heavy-laden

[hev-ee-leyd-n] / ˈhɛv iˈleɪd n /

ADJECTIVE

heavy

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant ample awkward beefy big built bulky burdensome chunky considerable copious corpulent cumbersome cumbrous elephantine enceinte excessive expectant fat fleshy gravid gross hefty huge laden large lead-footed loaded

Example Sentences

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“A nation with so much cause for hope should not feel so heavy-laden.”

From Seattle Times

He is the healer; come under you all that are weary and heavy-laden, let me give you rest.

From Salon

But that is such a heavy-laden decision in America.

From New York Times

Here, by the treacherous sea, Farhadi is at home, and, as is his custom, it is women who emerge from the crowd of characters and come, heavy-laden, to the fore.

From The New Yorker

If he, on his light raft, had barely escaped with his life, how much less was the chance that two heavy-laden rafts would survive the battering they must receive!

From Project Gutenberg