terrible burden inside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Tubs’s left arm began to ache from the weight of the chocolates and he shifted his burden to his other arm, taking a moment to pat the reassuring bulge of his wallet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig realized that he had stumbled, quite unexpectedly, upon what he needed most of all: a strong, sensible friend who would think on her own account and help to bear his burden. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With her bandaged forefinger she dug out a slender chain which hung around her neck and pulled the chain’s burden up from her bodice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Morning and dusk and morning again I watched them trailing up to a hole in the peak of the roof, carrying their tiny burdens out into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt burdened as he stepped into the bright summer morning, shielding his eyes against the sun. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Unlike Presidents Wingfield and Ratcliffe before him, Captain Smith divides the rations equally with us and works right alongside us sharing the burdens, too. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This might be applauded, since we generally admire those who can escape taxes, were it not that the burden of this freedom falls with increasing weight on others. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The scent of godhood lies in the burdens that hover above you. Pungent and powerful stenches they are,” he said. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And the little man took his burden and ran, slowly enough that Tristran, his leather bag swinging and banging against his legs, his heart pounding, his breath coming in gasps, was able to keep up. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they carried off Mauricio Babilonia with his shattered spinal column, Fernanda had worked out the most minute details of a plan destined to wipe out all traces of the burden. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I paid very little attention to what I heard, because the burden of his message did not strike me as being very original; I had been hearing variations of it all my life. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z "You see," Brother Jack said with a grin, "we've always avoided these leaders, but the moment we start to advance on a broad front, sectarianism becomes a burden to be cast off. Any other suggestions?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against — well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We think the transition to middle school is hard enough without having to place greater burdens or hardships on these young, impressionable minds. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z By three o’clock, the rain had stopped and the sky was a curdled gray burdened with lumps of clouds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inquests were a remnant of a time when ordinary citizens largely assumed the burden of investigating crimes and maintaining order. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I had seen beauty, but the beauty had burdened me with responsibility. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Anna was a financial burden on her father, so a bishop persuaded her to marry a rich farmer as his second wife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He walked bent forward, as though there were some kind of enormous burden on his shoulders. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She was bloodless, detached, floating in a world where darkness descended too soon and everyone walked around burdened by coats, and flattened by the absence of light. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was asked again and again, and as she repeated herself, the burden of consistency was pressed upon her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Colonel Gerineldo Márquez limited himself then to just listening, burdened by the impression that he was in telegraphic contact with a stranger from another world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As Lyddie went up the steps of the boardinghouse, she could feel her tiny burden trembling through the shawl. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Silk undergarments to keep her warm without the heavy burden of a fur coat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z No reason for burdening her with the truth. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I found myself laughing and actually holding conversations with her as though we were just a couple of lonely people talking without the extra burden of stupid barriers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Its major advocates were South Carolina and Georgia, and the chief burden for making the case in the Constitutional Convention fell almost entirely on the South Carolina delegation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘Thrice shall pay for all, if you are willing. You will not find me a burden much greater than when you bore me from Zirakzigil, where my old life burned away.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And then Trotter was beside her, making the bedsprings screech at the burden of her body. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z His mother had died when he was three years old—the King of the Osage Hills, too, burdened by a past. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Admitting that to Diego, telling him about the button and the end of the world, made the burden slightly more manageable. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You surprised me,” the goddess said, straining under her burden. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Unlike Lawrence, who was skilled at communicating concepts but impatient with the burden of classroom teaching, Oppenheimer liked teaching; he just was not very good at it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They were practically under the eyes of the soldiers, but step by step, from shadow to shadow, the dæmon crept with his little burden. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Bush administration says that the tax cuts have actually made the income tax system more progressive, shifting the burden slightly more to those with higher incomes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But she did not dial; she felt too listless and ill to want anything: a burden which closed off the future and any possibilities which it might once have contained. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Never before had humanity so badly needed its music to share the burden of anxiety, and composers everywhere answered this plaint. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Karhides go afoot, mostly; they have no beasts of burden, no flying vehicles, the weather makes slow going for powered traffic most of the year, and they are not a people who hurry. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I cry with horror that all the family has been burdened by me, and even more with being the cause of so much grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z One could whitewash all he pleased, and put up comic neon signs, but the aged timbers stood strong under their additional burden. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Too burdened with sorrow, too weary even to set a guard, they huddled in their cloaks and slept. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She felt dizzy, even in her dream; she felt a great burden settle on her shoulders. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Times analysis also shows that over the next decade, the tax cuts Bush wants to extend indefinitely would shift the burden further from the richest Americans. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “You carry a great many burdens with you. A heavy heart. Things you’ve lost. But you are moving toward change and discovery. There are outside influences that are propelling you forward.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Though I was a fugitive and wanted in my own land, I felt the burden of oppression lifting from my shoulders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the last one in line who must bear the burden of knowing: if anyone is to be hurt it will have to be me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, you know the rest—my brother is called Tick because he goes tocktocktocktock-tocktocktock and I am called Tock because I go ticktick-tickticktickticktick and both of us are forever burdened with the wrong names. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps, people being the conundrums that they are, and having so little desire to shoulder the burden of their lives, this is what will always happen. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z First, with the pretext of taking the burden off his wife, he transferred his parties. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He dreamed that he was going into an empty house with white walls and that he was upset by the burden of being the first human being to enter it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was bright as hell, and full of lore, but he wasn’t burdened down with any of the cumbersome luggage of a too formal education. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z At this point in my life, I should have been used to explaining myself, and yet it always felt like an unfortunate burden. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Every chance I give him, every truth I tell him, lightens the burden of my responsibility that much more. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My grandfather seemed so small and defeated then, bowed under the weight of history and the burdens of the future. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “We was all praying, little brother,” said Elisha, with a smile, “but yes, I was right over you the whole time. Look like the Lord had put you like a burden on my soul.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z White knew that relocating to Oklahoma would be a great burden to his family. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “They died in a car crash, you nasty little liar, and left you to be a burden on their decent, hardworking relatives!” screamed Aunt Marge, swelling with fury. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A breeze picked up; burdened leaves poured their watery hearts out to him as he tried to xiang banfa — to think of a way out of his predicament. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Each of you told what your burden was just now, except Beth. I rather think she hasn’t got any,” said her mother. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The smells of life and richness, of death and digestion, of decay and birth, burden the air. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z How he calls aloud a name, and drops his burden, and gazes on it wildly! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She’d burdened him with emotional baggage he didn’t need, and left him so dazed they had almost gotten killed by a giant shrimp monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I could not let Hamlet cast upon me the burden of his sin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Doc Daneeka rose without a word and moved his chair outside the tent, his back bowed by the compact kit of injustices that was his perpetual burden. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z No, that’s not it, it’s not about my joy, the relief of my burden. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He wagged his tail, took a better grip on his burden, and trotted up to her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in her life she wasn’t burdened with chores from dawn to dusk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She believed that young people just starting out in their careers should not feel burdened by obligations, no matter how unselfish the offer of help might be. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “When my children were growing up, they knew only that I came from Europe and had lost my family. They knew no details for thirty years because I did not want to burden them. “ Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace takes too much on herself. You should allow your councillors to shoulder more of your burdens.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Larger, but lighter, much lighter—a burden shed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z If nothing else, I can relieve him of that burden. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Clearly he did not want to be burdened by the unnecessary sight of undergraduate tutees. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “No. I want to pay. Please. I don’t want to be a burden on anyone.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She thanked him, and in the gray of the evening darkness, the air burdened with smells, she ached with an almost unbearable emotion that she could not name. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The workers watched with interest as the lifters tottered back and forth under their burden. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the boy had developed a superstition that each time he opened the book he would learn something important, he decided it was an unnecessary burden. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The chief drawback to the lab’s expanding relationship with the government was the growing burden of security. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And how could he expect her to take that kind of burden from him? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As Frodo clung upon his back, arms loosely about his neck, legs clasped firmly under his arms, Sam staggered to his feet; and then to his amazement he felt the burden light. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As I searched for a place to sit my burden, I looked up and saw Mama leaning on the doorjamb to her room. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Better to avoid such questions, better to pass quickly by with a cheerful word than to stop and ask, for who would lightly take on the burden of feeding another mouth? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The burden of all that responsibility loomed over her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In other words, even after the riots, Newark remained burdened by the dark shadow of its past. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z One person’s infirmity can be a teammate’s extra burden; there’s a constant traffic in herbal and over-the-counter solutions to pain. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That I am not a burden has to compensate for the sad envy when I look at women loved enough to be supported. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember his face, which was not a pretty face, because his jaw was in his throat, and I remember feeling the burden of responsibility and grief. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She confessed that managing the store while caring for him had become a great burden. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘The Third Age was my age. I was the Enemy of Sauron; and my work is finished. I shall go soon. The burden must lie now upon you and your kindred.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her face had the burdened look of someone about to deliver bad news. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dearest Celie, I meant to write you in time for Easter, but it was not a good time for me and I did not want to burden you with any distressing news. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the word “appeasement,” carrying as it did a great burden of historical connotations, became a charged one in the debate over the war. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Comrade Nomzamo accepted the onerous burden of raising our children on her own. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Having lost their beasts of burden, animal and human, the conquistadors painfully cobbled together a crude boat and floated their guns and heavy equipment down the Napo River, an upper tributary of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He wondered if the turbid water gliding past could again carry away his burdens. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But reading the record of his trial had outraged me, and I felt that anger returning—not just about the injustice done to Walter but also about the way it had burdened the entire community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “And she didn’t want to burden my father with more worries.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had known everything about Kira for so long: her smile, her voice, her merry optimism, the amazing strength and skill of her hands, and the burden of her useless leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Normally nymphs were quick—at least the ones at Camp Half-Blood were—but these were burdened with posters, T-shirts, and other Narcissus™ merchandise. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But she couldn’t carry the burden for both of them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On he toiled, up and up, turning this way and that to lessen the slope, often stumbling forward, and at the last crawling like a snail with a heavy burden on its back. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It was the first time in a very long time that Ophie didn’t feel like an annoyance, a burden meant to be borne. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Well, it doesn’t matter. I’m still glad you got the goat; I love the goat. But it’s such an economic burden.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Lettie, half asleep, sang, “Once I hit the tracks, my burdens at my back, I hopped that train in the pale moonlight.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “The spirits brought you to me today to lift this burden from me. Travel safely, Little Sister. Until we see each other again.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z These fantasies gave Ajarry comfort when her burdens were such to splinter her into a thousand pieces. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I walked to the door and out into the night and a heavy burden seemed to lift from my shoulders. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She drags that dead leg around like a useless burden. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Such heaviness of spirit as there was, pressed not on her but on us, her parents, and of us Nathan was the most burdened. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z At times it has been a burden, of course, because he was also sending money home to his parents to help with their expenses, and to Wil, and to Cor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We selected them as the most immediate burden pressing on the lives of the people, and the best way to engage the greatest number of people in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To carry the burden of belief alone is too much for most young shoulders. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Even worse, this trend may be due partly to the fact that burdens an attentive reader with ten words, seven levels, and more than two dozen branches. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Not too short, not too long. Our longevity will be adequate, not cut off too soon, not so long we become a burden.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like more of a burden and I don’t trust my parents as much as I used to. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I was carrying the burden of my race, you know? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z As he began to think about the kids, all the heaviness and burden seemed to drop away. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “But so much of my experience was painful, and I didn’t want to burden him. Sometimes it’s easier to try to forget.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Because I knew you were meeting Grace and Joaquin, and—I don’t know—I didn’t want to burden you. You’ve got a lot going on.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Though it’s been quoted widely since then, the statistic isn’t strong enough to support the burden placed on it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He agreed at once; we found a quieter side street, and thankfully putting our burdens beside us sank down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling this, Jo’s burden seemed easier to bear, duty grew sweeter, and life looked more endurable, seen from the safe shelter of her mother’s arms. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Only further threats, notably Shays’s Rebellion of 1786 and the unsolved burden of war debt, overcame the ex-colonies’ extreme reluctance to sacrifice autonomy and pushed them into adopting our current strong federal constitution in 1787. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the day, I was persuaded things would improve, even while I felt newly burdened by the weight of it all. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A member of Parliament, arguing against the stamp tax, said that the colonists, who had no representatives in Parliament, were being burdened with a tax they had not voted on. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And the hand reached out and gently touched him and he said, 'Now, you must take on the burden. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I could take the burden off my mother’s shoulders and repay her for all she had done for me by making the rest of her life comfortable. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She had stooped stiffly, because of the burden she bore, and she moved more slowly than he, so that they cut unevenly, his row ahead, and hers behind. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He was a stoic, a man who never burdened his friends with his own pain and troubles. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many times I grew weary of the secret burden I carried and longed to cast it down, either in action or in resignation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z What relief, to place it in the hands of women who could carry off my burden. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the river’s flow has swept away his every burden and worry. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I’m at the top of the second page when it dawns on me that this letter I’m writing is kind of a horrible burden. