How to Use unburdened in a Sentence

unburdened

adjective
  • People came to the tea house with their cares and left unburdened, no longer strangers.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The front-disc, rear-drum brakes are unburdened by an anti-lock system.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Or would people just want to eat and have a good time, unburdened by history?
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Then the newly unburdened Joe steps out of his car and kills Dane.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • My older daughter has cried on and off but seems mostly unburdened in a way that only kids can.
    — Nicole Frehsee Mazur, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But as the pre-game activities make clear, the spirits were unburdened and the feel was loose.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Not that the movie subscribes to the idea of adolescence as a carefree, unburdened time.
    — A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
  • And so, for about 100 more days, Harris wants to be unburdened by what has been.
    — The Editors, National Review, 31 July 2024
  • Many spoke of being unburdened from the weight of blame, judgment, and surveillance.
    — Leah Wright Rigueur, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2021
  • And today, her life remains a testament to all those who believe in what can be, unburdened by what has been.
    — Vice President Kamala Harris, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
  • In those scenes an unburdened version of Qihuo is revealed.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That dreamy bedside chat about only ever feeling safe and unburdened in each other’s arms?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In her place was the fun aunt who laughed, talked about hip-hop, and waxed philosophical about space and a future unburdened by the past.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 July 2024
  • Rather than feeling unburdened by this ritual, Blake feels tense.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Harris would like to be unburdened by what has been going on in the Biden White House.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 July 2024
  • Women who can easily work outside the home are still not free or unburdened from other people.
    — Angela Garbes, The Atlantic, 13 May 2022
  • Many who fled similarly lived out of a suitcase for months like nomads, and felt newly unburdened.
    — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2021
  • This way, the party can present a strong candidate, one unburdened by the bruises of a campaign battle.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
  • When the ice retreated to the north, removing the weight of the ice, the land was unburdened and began flexing and rising.
    — Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • For those outside the theater and who wish to remain unburdened by details, spoilers will ensue in the next paragraph.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 7 June 2016
  • Detached and unburdened by the need of a narrative, the images simply exist.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • For many, this is the last image of that player with the waggling hips, at the top of the world, and unburdened by football’s brutality.
    — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 30 June 2024
  • Without investors, you are unburdened by the pressure of making short-term profits and are free to focus on the long-term goals of your business.
    — Theo Sastre-Garau, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But the music could scarcely feel more unburdened—the sound of an artist stretching the borders of their sound ever further into a hostile world.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Compounding the potential shock to borrowers, most of them are now used to living unburdened by college debt.
    — Laura Litvan, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
  • These days, recordings are rarer and often live, and Mäkelä sounds unburdened by his elders’ example.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Taylor’s book, and work like it, directly challenges readers to help create a world in which all bodies can be unburdened from tyranny.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • This is especially true in an election where they are unburdened by the preferences of their primary voters, if not by what has been.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 July 2024
  • His to-do list is filled with the kind of responsibility particular to the unburdened.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Rocky Mountain peaks, unburdened from heavy snow, exude their full majestic glory.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025

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