saddle with

verb

saddled with; saddling with; saddles with

: to cause (someone or something) to have (a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.)

His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.

My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.

—often used as (be) saddled with

The company is saddled with an enormous amount of debt.

She is saddled with a reputation for not being dependable.

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But years into a war that has left Russians excluded from the world and saddled with broken promises from the government, official readings of economic pessimism have recently hit record highs, threatening the Kremlin’s tenuous hold on its society. —

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026 If our country fails to grasp this opportunity, consumers will instead be saddled with high costs and dirty air. —

Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Other states where oil and gas are larger industries tend to have much stricter requirements to protect the environment and to keep taxpayers from being saddled with the bill. —

Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 Davis was saddled with one potential albatross in the American distributorship of the Bay City Rollers (from Bell in England). —

Chet Flippo, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for saddle with