Sentence examples for grievous burden from inspiring English sources
"A grievous burden was thy birth to me," she tells him.
Allan and Sarah Ripp, who own a 1910 farmhouse in Millerton, N.Y., were baffled that something they were so fortunate to possess had become such a grievous burden to their two older children.
His own mother, the Duchess of York, recalls the earliest moments of her wicked son's miserable life, A grievous burden was thy birth to me; Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy (4.4.168-69), and she complains about his slow rate of growth, He was the wretched'st thing when he was young, So long a-growing, and so leisurely.
Now that is a gracious and caring gesture, from a supplier who has brought the world's economy to the brink of ruin, causing untold damage to the daily lives of people through out the world, and placing a grievous burden on those least equipped to pay for the palaces, yachts, the princely and national boondoggles of the oil producing states of which Saudi Arabia is the chief cheerleader.
A caregiver who views the elderly person as a grievous burden.
Her mother's grievous new burdens included looking after Ms. Lyde's two children and removing labels even from groceries so Ms. Lyde couldn't return them for cash.
Never mind the damaging effects on a child's stable upbringing, the most grievous consequence of divorce (and subsequent re-marriage) is the increased gift burden for the progeny.
The accusations of pedophilia and endangerment of children are some of the most grievous charges one can possibly make against another, and as such the burden of proof must be exceptionally high.
None involved grievous violence.