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z While the king grew gray and serious with the burdens of government, Claudius, with his brown beard, was still vigorous and lusty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And she went behind the candy counter and hummed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Du Bois got it right a century ago: “the burden belongs to the nation, and the hands of none of us are clean if we bend not our energies to righting these great wrongs.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The burdens of being “the first” didn’t fall only on our family’s shoulders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In its intransitive form, to hump meant to walk, or to march, but it implied burdens far beyond the intransitive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed terribly unfair to have a toothache and a headache and have to bear at the same time the heavy burden of Blackness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished she’d been smart enough, or loving enough, to realize everybody has burdens that crush them, only they don’t give up their children. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It burdened him that the men whom he was representing in court were going to prison while he lived freely. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Europe was, to be sure, burdened with aristocratic legacies and gross disparities in wealth that were not present to the same degree in America. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Jamison looked at her impatiently, as if he were suddenly aware what a burden she was going to be. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He missed Pippin, and felt that he was only a burden, while everybody was making plans for speed in a business that he did not fully understand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell Audrey the truth, partly because I knew she’d feel obligated to tell my mom, but mostly because she didn’t deserve that kind of burden. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Those with the burden went first, and behind them there was a good deal of struggling and jostling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “There is always a price. And when you don’t know what it is up front, then you must be prepared for it to be too heavy a burden when they come for you.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I have always been an early riser and this hour was not a burden to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was expressing his certainty that my appeal would be granted, but I was carrying the burden of a sin from which I had to free myself. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It seems especially hard, even perilous, for this to be the burden of a species with the unique attribute of speech, and argument. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All the girls took their burdens to Diana. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They draped these over the balky apparatus and localized the radiation source to Kamen’s fly, which evidently had collected a heavy burden of waste radio-phosphorus from Kamen’s work for John Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I lay in bed the next morning, feeling mightily burdened. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He mounted behind me, and the horse with its double burden carried us easily into the pathless wood as if it knew our destination. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The weight that sat on his shoulders—the burden of losing his partner and raising this family without her—became unbearable. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Marco once took in Lourdes to help ease the burden on their mother, who was struggling to feed so many children. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s not being a burden. Let me do something nice. What’s the big deal?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even now, burdened as he was, he was widening the track for those who followed, thrusting the snow aside as he went. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Frodo’s heart was grieved as he watched them walking beside him with their heads down, and their backs bowed under their burdens. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I don't want to be a burden to her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As though I were carrying around a mysterious, unexplained burden or weight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Why don’t you ease your burden some, son, and set two or three of’em over here?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But her brother was with Cecilia, and that was a burden lifted. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And all the weight, all the weariness of it, had recapitulated itself in his body; he felt the physical burden. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Having no beasts of burden, the Cahokians themselves had to do all the carrying. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Fool boy that I was, I told a man I took to be my friend, and he told our serjeant, and my brothers-in-arms come and relieved me o’ that' burden. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Everyone feels that burden in their own way of trying to squeeze as much out of our brains per unit time as possible.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And, for the first time, it was not an adversary’s face Laila saw but a face of grievances unspoken, burdens gone unprotested, a destiny submitted to and endured. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Amaranta was startled by the obvious burden of hate that the declaration carried. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But once the shooting started, all of that information became a burden. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I mean signs to tell us your father may be wishing his burden lightened somewhat? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In fact, in some jurisdictions, individuals may “choose” to go to jail as a way to reduce their debt burdens, a practice that has been challenged as unconstitutional. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Sam guessed that among all their pains he bore the worst, the growing weight of the Ring, a burden on the body and a torment to his mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was something extra that had to be proved, a burden this particular war placed on him, and if he would not carry it, who would? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “And what will you do when he’s gone? You’d be a burden to his family.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But a burden has been lifted for now. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be a burden to anybody,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "You'll need someone to share your burdens. I assure you, my price would be modest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then Artemis slipped out from under the burden, and I held it alone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, my dear, I did indeed know that Miss Granger would be leaving us. One hopes, however, that one might have mistaken the Signs.... The Inner Eye can be a burden, you know....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I will not burden you with what followed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Within a short while, though, the rent for the room became too much of a financial burden to carry. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The last thing I wanted to be was a burden. