weary load
Example Sentences
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Borne down with a weary load of debt and dwindling earnings, MOP subsided into bankruptcy.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a weary load of misfortune to be borne by one who till that moment had never known a sorrow.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
So is it, dear Tony, go where you will; there is no heart without its weary load, no spirit without that touch of sorrow that should teach submission.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
A vain attachment in a woman's heart must ever be a weary load, because she can take no step of her own towards that consummation by which the burden may be converted into a joy.
From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony
While I, Tithonus-like, must linger here, And count each step along the rugged road; A phantom, tottering to a long-made grave, And eager to lay down my weary load!
From Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by Aytoun, W. E. (William Edmondstoune)
