How to Use overburden in a Sentence

overburden

verb
  • She overburdened me with work.
  • Why overburden yourself when people are offering to help?
  • This didn't seem like a film that was overburdened by studio notes.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • All of them agreed soldiers were overburdened and looked for ways to decrease the weight.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Our bodies are overburdened, yet no one seems to care nor do people know how to handle it.
    — Rose-Marie Swift, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2015
  • Under the plan, people pay more during peak times and less when the grid is not overburdened.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Lombardy provides a grim picture of how the virus’s danger grows when a health system is overburdened.
    — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Among the findings were that its mental health clinicians were overburdened.
    — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • Many are under-resourced and overburdened.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • But not, apparently, one that would overburden the health care systems.
    — oregonlive, 13 July 2022
  • The light foam paste and polyurethane is built for maximum lightness and helps your pet roam freely rather than be overburdened by unneeded weight.
    — Juquai McDuffie, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2017
  • The state will own the new two-track span, to be constructed alongside the aged and overburdened Long Bridge.
    — Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Pepper is not meant to overburden your palate, but to stimulate it with an interplay of flavors, and to bring your mouth to life.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2019
  • At times, the accumulation of events threatens to overburden the play.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
  • Biden’s plan earned broad support from Democrats across the country who argued people are overburdened by student loan debt.
    — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Should the team be worried about one of their biggest stars being overburdened with more games with a possible playoff run on the horizon?
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The other thing is that community health doctors may be overburdened and burned out and required to address a lot of issues.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The key to managing business credit during a crisis is to not overburden yourself with debt during the good times.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • But the Democratic state legislator says too many mothers are overburdened by high child care costs.
    — Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
  • What to know about the new pump station When rainfall overburdens the sewer system, the new pump station will reduce the strain.
    — Vanessa Murdock, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
  • These details along with iron chandeliers in several of the rooms gently evoke the past, but none is overburdened by history.
    — Ted Loos, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Equally distribute the workload and try not to overburden your employees.
    — Jonathan Gary, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • For all the grand lushness and inventive production design of its time in Paris, the show felt vaguely lost and overburdened.
    — Angelica Jade BastiÉn, New York Times, 28 May 2016
  • Studies show that dual waves of coronavirus and influenza threaten to overburden the health care system.
    — USA Today, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The trick is doing so without overburdening him or oversimplifying the offense in the process.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 July 2019
  • There was no farm program to support him, but on the other hand he wasn’t overburdened with excessive taxes and regulation.
    — George Melloan, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • But those customs brokers are overburdened now with such requests, and many have told their clients to create their own accounts and pursue the refunds themselves.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Health officials are working hard to put sound public health measures in place that don't overburden society or shut down the economy.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 27 June 2020
  • Carrying a heavy workload Harden does not appear to be overburdened, despite his heavy playing time.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Because of the scarcity of providers, the current mental health professionals are overburdened.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2023

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