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even so they often despaired of getting their pony up, or indeed of finding a path for themselves, burdened as they were. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Earlier that afternoon, Lincoln was happy to be free of the politicians and the burdens of his office. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus the beginnings of something else—a new heaviness, a dull sense of apprehension, a burden of doubt and fear pressing down on his small shoulders and his perpetually congested chest. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But I must shake the burden off and do what good I can. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The woman was about his age, but there was, in the photos she sent, an air of hard desperation, hair dyed a brassy blond, eyes burdened by too much blue makeup, top too low-cut. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Away below Shagrat went leaping down the stairs and out over the court and through the gate, bearing his precious burden. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Hence, it is the presumption of common sense and science that these ESP phenomena don’t exist, and the burden of proof is on those who maintain that there are such phenomena. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the horses, they were from Europe; except for llamas in the Andes, the Western Hemisphere had no beasts of burden. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He is going to contribute to the family, and go home again, be a help, not a burden. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To attack the melody without the burden of providing one of the sole comforts of their slave village. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I would spare you the burden of any of it if one piece were not necessary to the story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yes, really; We always thought there was enough room and food for one more person, but we were afraid of placing an even greater burden on Mr. Kugler and Mr. Kleiman. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But she is suffering greatly, and as she’s my servant, my soul would bear the burden of her misfortune. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Four, three, two . “Oppenheimer, on whom had rested a very heavy burden, grew tenser as the last seconds ticked off,” remembered Farrell. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She will put down that burden, I believe, on the day she hears forgiveness from Ruth May herself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But in spite of his immense wisdom and his mysterious breadth, he had a human burden, an earthly condition that kept him involved in the small problems of daily life. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It should not have been possible, not on foot, burdened with a cripple and a young child. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My intended partner was undoubtedly no more eager to be burdened with me than I was with her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain had become the nature of his existence but this other thing weighed on him, a terrible burden. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Imam Malik shifts his weight as if the burden resting on him is too much to carry. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z ‘Not even an empathy link. Just ... a temporary wave of exhaustion. Primal emotions. Your pain washes over me. I take on some of your burden.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Artemis ran to Annabeth and took the burden from her shoulders. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She pulled off the calico dress and put on the tight homespun, but it was like laying off a great burden. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Eyes watched us from the trees as we dragged our burden of meat down to the village, piled it up, and gathered around in a hungry knot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And this was a dreadful burden on him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I asked Him to let me bear your burden if I did wrong by you. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Today my Honors English class, the only class I enjoy, feels like a never-ending burden. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s like they think the host is burdened. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But I guessed that she found her dark skin a burden. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There is such pain in his heart and the burden is too heavy to handle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After years of the Commandant's forced marches through the desert, carrying Helene is no burden. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My Maxim laughed and sang, threw stones into the water, took my hand, wore no frown between his eyes, carried no burden on his shoulder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This idea tickled Jo’s fancy and put her in good spirits, but Meg didn’t brighten, for her burden, consisting of four spoiled children, seemed heavier than ever. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But advantages wear out; she needed a new struggle, another opportunity to show those who might gossip that she had still another unfortunate burden which proved that, above all else, she was a Christian woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He appeared dramatically upon the edge of the clearing, just as a disturbed branch, whose burden was too heavy, emptied a couple of hundredweight of snow on his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was ecstatic, because the prospect of those endless years of hard labor did not seem like a burden to him. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He refused to buckle under the burden of grief and loss. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Again I would read and wonder as only the naive and unlettered can read and wonder, feeling that I carried a secret, criminal burden about with me each day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Like an athlete throwing the hammer, Constance whirled on her hind legs, faster and faster, until suddenly she threw her burden with a colossal heave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was on her own, weighted down with the staggering burden of sole responsibility for keeping her children and herself alive. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With the same reluctance to mix, the burden that bent her at all times and set her apart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z All of these features distinguish Jomon people from observed modern hunter-gatherers who shift base every few weeks, build only shelters, and burden themselves with few and easily portable possessions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Can he, does he then know of your burden?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then she turned back to the Store and resumed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It pulled against me like a weight, like the burden of the cart as I climbed the hill. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She had gotten off the fewest pieces in one day since she’d had four looms, and she still had to go home to the burden of silent little Rachel. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The next minute, I swear to God, I would be picturing her in the pink house, or out by the wailing wall, stuffing her burdens among the stones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A few people tried to help; but in the main, black people were burdened with their own survival. