crushing burden
Frequency: 7.51.1 per million words
a responsibility or duty that is extremely difficult to manage
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- The student loans became a crushing burden after graduation.
- He carried the crushing burden of guilt for many years.
- Caring for her sick parents was a crushing burden, but she did it with love.
- The country's national debt has become a crushing burden on its citizens.
- The expectation to be perfect felt like a crushing burden to the young athlete.
- She was finally freed from the crushing burden of her secret.
- A crushing burden of responsibility was placed on him at a very young age.
- Many small business owners are struggling under the crushing burden of rising costs.
- Without financial aid, this medical debt will become a crushing burden for the family.
- The politician spoke about lifting the crushing burden of taxation from the middle class.