Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Loaded with great weight.
- adjective Burdened with grievous cares.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Laden with a heavy burden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective burdened by cares.
- adjective bearing a heavy load.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective burdened by cares
- adjective bearing a physically heavy weight or load
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Examples
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Where a tin of halvah, coffee-flavored, is the cause of a human assault-wave by a crowd heavy-laden with parcels:
Rev. Amy Ziettlow: Battling Christmas Crankiness Rev. Amy Ziettlow 2011
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Standing, early morning amid the heavy-laden vines, the air is sweet.
Cinematic Reflections Will Lyons 2011
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Where a tin of halvah, coffee-flavored, is the cause of a human assault-wave by a crowd heavy-laden with parcels:
Rev. Amy Ziettlow: Battling Christmas Crankiness Rev. Amy Ziettlow 2011
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Alas, all the major strengths of “Watchmen” also grate on it the most and make for a heavy read (intelligent, but heavy-laden dialogue, somber tone, pessimistic atmosphere and the semi-philosophical interludes).
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons - Watchmen (Graphic Novel Review) 2008
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Alas, all the major strengths of “Watchmen” also grate on it the most and make for a heavy read (intelligent, but heavy-laden dialogue, somber tone, pessimistic atmosphere and the semi-philosophical interludes).
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons - Watchmen (Graphic Novel Review) 2008
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“Heaven only knows how large their homes are and heavy-laden their tables.”
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Alas, all the major strengths of “Watchmen” also grate on it the most and make for a heavy read (intelligent, but heavy-laden dialogue, somber tone, pessimistic atmosphere and the semi-philosophical interludes).
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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January 22nd, 2008 at 5: 15 pm baedo says: good ‘get’ lance! that having been said: let us bow our heads in memory of our brother with somber heavy-laden hearts …
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CHURCH CONGREGATION: (Foreign language spoken) HUNTER-GAULT: This congregation at Johannesburg Downtown Central Methodist Church is more heavy-laden than most, for they are part of a group of some 3,000 men, women and children, most of whom escaped in recent years from neighboring Zimbabwe, for either economic or political reasons.
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Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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