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Every moth, every wingbeat carried the oppressive burden of the ghost army, and of vengeance, and the weight of another Carnage. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Just so we’re clear, you are not a burden, and you don’t owe me anything. You never have.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This information silenced the class but left Ralph burdened with guilt. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z But going on alone is its own burden. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a relief, she told herself, not to carry the burden of debt or, what was worse, the welfare of other persons. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The Negro sees him as a man with muscular emotions who wants to drive out all of his race except the beasts of burden. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The merely rich, making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, will shoulder a disproportionate share of the tax burden. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My husband, similarly burdened, and troubled more than I was by flies and insects, had also to stop frequently, so our going was slow. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And in his weakened condition, the former president believed he was a burden to the expedition. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Proud of its burden, the horse tossed its head and capered, while Hamlet acknowledged the crowd with grand gestures. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “If you lightened her burden,” Taran suggested, “it might ease her for a while. Fflewddur can take you up behind him.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Sander, burdened with a pair of riders, glanced at me and grinned broadly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Or be burdened with gigantic loans, years of obligations to finance an enterprise that would be difficult, at best? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "As I thought," said the little hairy man, approaching his burden and bending over it, so Tristran could not see how it unlocked. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A woman was a dangerous burden when a man was running away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe I was just feeling the acute burden of being female. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Still a girl, before the worst of it, before she learns the size and heft of a woman’s burdens. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Instead I kept the burden for myself, and my friendship with Nick, already anemic, underfed and underused, dwindled in obsolescence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘I will help you bear this burden, as long as it is yours to bear. But we must do something, soon. The Enemy is moving.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Afterward, when he notices my face bruised and swollen, he whispers something sternly to the Doctorita, who hollers, “Well, why is this longa my burden?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was dangerous to assume she’d be able to share the burden for such a long distance. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z For being a foreigner, Ashima is beginning to realize, is a sort of lifelong pregnancy —a perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling out of sorts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He reached back and shoved the burden off, and it fell with a thump in front of Ned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z HLAs carry their burdens to the surface by fitting them into a kind of slot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Amphmomos, for his part, shaking his head, with chill and burdened breast, turned in the great hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will not be a burden to you. I am happy enough here, people are used to me and to my son. I cannot start a new life now.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And we cannot sweat beneath the white man’s burdens for long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For William, burdened with secrets that involved the nation’s security, the treatment was wildly unsuitable. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The pie was no burden to Grandma because I was carrying it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Because of the Pleistocene extinctions, the Americas lacked animals suitable for domestication into beasts of burden; without animals to haul carts, individuals on rough terrain can use skids almost as effectively. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The night had a quilted, weighted-down quality, as if somehow burdened, and all around us the Minnesota prairies reached out in long repetitive waves of corn and soybeans, everything flat, everything the same. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could cany, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his followers to keep up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a scandal, sending those poor kids out here on their own, expecting folks to take care of ’em—as if we don’t have our own burdens.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z So they can play and they can sleep and they can move without the burden of eyes and hands. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Yet when school let out that first day I ran joyously home with a brain burdened with racy and daring knowledge, but not a single idea from books. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To face such constant prejudice, year in and year out, was a heavy burden. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The second burden of that summer came in the form of my grandfather. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Never have they uttered a single word about the burden we must be, never have they complained that we’re too much trouble. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “It is a burden I carry for the king of Elfland.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He could only hope that the rest of his crew, hooded and burdened by their own anxiety, hadn’t noticed anything strange about his behavior. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They explained that the psychosis and other serious mental health problems that burdened Mr. Jenkins could lead to dangerous behavior, but this behavior was a manifestation of serious illness, not a reflection of his character. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unbearable burdens that the world somehow does bear with a certain grace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I am a burden to society, and nobody’s responsibility. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Not only did they have a lot of walking to do the next day, she had the added burden of looking after little Deedee. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It would, he realized, be more difficult; but he judged Melyngar could still carry the unfortunate Gurgi, as long as the companions shared the burden of the weapons. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t understand. This is a task for warriors. We can’t be burdened with a girl. When I said ‘we’ I meant...” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They might decide that it wasn’t worth the drive back to retrieve me; that, like Quixote the cat, I was a bother and a burden they could do without. