disburden

Example Sentences

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But now he seemed to think that she ought to be glad thus to disburden her conscience and by just so much to modify her indebtedness to him!

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

How can I ever disburden myself of the obligation?”

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

On this occasion he had come to disburden on Mr. Dudley his fears of disease and death.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

But what is thy will, friend, that thou seemest in waiting for me, to disburden thyself of something?

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

After having whistled to attract his friend's attention, he ventured to disburden his mind in public at the risk of his confidences not being understood and appreciated by the feminine element of the party.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando