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  • adjective burdened by cares.

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  • adjective burdened by cares

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Examples

  • Each of them at the moment was care-laden with special thoughts of his own, but nevertheless, as men of business, they knew that the hour was precious and used it.

    The Golden Lion of Granpere 2004

  • In the throng was this one thirteenth man, starter of all the strife and ill, care-laden captive; cringing thence forced and reluctant, he led them on till he came in ken of that cavern-hall, the barrow delved near billowy surges, flood of ocean.

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • In the throng was this one thirteenth man, starter of all the strife and ill, care-laden captive; cringing thence forced and reluctant, he led them on till he came in ken of that cavern-hall, the barrow delved near billowy surges, flood of ocean.

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • When I look back upon those care-laden months, their prominent features rise from the abyss of memory.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • When I look back upon those care-laden months, their prominent features rise from the abyss of memory.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • In the throng was this one thirteenth man, starter of all the strife and ill, care-laden captive; cringing thence forced and reluctant, he led them on till he came in ken of that cavern-hall, the barrow delved near billowy surges, flood of ocean.

    Beowulf 2003

  • When I look back upon those care-laden months, their prominent features rise from the abyss of memory.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • He poured out his passionate feelings into the sonata, which is largely a reflection of the hopeless outlook of his own care-laden life.

    Edward MacDowell Porte, John F 1922

  • "If it doesn't, I must ask the Government to provide safe quarters for my family in the Tower," muttered Forbes, rising and pacing the room in the same thoughtful, care-laden way as he had paced it when Theydon first told him of Edith Lester's end.

    Number Seventeen 1915

  • In all this you opened your mind to a heavy, care-laden current of thought.

    In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Ralph Waldo Trine 1912

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