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Once the property was seized, the owner had no right of counsel, and the burden was placed on him to prove the property’s “innocence.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Already burdened with nearly two million Afghan refugees, Pakistan had closed its borders to Afghans in January of that year. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His feet hurt a lot—I suppose because they carried such a massive burden. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I know that haste is needed, yet I cannot choose. The burden is heavy. Give me an hour longer, and I will speak. Let me be alone!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was relieved of the burden of being alone before God through my membership in the Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me out, curse you! I am your greatest warrion Take my burden so I may fight!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z While my eyes were thus burdened with the page, however, my ears were free, and followed Bono’s tale. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This trip gives him the perfect excuse to let go of the burden of his family for a little while, at least. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The burden was then shifted to the remaining four bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he come in sight of Mount Doom, burning far away, than he was aware of a change in his burden. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When an old Aché woman became a burden to the rest of the band, one of the younger men would sneak behind her and kill her with an axe-blow to the head. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I know, whatever your burdens, to hold yourself apart from the lot of more powerful men is an illusion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The rangers had no better luck with the other garrons; not even the most placid wanted any part of these burdens. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Let us rise up and go out, back through the years, where the burden of all this misery lies on us no more, back to you and me alone, Mother! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was overwhelmed by what she called “the sacrifices I have to endure for you kids,” and my love, expressed in demands, added a greater burden. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As bad as I felt, I didn’t need the extra burden of having the class turn and look at me while she made nasty remarks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It must have been hard for Father to leave us for so many months at a time, hard for him to know the burdens he put on my mother. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Aware that he and Desdemona were a burden to my parents, Lefty was extremely helpful around the house, doing repairs, assisting with the cleaning, running errands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I will assume the burden and the honor of the crown,” Dain says gravely, and in that moment, his nakedness becomes something else, some sign of power. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As the days wore on, they took more and more of the burden of caring for the city’s ill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Horatio, I am sorry for your burdens. You may lay them down here, for a time, in this peaceful place. Or better still, share them with me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their backs bent under the burden of the Witch, and their sorrowing hearts were as heavy as stones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Walter's family and most poor black people in his community were similarly burdened by Walter's conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was downcast and burdened with self-approach when he stepped without noise from the colonel’s office on his rubber- soled and rubber-heeled brown shoes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “The dwarf girl is your burden. Kiss her, kill her, or avoid her, as you like. It’s naught to me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This year, he’d probably spread the burden around, picking out five guys, say, and have them sell only ten boxes each. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My burden is still there, but now I’ve shared it with someone, and it feels good. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t believe that was my burden to take on, yet at the same time I wanted to show them that if they gave me a chance they’d see we were more alike than different. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I had promised myself I wouldn’t burden him with one more thing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z With Jeremiah and Mandela, Beatrice ran through the darkened streets of Monrovia, past checkpoints manned by menacing teenage boys and young men burdened by the weight of guns too big for their small frames. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They have their own families and can’t burden themselves with us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z College students burdened by backpacks, returning for Christmas break. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Several of the dockworkers put down their burdens and stood up straight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was enslaved by carnival folk,” Addison said, “forced to pull fat, spoiled children like some common beast of burden— whipped, even, with riding crops!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She looked more like a tired, heavily burdened woman. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But now in this waiting, burdened silence it seemed that all flesh waited—paused, transfixed by something in the middle of the air—for the quickening power. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Your horse carries a difficult burden. And so do you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Together, joined in effort by the burden, they staggered up the last steep of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z That’s a burden that a man has to carry upright, sir, and I may suffer—I may suffer awful, boys—but weep me no tears.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The burden of ownership means everything has a price. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Frodo’s head was bowed; his burden was dragging him down again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Thank you, but I’ll stay here and clean up the breakfast dishes. Gideon says I’m supposed to be a help, not a burden.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I staggered out into the open and up toward the hall with my burden, groaning out, “Mercy! Peace!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And I found out long time ago, when I look on what I got to stand as a dang hardship or a burden, it seems too heavy to carry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Auntie calls me her burden,” the demon girl added. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know I’m nothing but a burden to you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother might have realized that she and Charlie on their own were stout enough to manage, but with the extra burden of their mother and the babies . Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He lay back on the slope of the pit, but that did not ease the sense of burden that was on him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Now that Sula was dead and done with, they returned to a steeping resentment of the burdens of old people. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z You have a busy life, and these meetings are a quite unnecessary addition to your burden. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But I was sick of the burden of carrying their secrets. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And what Dr. Muller said appeared to be true: though he was only forty- two, his face was wrinkled, burdened with jowls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Each brought with it a sense of unassailable loss, a great burden hurtling towards her, and she wished she could duck, lower herself so that it would bypass her, so that she would save herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he had a feast to eat and plenty to save for morning, and the enjoyable knowledge that Gebu had a few burdens of his own for once. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One American soldier warned Alfons that the murder of Jews was a burden that he would never shake off in his lifetime. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Slowly Ranofer put down the water jug, feeling his whole spirit wilt and the old burdens settle down on him again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly Jennifer was coming out of her house burdened with a rolled sleeping bag and duffle that looked stuffed and heavy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She gave Harry an affectionate nip with her beak as he removed her burden, then flew across the room to join Errol. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Holding them in his lap, he was reminded of the burden throughout the three hours of tanned flesh that filled the screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These are people relieved of the burden of having to do magic for a reason—instead these witches and wizards do magic for fun. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Miig put enough weight onto each of us so that we just began to buck, and then stopped, patting our loads and looking to the next one up to be burdened. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her grief and loneliness, the burden of being both mother and father, she relegated to the privacy of their house on Mimosa Crescent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He intended to take the whole burden upon his own shoulders. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “When the Savior calls you up, you’re going to lay the burden down, lay that burden down.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It would be a burden similar to one of Lucinda’s wedding gifts. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And so when the burden of being nothing lifts from one’s thoughts the idea of the immortality of the soul is like a light in a blinding storm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I would start off carrying the sack and pretty soon it was a burden just to drag it with me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your dowry did not save Hari, and now we are burdened with one more mouth to feed,” she scolded. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At length, she lay beside him like a burden laid down at evening which must be picked up once more in the morning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was as if some enormously heavy burden had finally been lifted from her shoulders and her conscience. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He couched his offer in prose that made it seem as if he were proposing the purchase not to benefit himself but solely to free the grieving Mrs. Holton from the burden of work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I don’t know if I can bear the weight of that burden. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But the feeling was that the city was beginning to buckle under its burdens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The security restrictions also burdened Lawrence personally, and not merely because they added a new administrative concern to his expanding responsibilities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And then the man staggered, and the burden on his shoulders seemed to squirm away and fall to the ground; and then they heard a hideous high-pitched cry of laughter. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The weighty burden of his dream was finally starting to fade a little. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But even today, with white students continuing to outnumber students of color on college campuses, the burden of assimilation is put largely on the shoulders of minority students. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mom believed that children shouldn’t be burdened with a lot of rules and restrictions. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I see Mabel turning into a sullen girl, all too aware of the ways she has been burdened, ill-treated, abandoned to this sorry lot. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He finally left his father behind, and the burden of that man’s philosophy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Would Mercy’s scant strength be equal to this burden? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He put this burden down in front of his mother and told her to eat and drink, as this was about as much food and water as she was due by nature to consume. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Breedlove considered herself an upright and Christian woman, burdened with a no-count man, whom God wanted her to punish. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were willing to accept the fruits of my life, they should at least spare me the burden of their guilt. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breeziness was forced, laid on thickly, and Ifemelu felt burdened with guilt, and with a desire to overcompensate. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The more you hold them in, the worse you get. When you release them, they got to go somewhere else. The Bible says He can carry all that burden.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I was burdened with a leaden fear as I kept speaking engagements all over America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We have a saying around here, the humpback never gets tired carrying his burden on his back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z HARRY: Those names you have—they shouldn’t be a burden. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z ‘The legs of Men will lag on a rough road, while a Dwarf goes on, be the burden twice his own weight, Master Boromir!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “There is nothing in my life to compare with this burden,” Shin told me on the day in California when he explained how and why he had misrepresented his past. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There were no moving companies, wagons, or even pack animals to share the burden. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But that burdened heart of his would not be still, would not let him keep silence—would not let him breathe until he cried again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Panting and sweating, a large mob of rats dashed to and fro burdened by the battering ram. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But she did not know the fay were speaking her name, so she was spared the burden of becoming their hero, when in fact she still felt like a murderer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z |
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