overburden

How To Use overburden In A Sentence

• The results show that vertical stress is equal to overburden stress at shallow level. Maximum principal stress is sub horizontal stress in the NE direction.
• Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic strife, corruption and the absence of social infrastructure.
• Inmates feel isolated and are already overburdened by the tension of courts and hearings.
• This feeling is very strong in many apartment houses where small rooms are overburdened by this kind of wainscot, and to make matters worse, the top is used as a plate-rail. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today
• While the idea of people telling their stories is attractive in theory, in practice the courts are overburdened as it is.
• The banks are looking into how many companies' payments they can handle without overburdening their own systems, the person said. Tech Crash Hits Japan Bank
• He said Alexkor recently "armoured" a particular slimes dam with coarse overburden to stop a windblown "plume" of fine material that was threatening the proclaimed Ramsar wetland site at the mouth of the Orange River. ANC Daily News Briefing
• If that were the case, then wouldn't the girls athletics program be overburdened with athletic hopefuls dreaming of state championships?
• Health services have been overburdened and are unable to care for many older people.
• The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail.