Sentence examples for appears burdened from inspiring English sources

In photographs his face, framed by long hair and chunky eyeglasses, appears burdened with the freight of his visionary knowledge, as if he were channeling William Hurt in "Altered States".

He appears burdened by this sum.

In his wood-panelled office in Pretoria, Zuma did not appear burdened by history or the Cassandras who foresee burning towers and a Zimbabwe-like fall for the nation of Nelson Mandela.

The Lady Tigers play the most miserly defense in the country and do not appear burdened by the recent past: the protracted battle with emphysema and death in 2005 of their longtime coach Sue Gunter; the resignation in 2007 of her successor, Pokey Chatman, who was accused of having improper sexual relationships with former players; the dispiriting string of uptight performances in the Final Four.

Standing in the Australian Institute of Sport's cavernous basketball gym, the 19-year-old appears somewhat burdened by the weight of expectations on his shoulders.

A gloomy Friar Lawrence, appearing more burdened by life's miseries than hopeful by his religion, gave Juliet the sleeping potion to allow her to avoid consummating marriage with Paris rather than to enable a complicated future reunion with Romeo.

Every time a new Nintendo system appears, the man burdened with the responsibility of proving its worth is Mario.

One could easily assume the conservatives would see this as yet another example of excessive taxation, whereas liberals might not quibble with a scheme that appears to burden mainly well-off residents while raising over $42m in revenue every year.

On the one hand, the deteriorating ecological environment appears to burden the economic development.

Lips that have thinned over time may cause a person to appear irritable or tense, a naturally elevated brow may suggest judgment or skepticism, and undereye shadows can make a person appear weary and burdened.

But once he'd arrived at the Bulldogs, it appeared Boyd was burdened by some toxic and paralysing weight.