saddle with

phrasal 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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Connecticut has long been saddled with some of the highest electricity rates in the nation, often falling only behind other New England states, along with California and Hawaii. —

John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026 When given these payments, low-income individuals are only modestly able to increase spending compared to higher-income people, as many are saddled with debt or other poverty traps. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026 He’s saddled with a large bag of receipts that is his job to sort through — a perfect symbol of the domestic wreckage that’s still in need of a thorough accounting. —

Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026 For whatever reason, the electromagnetic waves didn’t appear to bother Christian McCaffrey, who with 413 rushes/receptions at age 29 was saddled with the greatest workload for a running back in franchise history. —

Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for saddle with